I want to SCREAM...!
Join with me in ending the great rebate rip off.
I have been seriously abused over the years in the rebate jungle
I purchase items that promise a rebate. I go home and...
I seriously suspect the rebate companies use the same tactic as the medical insurance companies use. I suspect that some employee is directed to just trash, deep six, round file a days mail here and there. Just loose it.
In my mind this a form of fraud. The companies are promising money to the customer, but actually plan on the customer not being able to jump through all the hoops to get it. I would not be surprised if as much as 50% of all rebates are not applied for and as many as 30% of all those rebate applications that are applied for go unsatisfied.
Personally I am fed up with the whole process and what to see rebates done away with, Permanently. Or at the very least, have the rebate process handled immediately at the point-of-sale with the store on the hook after 120 days if the rebate has not been received.