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Rebate Offers = Lottery Tickets[ Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#3)
by Anonymous User on Tue Feb 08, 2005 at 06:46:38 AM PDT

Staples deserves the blame for claiming the system works in their advertising... Rebates are a scam as far as advertising prices go. In Michigan, the ad papers all the list the AFTER-REBATE price in LARGE TEXT and pre-rebate price and info in tiny text. The AGs of each state should FORCE retailers to sell at the BIG FONT price and go after the rebates on their own time. I never take rebates into account when buying something, becuae it's like a lottery ticket, you may "Win" and get the rebate, but mostly likely you lose and get screwed for your effort...

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Michigan (and Connecticut) laws on rebate pricing[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#9)
by MisterBill on Tue Feb 08, 2005 at 11:27:38 AM PDT

I don't like the laws that state that retailers have to put the pre-rebate price is big letters. In Connecticut, I don't think they can even print the after-rebate price. I can live with putting both in equal size type, that sounds fair. But having the rebates and after-rebate price in tiny print makes it very difficult for those of us who DO manage to get our rebates paid to find the good deals.

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Wah![ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#14)
by Anonymous User on Tue Feb 08, 2005 at 12:13:16 PM PDT

Printing the POST-Rebate price when you may never get the rebate is FRAUD! and should be illegal...

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They should print both[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#52)
by MisterBill on Tue Feb 15, 2005 at 01:04:23 PM PDT

They need to print BOTH the pre- and post-rebate prices, in good size type. Otherwise, those who don't want to do rebates get upset, but those of us who do want to find the good deals have to search much harder to find the really good after-rebate deals.

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Staples & rebates[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#27)
by Anonymous User on Wed Feb 09, 2005 at 09:56:49 AM PDT

I had very good luck recently with Staples and $250 of rebates on a laptop. One of the employees helped me fill out the rebate info via their web site, making sure I had all the info filled out correctly. Bottom line? I had my checks in hand within four weeks.

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More Staples[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#38)
by Anonymous User on Thu Feb 10, 2005 at 09:49:00 AM PDT

Tried to use one of the Staples rebate checks at a Staples and was told they do not accept them at checkout.

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Why would you expect otherwise?[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#51)
by MisterBill on Tue Feb 15, 2005 at 01:03:00 PM PDT

Did Staples ever advertise that they would accept their rebate checks in the store or cash them for you? The only ones I am aware of that do that is Rite Aid.

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