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Don't blame Cingular....you know it's not unheard of for the post office to
lose mail.
"torresD" <torresd30@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Shaolin Superfly" <shaolinsuperfly@yinyang.com> wrote in message
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>> "torresD" <torresd30@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:3j2Dd.2105$W32.48@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
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>>> "Tropical Haven" <user@example.net> wrote in message
>>> news:41DCAB39.9020208@example.net...
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>>> >
>>> > torresD wrote:
>>> >> Cingular sent me a 'possibly reconditioned' replacement
>>> >> Motorola Model V400 GSM, cellphone and my original
>>> >> cellphone, for which I paid $200.00, will not be returned.
>>> >
>>> > Technicially, *if* you received your own phone back, wouldn't it be
>>> > 'reconditioned'. If not, I would assume they didn't do anything other
>>> > than send it back to you, with no repair work or technical expertise
>>> > involved.
>>> >
>>> >> I had a $50.00 rebate, but after mailing the rebate
>>> >> information in, the day I purchased the telephone,
>>> >> back in May of 2004, and repeatedly calling to
>>> >> find out what happened to the rebate, I never
>>> >> received Cingular's $50.00 promised rebate.
>>> >
>>> > Is it being sent a PO Box or similar? Most rebates will be honored if
>> the
>>> > recipient receives mail at a PO Box. It IS definitely discriminating
>>> > to
>>> > consumers in small town without mail delivery [to thier exact location
>> of
>>> > residence], as physical addresses may be marked 'undeliverable'.
>>> >
>>> > TH
>>>
>>> I live in New York City.
>>> I get all my mail.
>>> I always leave a gift for my mailman,
>>> this time of year, as do other residents of
>>> the building I reside in, so he brings my mail
>>> right to my door, if the mailbox is stuffed.
>>>
>>> I mailed the rebate information out the same day,
>>> I called Cingular, they switched me to their rebate department.
>>> I gave them the information, they always said they didn't get the form.
>>> I mailed it from the Post Office itself.
>>>
>>> I finally gave up on getting my $50.00 rebate.
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>> Cingular doesn't have a "rebate" department. Rebates are outsourced to
>> YoungAmerica in Mineappolis,MN. As are 99% of every other rebate offer in
>> the USA.
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>> If you didn't fill out the forms completely, send in the box ends, as
>> well
>> as copies of your reciepts, you won't get it either.
>>
>> --
>> SS
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> When you call up and ask about the $50.00 rebate, they switch to you
> to some place else.
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> The bottom line is, I never received the $50.00 rebate promised
> at the time I purchased the telephone.
> I filled out the boxes correctly.
> What was there to get incorrect?
> It h ad my return address.
> No, Cingular fell down on that one also.
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