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"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have had several small rebates seemingly just "disappear". You send
> them in and never get anything back. Not much you can do once you have
> sent in the UPC. However, I have not had this happen on any large
....
Sure there is.
1. Make a complete copy of everything you send.
2. Record when you sent the materials.
3. When the time period has elapsed, contact the rebate handler, preferably by
telephone and ask, "Where is my rebate?"
I've done probably 50 rebates over the years, and I've received every one. I'd
guess that some 80% did *not* arrive within the stated time. Of those 80%,
90% of the time, when I called, be it on the last day or sometimes months
later, I was told "Your rebate is in the works." Then I received the check the
next week. My guess is that the rebate handler actually is sitting on the
rebates until the consumer calls and complains. (I'm sure this varies by
company.)
Anyway, a statistic I recently saw said that of the total products bought
during a rebate offering, less than 10% actually attempt to claim the rebate.
And a significant number of claimants don't follow the directions: don't include
the UPC, wait too long, etc.
I've also heard that the way the rebate game works, the Selling Company
actually pays the Handling Company the amount of expected rebates in
advance (plus some premium). Clearly there is a large temptation on the
part of the Handling company to pay as few rebates as legally possible,
and to take as long as possible to do so.
--
Dan (Woj...) [dmaster](no space)[at](no space)[lucent](no space)[dot](no
space)[com]
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"I like smoke and lightning / Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind / And the feelin' that I'm under
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen / Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once / And explode into space"
"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:428a33fd$0$1956$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net...
....
> I have had several small rebates seemingly just "disappear". You send
> them in and never get anything back. Not much you can do once you have
> sent in the UPC. However, I have not had this happen on any large
....
Sure there is.
1. Make a complete copy of everything you send.
2. Record when you sent the materials.
3. When the time period has elapsed, contact the rebate handler, preferably by
telephone and ask, "Where is my rebate?"
I've done probably 50 rebates over the years, and I've received every one. I'd
guess that some 80% did *not* arrive within the stated time. Of those 80%,
90% of the time, when I called, be it on the last day or sometimes months
later, I was told "Your rebate is in the works." Then I received the check the
next week. My guess is that the rebate handler actually is sitting on the
rebates until the consumer calls and complains. (I'm sure this varies by
company.)
Anyway, a statistic I recently saw said that of the total products bought
during a rebate offering, less than 10% actually attempt to claim the rebate.
And a significant number of claimants don't follow the directions: don't include
the UPC, wait too long, etc.
I've also heard that the way the rebate game works, the Selling Company
actually pays the Handling Company the amount of expected rebates in
advance (plus some premium). Clearly there is a large temptation on the
part of the Handling company to pay as few rebates as legally possible,
and to take as long as possible to do so.
--
Dan (Woj...) [dmaster](no space)[at](no space)[lucent](no space)[dot](no
space)[com]
===============================
"I like smoke and lightning / Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind / And the feelin' that I'm under
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen / Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once / And explode into space"
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