Best Buy to eliminate MIR by 2007.

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[mrrman]

I never buy anything with rebates, like throwing $$$ out the window and you are lucky if the check does make it to you

 

[GoPackGo]

A great read...

Tiger Direct should be shut down...

 

[jamesbond007]

Awesome read! Although Best Buy is planning to eliminate rebates, it still doesn't redeem their reputation in my books.

 

[wvtalbot]

I tried a rebate at TD once, the company should be shut down and all the execs put in jail.

BB isn't too bad if you use it like I do, a place to get an emergency equipment at 8pm on a sunday.

 

[jamesbond007]

Originally posted by: wvtalbot
I tried a rebate at TD once, the company should be shut down and all the execs put in jail.

BB isn't too bad if you use it like I do, a place to get an emergency equipment at 8pm on a sunday.

Your BB is open until 8PM? I think mine closes at 6! =/

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: mrrman
I never buy anything with rebates, like throwing $$$ out the window and you are lucky if the check does make it to you

you apparently suck at filling out the rebate form. i sent in $2,300 worth of rebates after black friday and got back every penny. that also wasnt the first time ive sent in a massive number of rebates. the only one ive ever been screwed on is a video card from TD, and that was before it was widely known that they are scumbags.

 

[PingSpike]

The only time I buy a product with a rebate is if I was going to buy the product anyway without the rebate. In other words, if I can afford to lose the "bonus" rebate money. I know some people have good luck with them, but I'm not buying a $50 hard drive for $100 with a $75 rebate. Because that rebate may never come back even with a lot of arm twisting, and I'd rather not loan them $75 for 3 months anyway.

You want to compete on price...then lower your fvcking prices!

 

[Aimster]

how can TD screw you from a rebate?

Isn't that illegal?

What the hell did they say when you demanded your rebate money?

 

[mooglekit]

Thank god! MIR are a PITA, even if I have had pretty good luck getting my money back!

 

[AMDZen]

I guess its just me but I've never had a single problem with rebates. I've had 5-6 of them on my new computer pruchases in the last 6 months or so.

2 rebates on a Motorola SB cable modem bought from CC, 1 rebate from Circuit City and one from Motorola
2 Logitech rebates, one on my 5.1 speaker setup and one on my MX510.
1 rebate on a Creative Audigy2 Card
1 rebate from EVGA on a motherboard, videocard bundle

Those are just the rebates I can remember from the recent past, and I know for sure I got everyone of them and cashed them all too. Oh and I bought a new phone from Verizon and got that rebate too