(Dead) FREE! or $4.99 CenDyne 32x12x40 AR & coupon at Staples with PM (Updated)

[EvilYoda]

yeah, it'd be nice if someone had a screen cap of OutPost saying it's in stock...

 

[SilverEdge]

XaznPKdogX, if you bought the drive for $80, you can at least use the $50 mail in rebate for it. Look here for more information. Hope this helps a little bit. I too noticed that Outpost.com has that product unavailable, but $30 isnt too bad for a drive. Beats the $80 you currently have spent.

 

[Jedd]

Do they match every online store? If you go to pricewatch or pricegrabber there will be a lot of online stores with low prices I think.

 

[Ranger X]

They'll PM as long as they have the product in stock. Usually they'll tack on overnight shipping to spoil your deal but YMMV, as always.

The rebate center finally started processing my rebate! Says I should get my rebate check within 30 days.

 

[XaznPKdogX]

My purchase I made last week for the 80gb maxtor hd and Cendyn 32x was shipped today. Although all I got was the hd. Staples called moments after I recieved my package and verified that the cdrw was discontinued and out of stock, something like that. So on the receipt I have...
129 for my hd
-50 off 200 coupon
10 tax
= 90-60 rebates = 30

Add it to your cart if they say its still in stock if you need to reach a certain amount. If you do get it, return it.

 

[eatonr]

Outpost was out of stock, and now they say it is cancelled.

 

[TacoSupreme]

I got the burner.. can anyone help me out as to where i go to OC it to whatever its suppose to be? hehe.. and anyone got a nice burner software I can go DL? my cd of nero decided not to come with a cd key.. so it wont work.

 

[nikko]

STAPLES QUESTIONS

I bought this drive at Staples before I realized I could pricematch with Outpost. So then I went back and bought it at the lower price. I returned the first drive I bought, but I think I threw away the rebate receipt for the new drive by mistake. So my question is, if I send in the rebate receipt for the drive I already returned with the UPC code etc from the drive I kept, will they honor the rebate? I guess more to the point what I'm trying to find out is if they have any way of knowing which receipt goes with which drive. Anyone know? Is there any kind of transaction code or bar code on the receipt that would tip them off?

Thanks.

 

[aseismoman]

Help !!!

Staples denied my rebate noting the S/N is missing. I didn't read fine prints carefully, but I've never sent any S/N for other rebates. Anyone keeps a copy of S/N. please PM me or email me at kokiri7890@yahoo.com. Mine is Lite-On LTR-32123S.

Thanks in advance.

 

[aseismoman]

bump

 

[Salvador]

Staples denied my rebate noting the S/N is missing. I didn't read fine prints carefully, but I've never sent any S/N for other rebates. Anyone keeps a copy of S/N. please PM me or email me at kokiri7890@yahoo.com. Mine is Lite-On LTR-32123S.

You will not get anyone to send you their serial number because it's specific to every drive.

I just had the same thing happen a few minutes ago with rebateshq. I received my email and clicked on the link and rebateshq had my rebate as being invalid because I didn't include the original serial number sticker from the box. I called them and told them that I do plenty of rebates and this rebate form did not ask for a original serial number sticker from the box. This is the truth. I just did a rebate for Officemax through rebateshq and they did specifically ask for the serial number sticker and I gave it to them. If the Staples rebate submission form would've asked for the original serial number sticker, I would've included it. I then told her that I no longer have the box (I no longer have the drive either). She then talked with a supervisor and when she came back on the phone, asked me if I had installed the drive, which was not totally true, but I knew where she was going with this. She then asked me if I had the serial number that I could read off to her. I ran downstairs and grabbed a photo copy of the rebate submission form that I had hand written the serial number on (that's what I thought that they were asking for) and then came upstairs and read it off to her. I told her that I was sorry that I took so long, but I was opening the computer to read the serial number. I read the serial number to her and she validated my rebate on the spot. Sure enough, I refreshed the page where it had said that my rebate was "invalid" and it now says "processing".

My advice to you is call rebateshq and talk to a csr, but make sure you have the serial number in hand. Tell her/him that you no longer have the box and that you would've furnished the serial number tag if they would've asked for it. If they don't ask you for the serial number off the drive, offer it to them. Tell them that you will go open up your computer and read it off for them. Heh.. Just have them hang on a few minutes. You will probably get the same satisfaction as standing up a cable installer. I did.

Now.. For those of you in this situation, I would hope that you at least wrote the serial number on your rebate submission form and I would hope that you would've made a copy of that rebate submission form before mailing it in. If not, I think you might be SOL unfortunately. You could always try arguing with a CSR and see how far it gets you. They might validate it just to get you off their backs. Remember.. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Funny thing about rebate fulfillment houses.. I've called plenty of them asking them to clarify the rebate forms when I had a question about the wording. They always seem so peeved when I call and ask questions. Screw them!! If they didn't make us jump through hoops with rebate submissions, we wouldn't worry so much about not sending in the correct thing. This rebate is a perfect example of their bullsh*t. It doesn't say anything about original serial number tag from the box. It just asked for the serial number is all.

Anyway.. Hope this helps.

Good luck.

Sal

 

[Powerforward]

NM

 

[MaDHaVoK]

denied bc they say i didn't purchase it within the rebate dates. BS.

 

[MaDHaVoK]

what a load of sh|t.... rebates are such a con.... its fraud... why do i have to fight for my rebates everytime? Don't worry I got all the evidence i need.... receipts, copies of the upc and serial, copy of the rebate form filled out... fock this, does anyone have a staples consumer satisfaction number?

 

[MaDHaVoK]

Called them up.... They told me i bought it on July 31.... which i did! They said it was too early for the rebate! I said I am looking at the rebate right now... and it says valid from July 22 - September 30! The rep says ok let me go check on this.... blah blah comes back and says she will fix this right now..... now i just have to wait another 4 - 6 weeks so they can reprocess it...

I swear....... rebate companies do this on purpose.. They are just hoping people throw out the post card thats says denied and forget about it. It complete bs that I have to fight tooth and nail about 50% of the time for these rebates.

BTW Staples customer satisfaction? Does it exist?

 

[Ranger X]

I guess I got lucky. My rebate request was received and processed rather quickly. Mine should have been mailed out by now but I haven't received the check yet.

 

[bizmark]

Posted this in the rebate tracking thread, but I thought I'd post it here too in case anybody was wondering about their rebate...

yesterday I got my CenDyne $50.00 rebate for the 32x12x40 burner I bought in August.... I probably sent the rebate about the 20th of August or so. I had been pretty worried, because I kept checking StaplesRebates.com and it wasn't showing up.... but I got my rebate yesterday and much to my surprise it was a CenDyne rebate, even though I'm pretty sure I sent the stuff to Staples. Just wanted to let people know that they won't be able to get info from Staples on this rebate

BTW big thanks to MysticMan for keeping tabs on all of these CDRW deals and for posting all of the info we need to know.... I got the AOpen 32x12x48x w/ 8MB buffer heh, I walked in with the serial numbers printed out, and the guys at Staples were like "huh? there's a difference?" They didn't have any trouble with letting me look at several of them to make my selection though Thanks MM!