~~~~ Rebate Tracking Thread -- Updated 5-19-03 ~~~~

[MikeMike]

DAH the maxtor 80gb deal from staples fell through so far, im gunna call them saying they said they would allow me to send a copy of the UPC symbol, i have another copy of it at home, but this bites, only one non valid havent gotten another one back for the second part.

MIKE

 

[ivwshane]

I've talked to rebateshq several times now and sent them compies of my rebate and receipt several times, each time they say they will take care of it. Moments later it shows up on their website but it's for the $50 mir for the 120GB WD. If I waited a little bit longer then it would come back as invalid:| I emailed them, they sent me an automated response saying it was now valid and being processed.


I'm not sure what to do now or who to call since it seems like they can't fix the problem:|

 

[lazarus000]

rebateHQ is showing Omax $20 rebate for the Khypermedia CDR 100 pack as a invalid UPC

anyone else getting that?


best way to tell them they are full of cr@p?

 

[Karaktu]

best way to tell them they are full of cr@p?

Vote Republican!

Joe

 

[McMadman]

Mine showed as invalid UPC for the product of Kingston DDR (it was supposed to be the khypermedia cdrs)

Call them and get it fixed (you did save copies just in case right?)

 

[lazarus000]

Originally posted by: McMadman
Mine showed as invalid UPC for the product of Kingston DDR (it was supposed to be the khypermedia cdrs)

Call them and get it fixed (you did save copies just in case right?)

yea, i saved copies


who should i call though?

 

[McMadman]

I called the number on the rebate form (and a number listed in this thread) they both linked me to the same voicemail system. (800-477-3314)

if i remember right started with option 3.. forget what else I hit to finally get hold of a live person (i did get disconnected twice though)

 

[lungster]

Got 2 in today. $80 from WD for the 120 GB OM deal on 4/27/03; and $20 from Kingston on the PC2100 DDR deal on 5/4/03. The Kingston was initially rejected but they fixed that over the phone.

 

[mogbert]

not sure if this is the right forum or not, but does anyone here have the dell rebate for 1gb kingston compact flash that expires june 30th? apparently the link to the rebate doesnt work anymore...PM me if you hvaew it, thanks.

 

[jayman7]

Does anyone know how long it takes for rebates to be entered at staplesrebates.com from the time of sending it?

 

[Karaktu]

Got 1 x $20 rebate (OM) for Kbyte PC2100 DDR in April (still need manufacturer's rebate)

Got 1 x $20 rebates for the Kingston PC2100 DDR in April (still need OM rebate)

Got my 1 x $30 rebate for the WD 80 gig HDD (waiting on the $20 from OM)

Got my 1 x $20 rebate for the Phonemate 2.4Ghz CID phone

Interestingly, Easierrebates combined the Kbyte $20 rebate and Phonemate (OM) rebate onto one check for $40.

Joe

 

[Lanyap]

Here's my late rebate complaint for the week:

> Two Logitech Mouse $10 rebates from CompUSA purchase on 3/16 and 3/17. Rebate forms go to Parago. Mailed rebates on two separate days (3/17 & 3/19). Parago added them to their data on 5/1 saying they will send it in 30 days. It took them 6 weeks from the time I mailed the rebate forms until they procesed them. It's now another 6 weeks and they still have not cut the check. I called Parago and talked to a CSR and "supervisor". They could not explain why my rebates are late. Tell me to wait another 30 days. "Supervisor" hung up on me when I kept asking him to exlain the delay. I used planetfeedback.com to email my complaint to Logitech CEO.

> Buslink external burner $30 rebate from CompUSA purchase on 3/16. Mailed rebate forms on 3/19. Shows approved on TCA website but have not cut check yet. It has now been 12 weeks.

> Netgear print server wireless PC card from buy.com order on 3/18. mailed forms on 3/24. Shows approved on TCA website but have not cut check yet. It has now been 12 weeks.

> Fuji 50 CDRs from BestBuy purchase on 3/17. Mailed forms on 3/19. Called Fuji and they said I'm not in their system but that they are behind on handling rebates. The will finish up MARCH mail in rebates by 6/27. DOH. Said to wait until 6/27. If they still can't find my rebate then I need to send copies. DOH.


EDIT: If you are having, or have had problems recently, with late Logitech rebates from Parago rebate center please file a complaint with www.planetfeedback.com

 

[kboettge]

I purchased my 120G drive from CC on 4/24 (valid for $10, $60 and $80 rebate).

Sent rebate on 5/20
I called on 5/27 - not in system
called on 6/5 - spoke to Diana "not in system - wait 3 more weeks" (yeah right)
called today - spoke to Ginette pid 1628 - not in system - pls refax

fingers crossed.

 

[lazarus000]

well i guess i badgered them into submission

i emailed the rebatehq.com( rebates@parago.com ) when i found out that my rebate was invalid.

the responded, i emailed back, they responded, i email back

must of exchanged 5 or 6 emails with them... i wasn't rude, but i was firm in the fact that i had sent all the right stuff in and i expected my rebate status to be changed to valid.

today:

------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Dennis ________, Rebate ID: 41xxxxxx

Thank you for your rebate inquiry. You are a valued Office Max
consumer, so we are pleased to inform you that we have updated
your record. Your rebate submission is now valid. Please allow
4-6 weeks to receive your rebate. Note that the check is remitted
in the form of a postcard and will not arrive in an envelope.

We appreciate your participation in this promotion. If there
is anything else we can do to assist you, please contact us at
rebates@parago.co. We are always happy to help.

You can also track the status of your rebate, using the Rebate
ID above, at www.RebatesHQ.com.

Cary
The Rebate Center
-------------------------------------------------------------------



so don't give up people, send those emails!!

 

[ivwshane]

This is great!:| now they claim the rebate doesn't or didn't exist.

Thank you for your rebate inquiry. We apologize, but we are unable to
locate your submission for the Maxtor 80GB 7200rpm Hard Drive with
8MB Cache in our database. Your rebate submission may have been
misdirected or lost in the mail. If it has been longer than four
weeks since you sent in your rebate request, please mail or fax a
copy of your UPC barcode, sales receipt, and rebate form to:

Rebate Special Services
PO Box 028516
Miami FL 33102-8516

Fax Number: (800) 886-8370
Please, allow 24-48 hours to process your fax.

Please, understand that you are resubmitting your original rebate
request, so it will take up to 8 weeks to receive your rebate.

Also, if your initial submission was not sent to our processing
centers in Texas or Florida, you should contact the store where you
made your original purchase to locate the correct rebate processing
center.

We are sincerely sorry for any inconvenience this may has caused you.
We appreciate your participation in this promotion. If there is
anything else we can do to assist you, please contact us at
rebates@parago.com. We are always happy to help. You can also track
the status of your rebate at www.RebatesHQ.com.

For all those that care this is for the 80GB maxtor drive from staples that was $30, promo code: 03-57316, this was the rebate that was from staples.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Salvador

Stinking Best Buy... the rebate for the Cordless Elite Duo deal just came back rejected. The deal was a pricematch with CC from $99 to $60, and then a $50 rebate from Best Buy. The reason they gave was "invalid receipt," and the pricematch line was circled on my rebate receipt. That's a load of B.S. I read the terms of the rebate carefully, nowhere did it say it was invalid with a pricematch (or any other deal except another rebate). Besides which, they printed out a REBATE RECEIPT when I bought it. Stupid Best Buy. Now I have to wait even longer for my $50. They're going to pay though!

I got that very same deal. I'm glad that the BB CSR gave me my rebate receipt for it. Next time you should try either having a rebate receipt reprinted later or just cut the one side of the receipt off that says price match. Sorry about your troubles. Did you try calling Best Buy's rebate house yet to talk to them about it?

Sal

I did get a rebate receipt, but it had the pricematch on it. The pricematch part was right below the the product, couldn't be cut off. I haven't called them, but I wrote them a letter.

 

[Slyfrogger]

Originally posted by: hallf

Originally posted by: Slyfrogger

Originally posted by: hallf

Lo and behold...sometime in the last 2 days, one of my two $30 Maxtor rebates has shown up as valid. Quick question, is there a way to know which one it is? I couldn't find any Dept number or anything to tell whether it was the Staples or Maxtor $30 rebate

I have only received one confirmation for the two $30 rebates for the 80MB drive purchased from a BM Staples. That confirmation was received rather quickly. It was the one I had submitted on the Staples rebate form that is printed out with the receipt, offer 03-57316. I believe this is true because I used another of my email addresses on the Maxtor 03-57312 offer. At the Maxtor site they redirect you to RebatesHQ so you can not do anything there. Earlier on the Maxtor site I was able to initiate a search for the 03-57312 but it seems to have vanished recently. However at the time I did they stated they would not respond to any submission that is not at least six weeks old.

I have not seen any postings to date confirming two confirmations.
Use the link below to submit a status for a specific offer after six weeks of document submission.

Linky

The one of mine that's showing up is the Staples one and not the Maxtor one also...hopefully they're just slow with the second one and it'll be processed soon. So far I've received 100% of my rebates from rebateshq without a hassle...I'm still holding out hope this one will show up soon. But, thanks for the link if it doesn't.

As you can see from the following response Maxtor is going to force me down the the hard road to receive the second $30 rebate on the 80MB drive. I will pursue to the end or return the drive.


Dear xxxxxx xxxx:

Thank you for your rebate inquiry. We apologize, but we are unable to locate your submission in our database. Your rebate submission may have been misdirected or lost in the mail. If it has been longer than four weeks since you sent in your rebate request, please mail or fax a copy of your UPC barcode, sales receipt, and rebate form to:

Rebate Special Services
PO Box 028516
Miami FL 33102-8516

Fax Number: (800) 886-8370
Please allow 24-48 hours to process your fax.

Please understand that you are resubmitting your original rebate request, so it will take up to 8 weeks to receive your rebate.

Also, if your initial submission was not sent to our processing centers in Texas or Florida, you should contact the store where you made your original purchase to locate the correct rebate processing center.

We appreciate your participation in this promotion. If there is anything else we can do to assist you, please contact us at rebates@parago.com. We are always happy to help. You can also track the status of your rebate at www.RebatesHQ.com.

Francina
Promotions Customer Service

On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:51:52 -0500 (CDT) you wrote:

First Name: xxxxxx
Last Name: xxxx
Address 1: x xxx xxxxxx
City: xxxxxxxx
State: xx
Postal Code: xxxxx
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone Number: xxxxxxxxxxxx
Rebate For: MAXTOR
Promotion Code: 03-57312

Can we help you ? (Response):
I submitted my rebate more than six weeks ago, can you check the
status?

 

[Lanyap]

Parago continues to screw up our rebates...

 

[ivwshane]

So the question is, who should we go after? Staples, for false advertisement? RebatesHQ, for their screw up or Maxtor for not honoring the rebate?

Say we go after Maxtor! They are the one's that had the deal and they should be responsible for it.

Does anyone have the ad that this particular deal was in?

Again it was an 80GB IDE maxtor hard drive with 8MB of cache with two $30 mail in rebates.


**edit. after reading the original post it was maxtor that had the rebate.

 

[Karaktu]

Just an updated FYI...

If you submitted any Hi-Val, I/O Magic or Digital Research rebates to Rebateservices.com (Santa ANA CA 92799-5242), make sure you follow up on them. For the THIRD time in a row, my submission does not show up in their computer system and I had to fax it to them (the latest one if from February). Thank God Officemax is just doing the rebate on Hi-Val stuff on their own now.

Joe

 

[oLLie]

Does anyone here have the rebate address for tthhe Wagan AC Inverter from Fry's? The rebate receipt didn't print out right, some of it got cut off. I know the rebate is supposed to go to __89 Yale Way, Fremont CA 94538. Thanks guys!

 

[Lanyap]

Originally posted by: oLLie
Does anyone here have the rebate address for tthhe Wagan AC Inverter from Fry's? The rebate receipt didn't print out right, some of it got cut off. I know the rebate is supposed to go to __89 Yale Way, Fremont CA 94538. Thanks guys!

Google is your friend...

Looks like they are handling their own rebate. Be sure to print out the contact website in case you have to call them about your rebate.

 

[Kwad Guy]

Did anyone here take advantage of that Sennheriser HD580 deal at Newegg late last year? Newegg said they came with a $20 rebate from Sennheiser, and included a link to a rebate coupon.

Well, I sent in the rebate and I just (JUST) got a card in the mail telling me that the rebate was denied because Newegg is not an auhorized dealer.

I guess I can complain to Newegg, but my experience with their customer service is not favorable.

Anyone else?

kwad

 

[Sophia]

Has anyone actually received the $25 McAfee Spamkiller rebate (Best Buy) from 3/23-3/29/03? The one that says it should arrive in eight weeks, and still shows no signs of being mailed after twelve?

Talking to Parago about rebates that are valid but not being paid on time is about as effective as talking to a brick wall.
The McAfee CSR I spoke with agreed to file a "rebate dispute" a few days ago. We'll see what that means...

 

[Sophia]

Kwad Guy,

I didn't submit that particular rebate, but if the rebate terms don't specify anything about authorized retailers, I would go ahead an complain to Sennheiser AND NewEgg. Sennheiser because of the vague rebate terms and conditions, and NewEgg because they advertised the rebate and bear a responsibility to ensure they are a valid place of purchase for the items they offer with rebates.

I don't know if that will get your rebate or not, but my two cents.