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

[Boomer2]

Maxell CD-R 50pk rebate $10

Mailed: 24MAR2003
Recvd: 21APR2003

Thanks you Staples!! How Staples made it onto the "bad boy" list for rebates, I'll never know....

 

[cyberwizard]

Originally posted by: kevin000
I sent in a D-Link rebate and got a card back today saying the UPC was incorrect when I know it was. Anyone else have this happen to them? They are currently closed so I'll be calling on Monday to find out...

Yeah I sent in the d-link $20 wireless card rebate for the 11mbps 802.11b card. The person that entered the info into their system put the wrong offer # (22mbps 802.11b rebate) with my submission. Called them and had them verify the submission. The lady looked and said oh yeah it was entered into the system with the wrong offer number. you should expect the check in 2-4 weeks. I was like..arggh more waiting. oh well..eventually got my check.

 

[breweyez]

yee haaaaa.....i just got my fry's BLACK FRIDAY soyo $25 rebate for the FAR 64MB cigar drive....gee it only took 4-5 months

 

[V00DOO]

Got my Canon S820 Printer $50 rebate.

 

[tigerbait]

Originally posted by: NeuronBasher
Cendyne $50 Rebate for DVR-A05. Mailed 2/21, received by Cendyne 2/25, check arrived 4/18. God I hate these postcard checks. They're just begging to be stolen.

just got my Cendyne rebate check also... I also hate the postcards checks, but I will continue to use Parago for rebates... they have always paid me within 2 months without a hassle.

 

[PrinceXizor]

FYI, Got my CC WD rebate last week. Still waiting for the rebate from WD to come in.

This was the 80GB w/ 8MB deal a month or two ago.

P-X

 

[LivetoSurf]

:| Siemens SS2624 Wireless router $30 rebate- purchased at Circuit City during rebate dates (11-22-02), submitted all required items:
1. Completed rebate form*
2. Original UPC
3. Copy of Circuit City receipt dated between 11-15-02 and 12-31-02

before required deadline (01-15-03).

Received rejection letter with original items submitted from Young America on 2-5: rejected due to not meeting cash register receipt requirements (did not identify the store name or did not match the store name required by the offer). Called Young America same date, spoke to Rob and was told to resubmit. Resubmitted original items with response detailing above information and noting store name was clear on receipt and rebate rules said nothing about mandatory purchase from certain merchants (see text of this form below).

4-14: No response after over 2 months. Wrote letter to Young America requesting name of person to receive summons for civil suit and demanded payment by 4-30. Sent letter certified mail, return receipt requested. Copied letter to YA CEO, Roger D. Anderson.

4-21: Received a message from YA, rebate declined due to Circuit City not being a participating merchant. YA will check with Siemens on this. YA will contact me within 24 hours.

4-22: No more information received from YA.

* Exact language from this form: Purchase must be made between 11/15/2002 and 12/31/2002. Requests should be postmarked no later than 1/15/2003. Limit one per purchase/home/address. Payable only in U.S. funds. Offer valid in U.S. only. Void where prohibited, taxed or restricted by law. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery. All rights reserved. Can not be combined with other offers. Fraudulent submission of multiple requests could result in federal prosecution under the U.S. Mail Fraud Statutes (18 USC, Section 1341 & 1342)

This whole thing smells bad. I'm actually looking forward to suing them & getting a judgement against them so they can pay the $30 (that they should have paid in February) plus my costs, because I'm sure many more people have been defrauded by offers like this. They have numerous items & property & bank accounts that I can file a lien on so as to collect. I'll update this post as more information comes in, and would like to hear if anyone else has been burned on this rebate.

 

[Lanyap]

Originally posted by: LivetoSurf
:| Siemens SS2624 Wireless router $30 rebate- purchased at Circuit City during rebate dates (11-22-02), submitted all required items:.....

That sux. Where did you get the rebate form from?

 

[dominic01]

Could someone please let me know- How many days DELL takes to process a Rebate?

Dominic

 

[riceknight]

Sent out my 50$ Maxtor rebate with all required info, recieved a e-mail a few weeks later.

Rebate: $20.00 Rebate Check.
Rebate Information For: 37196238
Promotion: Purchase Maxtor 60GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive at Future Shop only
Submission Type: MAIL
Date Received: 04-22-2003
Status: Invalid
Status Detail: The 60GB 7200 RPM HARD DRIVE.UPC we received with your rebate submission is not correct. Please send the correct one to: ATTENTION RESUBMISSIONS, PO BOX 9013 Coppell, TX 75019.

Tell me, how on earth do you mistake a huge and i mean huge picture of $50 Dollars and a 120 gig hard drive and then suddenly clain it's the wrong upc for a $20 dollar rebate for a 60 gig drive??

I'm sensing rebate conspiracy...

can someone please give me a number i can call? Probably gonna call office depot anyway tomorrow, called today and offices were closed.

 

[KokomoGST]

I'm still waiting on a $30 rebate from an old BBY hotdeal from this thread for 60GB WD 7200rpm.

I mailed it in January... I smell something fishy. Does BBY normally do this on PM'ed items?

 

[Lanyap]

Call Parago at one of these numbers. Don't press any options, just let it sit there and you will be connected with a CSR.

(866) 450-9695
(888) 221-4692
(877) 580-3348

Originally posted by: riceknight
Sent out my 50$ Maxtor rebate with all required info, recieved a e-mail a few weeks later.

Rebate: $20.00 Rebate Check.
Rebate Information For: 37196238
Promotion: Purchase Maxtor 60GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive at Future Shop only
Submission Type: MAIL
Date Received: 04-22-2003
Status: Invalid
Status Detail: The 60GB 7200 RPM HARD DRIVE.UPC we received with your rebate submission is not correct. Please send the correct one to: ATTENTION RESUBMISSIONS, PO BOX 9013 Coppell, TX 75019.

Tell me, how on earth do you mistake a huge and i mean huge picture of $50 Dollars and a 120 gig hard drive and then suddenly clain it's the wrong upc for a $20 dollar rebate for a 60 gig drive??

I'm sensing rebate conspiracy...

can someone please give me a number i can call? Probably gonna call office depot anyway tomorrow, called today and offices were closed.

 

[msi1337]

Cendyne $50 DVD-RW Rebate Check. Purchased item 1/29. Mailed in rebate about 2/10.. they received it on 2/20/03. No rebate yet!!! It Has been 63 DAYS!!

For the past 40 days it has said "your rebate will be mailed within 30 days"

 

[sak]

Hey i just got an email from rebateshq.com for the Logitech 20% offer in Jan. well i got a invalid for the rebate. because they say to send in the original UPC. daam those ppl..i am no the phone right now to them..there menu is so crazy...i'll keep u up to date


EDIT: ok i just got of the phone with these guys. and they are going to send me the rebate..they just verified all my information and said ok just validated the rebate so whoohoo. btw this rebate was for the Logitech Mx700 mouse

EDIT2: i also have gotten my rebate for the Logitech Cordless Mouse and Keyboard. they ppl made a mistake and gave me 20% off on the original price of the thing. lol so i paid like $50 and they give me the a rebate amount of 20. so i luck out there..

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: msi1337
Cendyne $50 DVD-RW Rebate Check. Purchased item 1/29. Mailed in rebate about 2/10.. they received it on 2/20/03. No rebate yet!!! It Has been 63 DAYS!!

For the past 40 days it has said "your rebate will be mailed within 30 days"

heh..at least yours is showing rec'd and processing...man has vanished(glad I have my copies..) and just got another bogarted email from rebateshq..saying they did not receive a copy of my OD receipt for the 120GB Maxtor 8mb drive...bizatches...what did they do with the 8x11 sheet that( where the copy of the receipt was printed on

) was holding the fookin' upc then....Miami,Fl ...

but got my CompUSA GF4ti4200 PNY $30 back on track..they lost the original upc(I'm on a mission )...:disgust:Walled Lake ..whoo..no guff..got my $30 Samtron 76v(OD in Dec...wonder if I'll ever see the $10 from the manufacturer..

) in under 3 months..

 

[BMdoobieW]

Siemens / Office Depot Rebate
Siemens SpeedStream 2624 Wireless Router
$30 rebate
sent: 2/24/2003
received: 4/22/2003


Logitech / Best Buy Rebate
Logitech MX700 Mouse
$30 rebate
sent: 3/10/2003
received: 4/22/2003

 

[TheDiggler]

Originally posted by: sak
Hey i just got an email from rebateshq.com for the Logitech 20% offer in Jan. well i got a invalid for the rebate. because they say to send in the original UPC. daam those ppl..i am no the phone right now to them..there menu is so crazy...i'll keep u up to date

EDIT: ok i just got of the phone with these guys. and they are going to send me the rebate..they just verified all my information and said ok just validated the rebate so whoohoo. btw this rebate was for the Logitech Mx700 mouse

EDIT2: i also have gotten my rebate for the Logitech Cordless Mouse and Keyboard. they ppl made a mistake and gave me 20% off on the original price of the thing. lol so i paid like $50 and they give me the a rebate amount of 20. so i luck out there..

I haven't looked at this thread in a while but wanted to see what people were posting about this rebate. I finally contacted Parago by phone a week ago about my "missing" 20% rebate. They gave me the same line of BS that they're still having technical difficulties. During that call I learned that you can e-mail them REBATE DISPUTES, RESUBMISSIONS, etc. to: rebates@parago.com (in .JPG or .PDF format only). I e-mailed Parago scanned copies of my original REBATE SUBMISSION info (from January) and heard NOTHING from them.

2 days ago I contacted Logitech about this matter (using their customer service link on their web-site). The next day I recieved a useless canned response (via e-mail) from a Logitech CSR; however, by virtue of that response I now had Logitech's customer support e-mail address: customer.support@logitech.globalsupport.com. Upon e-mailing Logitech my same scanned REBATE SUBMISSION info (and explaining how Parago is still having technical difficulties with this rebate offer), magically I received an automated e-mail from Parago (less than 12 hours later) that my rebate had been approved.

Furthermore, today I received an "reply" e-mail from a Parago CSR (in response to the e-mail I sent them almost a week ago) letting me know that they've processed my rebate.

Historically Parago has been a good rebate processor; however, this incident (and a few others I've recently had with them) has caused me to lose quite a bit of faith in them.

At any rate, if you still haven't gotten your Logitech 20% rebate processed yet:
a) Send an e-mail to Parago (w/ proof of your rebate submission in JPG or PDF format)
b) Send a similar e-mail to Logitech (w/ the same proof) claiming that they are ultimately responsible for fulfilling the rebate

 

[Lanyap]

I just called Parago today about a late Logitech Z540 rebate. They received and approved my rebate on 3/9. The Parago CSR tried to tell me about receiving my rebate within 30 days. I told her it was past 30 days and I specifically asked her what the problem was. She said they were having technical difficulties and that they were backed up processing these rebates. Looks like I'll have to send a copy of ny rebate stuff to Logitech. Thanks, TheDiggler.

I also talked to the Parago CSR about a rejected NEC monitor rebate. I bought an NEC MS97F on clearance from Staples several weeks ago. It had a $40 NEC rebate being handled by Parago. They rejected this rebate. Apparently they are using the same dept. code for a bunch of different NEC/Mitsubishi monitor rebates during a recent promotion. I had purchased the LCD 1545V monitor (on clearance from Staples a few months ago) with a $50 rebate and they said I was only eligible for one rebate. However, the rebate form specifically states that the limit is one per MODEL, per person, per address, etc. I explained this to the CSR and she insisted that I either fax or mail them a copy of the 1545V and MS97F rebate info and highlight and explain what happened so that they can process my second rebate. She said if I faxed it they would handle it in 5 days. If I mail it they would handle it in 4 weeks! I may try the email jpeg option.

Parago has been going downhill ever since they outsourced their rebate processing to the Dominican Republic.

 

[cmf21]

Got rejected by Sony on their PEGA-WL100 wireless card that I purchased at Best Buy a few weeks ago. They said they did not receive the PEGA-WL100.Orig or Copy UPC. What a total outright lie. They must have had some moron working in their rebate department because I photocopied the entire back side of the package with the upc circled in bright red permanent marker. Guess I'm going to have to call and complain and have them fix it on the spot.

 

[Tom]

Yea, what's up with Parago/Staples ?? :disgust:

Up until lately they were the last rebate house besides Microsoft that I thought was reliable. I had to make multiple phone calls to get my $40 Maxtor rebate straightened out after they claimed they didn't get the original upc, and even more phone calls on the PNY Smartmedia $30 rebate.

As of now they show up as approved, but I'll feel a lot better when the check comes.

Guess I'm down to just Microsoft for truly reliable rebates in the future.

 

[Boomer2]

Officemax Imationl CD-R 100pk rebate $25

Mailed: 03MAR2003
Recvd: 26APR2003

 

[Boomer2]

Officemax Memorex CD-R 100pk rebate $15

Mailed: 01APR2003
Recvd: 26APR2003

WOW!!

 

[psianime]

iRiver Slim-X MP350 - $30

Sent: 2-19-03
Received: 4-26-03


Logitech MX700 - $30

Sent: 3-05-03
Recevied: 4-26-03

 

[ROSALIEPIZZA]

BEST BUY $94.99 wd 75 gb and kingston memory deal
sent 24 mar 03
recieved 28 apr 03
35 days Calais,Me rebate center rocks

 

[KokomoGST]

Update on my BBY rebate for the 60GB WD drive... it was supposedly sent on March 18th (but I never received it) for a drive purchased & rebate sent Jan 20-21th.

Currently waiting for BBY rebate center to research and resend the check.