What ever happend about www.CyberRebates.com?

[commemoratives]

Never spent a penny with the company, and watched the whole horrible scene unfold.

I just ran across something today that reminded me of this whole thing and was wondering if anything had ever happened beyond the initial talking heads media splash.

 

[DaveSimmons]

TANSTAAFL.

Anyone willing to buy a $130 CD or DVD with the hope that it will be cheap / free after rebate is way too trusting.

 

[Lucky]

biggest ponzi scam? That would be enron. :disgust: At least according to fox.

 

[chowderhead]

It was an interesting (in a car-wreck kinda way) what happened to these people that lost lots of $$ to cyberrebate.com
MSN Cyberrebate Recovery Discussion Board

There is A LOT of messages on this board dealing with the whole mess. Last I read, (in December) there were people taking their credit card companies to small claims court and winning judgements against them to recover some of the lost money.

 

[burnedout]

Never traded with them at all back in the day.

I heard some people lost a fairly sizable amount.

 

[SpongeBob]

I did alright, I got a dexxa wheel mouse for 34.95 shipped with a $30 rebate. Ended up getting the rebate about 6-8 months later. I still have that mouse somewhere.

 

[Maetryx]

Good grief, that scam was so transparent. There's no way CyberRebates went out of business legitimately. As soon as there was a down trend in incoming orders, they shifted their (actually everyone else's) money offshore and called it quits.

And while we're on the topic, I have a great idea. I'll sell you FUTURE snow removal from your driveways for $0.10 on the dollar. That's right. If you act now, you can send me 1/10th the money up front, and in return, the next time you need snow removal I'll treat your dime like a dollar paid. Sound too good to be true? But wait! It gets better!

The government will reimburse your for the cost of snow removal at 100%! So you give me a dime, and the government will give you a $1, AND your snow will be removed!!! Take advantage of this deal now, because the legislature is moving quick to close this loophole.

Blah. I could make crap up like this all day long.

 

[kranky]

When cyberrebates first went down I checked out that MSN board. Some people had over $20,000 tied up in that ridiculous scheme. I just shake my head at what greed does to people. But I guess that's why con men stay successful - they prey on greedy people.

 

[Russ]

Never did business with them. I also never do business with Paypal. Hint, hint.

Russ, NCNE

 

[commemoratives]

Saw an interview with the CEO of PayPal... made me nervous. Not that I think puberty is an important factor in selecting the CEO of a company that trades in lucre.

It's just that I heard the mastermind of CyberRebates was on a jet to an extradition free country. Enron has put one in the ground and has the rest pleading the fifth.

That, and the fact that Enron actually had a business model.

 

[chuckieland]

i just glad that i never buy from cyberrabates

 

[rahvin]

Hey I got a great breadmaker from them. Sweated the $300 rebate the whole time, but it did take them another year to die.