Would you take a 10% hit and get your rebate payment in 2 days or wait 2 months for the full payment?

[RMSistight]

This is for a $40 rebate.

Would you:

A. Have Onrebate.com take 10% from you and have them Paypal you the payment in 2 days after they receive it

OR

B. Have them Paypal you the entire $40 to your account in 2 months

What do you guys think?

 

[nboy22]

It would really depend on the size of the purchase and the rebate, but in most cases, I would rather have it in 2 days rather than 2 months.

 

[sniperruff]

wait 2 months. it's my money. why should you take a chunk of it?

 

[TitanDiddly]

Depends, but in almost all cases I'd just do it myself and take the whole amount.

 

[Specop 007]

I can live with without 40 bucks.
I can also live without 4 bucks.

So its up to YOU. On one hand, whats 40 bucks? Screw it, wait 2 months and you'll end up with a suprise few drinks becuase you had forgotten about 40 bucks.

On the other hand, whats 4 bucks? Take the hit, get it now and go drinkin.

Looks like win win to me. Aint like its alot of money either way. In retrospect, I'd just pay the 10% and go drinking.

 

[mercanucaribe]

The longer it takes, the less likely it is that you get the rebate. I'll take the 10% hit.

 

[TheGizmo]

id wait for it.. surprise drinks are better.. usually

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

If it's just a buck or two I'll take it right away. The thing is, even after LARGE quantities of rebates we haven't had any issues (knock on wood lol) because we make copies of everything we mail out to them so if there's any issue we can send in another copy or something.

 

[aphex]

take the 10% hit.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: RMSistight
This is for a $40 rebate.

Would you:

A. Have Onrebate.com take 10% from you and have them Paypal you the payment in 2 days after they receive it

OR

B. Have them Paypal you the entire $40 to your account in 2 months

What do you guys think?

Can you make 10% on that money within 2 months? (thats 60% annual yield)

 

[weirdichi]

If the rebate was on a Soyo product or through Tigerdirect, I'd take the 10% hit.

 

[RMSistight]

Originally posted by: weirdichi
If the rebate was on a Soyo product or through Tigerdirect, I'd take the 10% hit.

LOL. They still owe me $35 from that CigarPro rebate. I hope that company burns down in flames.

 

[weirdichi]

Originally posted by: RMSistight

Originally posted by: weirdichi
If the rebate was on a Soyo product or through Tigerdirect, I'd take the 10% hit.

LOL. They still owe me $35 from that CigarPro rebate. I hope that company burns down in flames.

They owe $50 me for a motherboard. It's still in the box collecting dust. Let's call Milton!

 

[sharkeeper]

Screw rebates. I don't buy things with rebates. If the seller can not provide goods for said price at the time of the sail, I take my biz elsewhere.

 

[aphex]

Any idea what stores tend to use OnRebate.com? I would prefer taking the hit to get it quicker.

 

[swtethan]

rebates take like 4-6 months

 

I would wait. I don't see the need to pay for impatience.

 

[DaWhim]

i don't mind waiting

 

[shopbruin]

Originally posted by: weirdichi

Originally posted by: RMSistight

Originally posted by: weirdichi
If the rebate was on a Soyo product or through Tigerdirect, I'd take the 10% hit.

LOL. They still owe me $35 from that CigarPro rebate. I hope that company burns down in flames.

They owe $50 me for a motherboard. It's still in the box collecting dust. Let's call Milton!

same here. i've given up. seagate on the other hand, got it back to me in three weeks.