Re: Rebates are Hell


"CJT" <abujlehc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> amcwill417 wrote:
>
> > Looking at a Sunday Best Buy ad insert in the newspaper and looking at a
> > comupter system I see listed the following mail-in rebates:
> > $150 Best Buy Bundle
> > $50 CPU
> > $50 monitor
> > $50 printer bundle
> > $20 printer bundle
> >
> > for a total of $320 for the computer system. ( I do not understand why
the
> > printer has two separate rebates).
> >
> > So why not just take all this off at the cash register? When I go to
the
> > grocery store and buy a loaf of bread I do not get a mail-in rebate
offer.
> > I am of the opinion that all this rebate stuff is nonsense and vastly
> > complicates things. And for what purpose?
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >
> It allows them to report higher gross sales to keep Wall Street happy.
>
> It also gives them the use of your money for a while.
>
> And, as another poster noted, some people don't send in for the rebates.
>
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Someday we will be offered mail-in rebates for a grocery store purchased
pizza. One pizza will probably have several rebates: one for the cheese,
one for the tomato sauce, one for the pepperoni, one for the crust, etc.

Alex


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