[ale] DSL Modems

[Irv Mullins]

On Tuesday 09 September 2003 06:01 am, Geoffrey wrote:

> I'm still waiting for a rebate from some software from Compusa.  I
> checked the status on a website that was provided, and it said I didn't
> send in the upc label.  Well, I don't screw up like that, I know I did.
>   Anyway, I called them, they had me fax to them the front page of the
> software manual.  I've still not seen my rebate yet.  That for me is the
> last straw.  If I don't get that one, I'll not buy anything with a
> rebate again.

Rebates (unless you get the cash before you leave the store) are nothing 
but a scam. The companies get to keep the extra cash, earn interest from it, 
and maybe, just maybe, they'll eventually have to pay it out if you are 
persistent enough, or threaten a lawsuit. 

Of course they use a "third party" to handle the rebates - so they can pass 
the blame back and forth until you give up in discuss. 

Better than not buying items with rebates is to take the item to the manager, 
and ask him/her to recommend one of his competitors who sells this item 
WITHOUT a rebate, so you can go there to buy it "without the scam". Maybe 
they'll get the message.

Irv.