Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 21:08:36 -0700 From: "Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 2GB Toshiba PCMCIA Card Hard Drive $12.xx after rebate!
Matthew Hanson wrote: > Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 20:46:52 +0000 > From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] 2GB Toshiba PCMCIA Card Hard Drive $12.xx after rebate! > > >From: "Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Drat, here's what I got about an hour after placing my order: > >---------- > >Thank you for placing your order with Gateway Accessories Store. > > > >The following item from your order is currently on backorder. While we > >cannot deliver the item as quickly as anticipated, we expect to deliver > >within 30 days. For your convenience, we will alert you by email as soon as > >additional information is available. > >---------- > > > >Now I'm going to have to figure out if I cancel the order. If they send a > >receipt dated the day it ships, it will most likely be outside of the > >rebate period. > > Okay... I just spoke to people at Gateway twice on the phone. I'm still not > clear on everything, and am waiting until Aurora comes back from break to > iron out wrinkles. > > But here's what I've found out, prioritized from top to bottom in my mind: > > 1. The Gateway order can be cancelled before they send you notification via > email confirming shipment. BUT (this is why I have to talk to Aurora), > THERE�S NO GAURANTEE THAT YOUR CANCELLATION WILL BE PROCCESSED. It has > something to do with whether or not Gateway had sent a notice to their > supplier to request a mass order for the back ordered unit, or if your they > just sent you�re order to their supplier for the back ordered unit. > > 2. The order must be made on or before Aug. 15th. > > 3. Within an hour or so of placing an order, Gateway sends a receipt that > can be printed out and submitted with the rebate coupon I ordered yesterday... I see an order "Notification" email, but it doesn't have any info in it even closely resembling a receipt for a rebate. That was then followed by the "Backorder" email. Nothing since. > 4. The rebate coupon, receipt, and serial/part# info from package must be > postmarked on or before Sept. 15th 2002. If you haven�t received > notification of shipment by Sept. 2nd or 3rd, you may want to cancel the > order. Again, more info on cancellation coming. > > 5. Toshiba must receive the rebate documentation at their rebate center in > New Rochelle, NY by (on or before?) Sept. 30th. > > 6. I was told a second sales receipt would be sent either as part of the > email notification of shipment, or as a separate email at that time. > Another Gateway person said the receipt is only sent once when the order is > received. > > 7. As of about 4:00PM EDT, Gateway had 80 orders for this 2GB Toshiba backup > drive. 10 of those were orders for more than $1000. -- Tom Stangl ***http://www.vfaq.com/ ***DSM Visual FAQ home ***http://ba.dsm.org/ ***SF Bay Area DSMs ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
