I have bought my last 5 HDs (3 seagate and 2 Hitachi) with rebates over the last two years. I have gotten all the rebates back without any hassel. I guess i am just lucky.
On 6/5/05, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Louie Ilievski wrote: > > >On Saturday 04 June 2005 04:32 pm, mark wrote: > > > > > >>On Saturday 04 June 2005 03:53 pm, Louie Ilievski wrote: > >> > >> > >>>On Saturday 04 June 2005 08:27 am, mark wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>The current best deal I've seen is 250GB WD for $118 at Sams club. No > >>>>rebate. > >>>> > >>>>That's pretty cheap storage. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Or a 250GB WD for $80 after rebates at Circuit City :-) I'm thinking > >>>about getting this one for my myth box. > >>> > >>>~Lou > >>> > >>> > >>I'm sick of the rebate bullsh*t that every box store seems to want to do. > >>Half the time you get nothing, the other half you wait 4 months for a > >>rejection letter because you didn't cross your t's and dot your i's. I'll > >>patronize stores that don't require me to jump through hoops to save money, > >>thanks. > >> > >> > > > >I can completely understand your opinion. But just to put in a little bit of > >my own experience, I have to say that WD has been very good with their > >rebates. Circuit city has as well. So between the two of them I feel very > >confident in receiving my money. I actually just got two emails last week > >confirming my rebate requests for a drive I bought not to long ago - one from > >each company, and my rebate requests were done by mail, not electronically. > >I never get email confirmations from other places. > > > >Anyway, the last 4 or 5 hard drives I've bought have all been WD drives that > >I > >got from rebates, and I have received my money every time without a single > >hassle. I for one will continue to buy these drives. They have worked (and > >are all still working) wonderful for me, and I've gotten them all at killer > >prices. > > > >On the other hand, I got screwed by Frys on two different products that I > >purchased on the same day, with the same reason - I didn't include the > >original UPC barcode, which is complete BS. But, I didn't follow their > >recommendation of keeping copies of everything, so I blamed myself mostly. > >I'm sure calling them up and putting a little pressure on them would've > >worked too, but oh well. > > > >If you just follow the directions and keep copies as proof, they can't deny > >you the rebate. > > > >~Lou > > > > > I've heard from several people on other forums that they've called > Seagate, WD and others and the CS > rep said that it was company policy to deny rebates unless you called > and complained. I'd say your experience > was very lucky. I hope it stays that way for you. I just don't want > the hassle. > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
