rebates / companies to stay away from

by **BuddhaTB** on Sun Jan 02, 2005 6:35 pm

Dunno if anyone else has dealt with Seagate rebates but my experience has been very slow. I sent in the rebate in September and still have not received my $50 rebate check yet. I already received an e-mail confirmation at the end of September stating my rebate was approved.

I'll be calling them on Monday to see what's up with my rebate check.

by **bill** on Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:55 pm

BuddhaTB wrote:Dunno if anyone else has dealt with Seagate rebates but my experience has been very slow. I sent in the rebate in September and still have not received my $50 rebate check yet. I already received an e-mail confirmation at the end of September stating my rebate was approved.

I'll be calling them on Monday to see what's up with my rebate check.

I've had three or four rebates with Seagate and all were paid. I don't keep a written record after receiving the funds but from memory it took ten to twelve weeks.

Good luck

by **ETP** on Mon Feb 21, 2005 8:27 am

How about Plextor! Anyone have feedback?

by **UALOneKPlus** on Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:48 pm

ETP wrote:How about Plextor! Anyone have feedback?

I've never heard of a Plextor rebate. Hopefully if you have experience down the road you can let us know.

For now, I have stopped buying products with rebates. I much prefer to pay a discounted price than doing all the work associated with rebates.

I hate having to pay an inflated price, then submitting multiple rebates, which entails filling out the info, scanning all the docs/receipts, preparing all the envelopes, pay for mail/tracking, and then waiting endlessly for rebates.

My friends all are now staying away from rebates.

The only one I might consider is Staples, which has online rebates.

by **BillyG** on Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:05 pm

I had a Plextor rebate about 4 years ago for thier Plexwriter 24/10/40a, but I think Best Buy handled that rebate.

Another company to watch out for Fry's - I've been waiting two months for a $6 rebate for a pack of GQ Great Quality 4X DVD's.

by **vinnie97** on Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:34 pm

A 2 months' wait isn't out of the ordinary these days.

by **vinnie97** on Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:32 am

BenQ/CPG (rebatestatus.com), beware! I'm still waiting on a $30 rebate for this 17" LCD monitor I got last Black Friday for $205 before 2 rebates ($145 after rebates), 3 months and counting now since they received my submission...

by **ETP** on Sat Jun 11, 2005 9:06 am

Got my plex rebate! So it works! very slow!

by **vinnie97** on Thu Jun 16, 2005 12:36 am

Also got my BenQ/CPG rebate a while back finally. :oops:

by **aviationwiz** on Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:59 pm

RiData/RiTEK/Advanced Media/Anything else they call themselves

I received said attachement in the mail today (I cropped out my address, and their address) claiming I didn't send everytyhing in, which I did, I followed it to the letter as I follow every MIR to the letter.

STAY AWAY FROM ANYTHING RITEK

by **dolphinius_rex** on Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:35 pm

How else do you think Ritek can stay in business. They're scumbags through and through.

by **Boba_Fett** on Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:22 pm

www.web-rebates.com can suck my balls. I sent in a ATi $50 rebate last June and it still says "Approved". There should be some sort of death penalty for this shit. Even better, there is absolutely no support e-mail or phone # on the site!!!

by **bill** on Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:42 pm

Boba_Fett wrote:www.web-rebates.com can suck my balls. I sent in a ATi $50 rebate last June and it still says "Approved". There should be some sort of death penalty for this shit. Even better, there is absolutely no support e-mail or phone # on the site!!!

Try this number- 888-259-8722. I just tried it at 5:40 eastern time and someone picked up the phone.

Good luck!

Edit; forgot the link - http://www.gfsinc.com/contact.asp

by **Boba_Fett** on Sun Oct 23, 2005 6:56 pm

bill wrote:
Boba_Fett wrote:www.web-rebates.com can suck my balls. I sent in a ATi $50 rebate last June and it still says "Approved". There should be some sort of death penalty for this shit. Even better, there is absolutely no support e-mail or phone # on the site!!!

Try this number- 888-259-8722. I just tried it at 5:40 eastern time and someone picked up the phone.

Good luck!

Edit; forgot the link - http://www.gfsinc.com/contact.asp

Sorry for the late reply. Anyway, many thanks for that url. I e-mailed them and they assured me that the check would be mailed by the end of the week. To my surprise, I got my rebate check in the mail one week after they replied to my e-mail. Weird, but I'm happy now. Now what to do with this $50?

by **bill** on Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:33 am

Boba_Fett wrote:
bill wrote:
Boba_Fett wrote:www.web-rebates.com can suck my balls. I sent in a ATi $50 rebate last June and it still says "Approved". There should be some sort of death penalty for this shit. Even better, there is absolutely no support e-mail or phone # on the site!!!

Try this number- 888-259-8722. I just tried it at 5:40 eastern time and someone picked up the phone.

Good luck!

Edit; forgot the link - http://www.gfsinc.com/contact.asp

Sorry for the late reply. Anyway, many thanks for that url. I e-mailed them and they assured me that the check would be mailed by the end of the week. To my surprise, I got my rebate check in the mail one week after they replied to my e-mail. Weird, but I'm happy now. Now what to do with this $50?

You're welcome, glad you got your money.

Regarding what to do with the fifty, you did miss my birthday :wink:

For me, Mad Dog has been worst. It took about nine months to get a power supply rebate, bastards. :evil:

by **dodecahedron** on Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:55 am

bill wrote:For me, Mad Dog has been worst. It took about nine months to get a power supply rebate, bastards.

count yourself lucky that you got it at all.

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