Re: [vox] Hard Drives are cheap...

[Foo Lim <fwlim@ucdavis.eMAPSdu>]

Making copies is the smartest thing to do in rebates, so you can fax them
if worse comes to worse.  A few years ago, there didn't used to be contact
numbers on the rebate forms.  Now, many do.  Most companies and rebate
processing places are good about picking up the 1-800 numbers.  If not,
call the manufacturer.


On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Joel Baumert wrote:

> I'm not sure how it could be a scam.  It has both Fry's
> name and Western Digital's name on it.  I'm not sure
> what Fry's motivation would be to advertise a $100,
> rebate give me documenation about where to go for the
> rebate and not have it payed.
>
> I could see it if it were $10 or $20 because most
> people wouldn't pursue it, but for $100, I think that
> most people would not let that slide...
>
> At any rate, I have copies of everything.  If they try
> to rip me off, I'll see if one of the local news
> station's fraud people would be interested in the story.
>
> Joel
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 01:34:05PM -0700, Rod Roark wrote:
> > Yes, hard drives are cheap.  But in my experience rebates
> > are OFTEN out-and-out scams... especially if an outside
> > service is handling them.
> >
> > Why do you suppose they don't just lower the price?
> >
> > -- Rod