On 30 Jun 2003 21:13:33 -0400, (Mike Rivers)
wrote:

Today I tried the Staples on-line rebate web page and it isn't (at
least for the Maxtor disk drive I bought) and it still wasn't
painless. It fills out the form for you, but if you bought at a store
(which I did) you still have to mail in a copy of the sales receipt
and UPC label to prove that you actually bought (and didn't return)
the item.

Which means in some cases, that if you send in the rebate, you can no
longer use the #ty day return policy, which requires you to return the
item with all the packaging intact.

Or if you wait that long, the chances that you'll forget or screw up
the application process increase.

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