In article wkyeeATbestwebDOTnet writes:

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.

If it's something I think I might want to return, I'll hold off on
sending in the rebate paperwork. I don't usually need 30 days to
decide, though. Either it does it or it doesn't, and usually I'll
return it the next day. (just like the three different laptop bags
over the last couple of weeks, but no rebates on those)

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

That's what they're counting on, I suppose. But I think they make a
genuine effort to give the rebate. Once I sent a copy of the sales
receipt instead of the original, and kept the original in my files.
That's usually OK, but for some reason, this one wanted the original.
They sent me a letter asking for the original, which I sent after
making a copy for my file, and I got the check about a week later. I
don't even remember what it was or for how much, but given that it
cost another stamp and envelope plus going out to make a copy (you
guys who work in offices where there's a copying machine got it made)
either it was really worth while or just a matter of principle.




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