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Probably they were introduced as marketing and when more-preferred customers realized they never mailed anything in, and therefore the rebate price is misleadin
by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
Probably they were introduced as marketing and when more-preferred customers realized they never mailed anything in, and therefore the rebate price is misleading, it ceased to be effective marketing.
Sounds like it was also the difficulty around “doing it right” which is probably different per seller. https://www.consumeraffairs.com/consumerism/rebate_madness01.html https://www.consumeraffairs.com/consumerism/rebate_madness01...
- ghaff 3y agoThough they weren't a flash in the pan thing. It's true that their allure for marketing was that a lot of people priced the rebate in and then never mailed for it or violated some term/condition. But they were commonplace for a long time.
- etrautmann 3y agoSending outgoing mail is more rare now though? Perhaps when it used to be common to stamp and mail letters then one more wasn’t as big a deal. Now, I’m not even sure where our stamps are or if we have any at home.
- ghaff 3y agoYes, as I wrote in another comment. I know where my stamps and envelopes are but I imagine a lot of people are like "I need to fill out a form and mail it? ROFL. Like that's going to happen. Stuff your rebate. That's fake news."