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Just an anecdote but years ago when Tiger Direct was still a decent place they offered a mail-in rebate for a product and I sent in everything that was asked fo
by anonymouskimmer 3y ago
Just an anecdote but years ago when Tiger Direct was still a decent place they offered a mail-in rebate for a product and I sent in everything that was asked for. I asked later about why I hadn't gotten the rebate, and they told me that I hadn't sent in everything that was asked for and wouldn't be getting the rebate. I responded that I couldn't send the things in anymore as I had sent in the originals in the first rebate request, and that if they didn't rebate me I'd never shop from them again. They sent me the rebate. I also never shopped from them again anyway.
Probably not the reason they went away, but I do wonder how many customers were lost from bad rebate programs or rebate program mistakes.
- saurik 3y agoYeah: when I see "mail-in rebate" I just think "low-key scam". It also now tells me the "real price" of the product is cheaper, and so I feel screwed if I don't intend to put in the effort to deal with the scam, which is a rather different mechanism from coupons.