Wednesday, May 11, 2005
The Great Rebate Robbery
OK, so as I kinda suspected, I've been slipping on this here blog-thing. However; there's nothing more boring that reading someone blog about how they never have time to blog, so I'm not going to apologize, make excuses, or discuss it any further. I post when I post, and that's that! :)
Now, the thing that made me login to actually write something here is simply this: I HATE REBATES! I bloody hate them. They're horrible. They suck. They bite. They blow chunks.
Whichever marketing genius thought of the mail-in-rebate should be drawn, quartered, and fed to the ants. They are the absolute least-user-friendly, least customer-oriented things in existence. They're a pain in my behind and they get on my nerves.
And of course I'm not alone...no, do a quick search for 'i hate rebates', and in no time you'll find many like-minded people venting about the annoyance of rebates. Despite this, they only seem to be growing in popularity. I'm currently waiting on a rebate for my cell phone, and two rebates from RAM purchases. I just received a rebate rejection letter from something I bought before Christmas. Yes, it took 5 months to get the response back: rejected because 'not posted by the deadline'. Wrong! I posted it at least 2 weeks before the deadline.
If you want to cut the price. Just cut the price. And, if you really want to mail me a rebate, refund the tax as well. (15% in these parts!)
Sigh...still waiting for the backlash to begin. And when it does, they shall be first against the wall!
Now, the thing that made me login to actually write something here is simply this: I HATE REBATES! I bloody hate them. They're horrible. They suck. They bite. They blow chunks.
Whichever marketing genius thought of the mail-in-rebate should be drawn, quartered, and fed to the ants. They are the absolute least-user-friendly, least customer-oriented things in existence. They're a pain in my behind and they get on my nerves.
And of course I'm not alone...no, do a quick search for 'i hate rebates', and in no time you'll find many like-minded people venting about the annoyance of rebates. Despite this, they only seem to be growing in popularity. I'm currently waiting on a rebate for my cell phone, and two rebates from RAM purchases. I just received a rebate rejection letter from something I bought before Christmas. Yes, it took 5 months to get the response back: rejected because 'not posted by the deadline'. Wrong! I posted it at least 2 weeks before the deadline.
If you want to cut the price. Just cut the price. And, if you really want to mail me a rebate, refund the tax as well. (15% in these parts!)
Sigh...still waiting for the backlash to begin. And when it does, they shall be first against the wall!
