On 05/25/05 16:20 ET, barlow said...
I am not even sure it
is a $50.00 rebate afterall. The rebate place
is calling it a gift card. It may be that after
waiting since January I can only use it in Circuit
City !! It sure was not explained to me that
way at time of purchace. All I heard was register
for your $50.00 rebate.
-Don B
I'm not a violent person... but this kind of business practice makes me want to return the item ala "Discount Tire's" commercial. You know the one where they say that if at anytime you are unsatisfied, please return the tires... and they show a tire being thrown through a plate glass window!
I recently had a similar experience with Expedia. Their web site promised a $600 rebate on a cruise. The first info I got back thanked me for applying for my $300 rebate... Aaaarrrggghhhhh! After nearly an hour on the phone, they agreed that yes, It should be $600, and they'd fix it. I then had to repeat this scenario of the email showing the wrong amount and the hour long phone call because they didn't get it write the second time.
I got my "Rebate" in my email last week. I can use it to buy gift certificates good for a number of retailers.... Aaarrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
If I only knew how to write a good virus that could crash their servers!