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Originally posted by milt
...I hate "rebates." It seems most are set up so that many people will forget or miss some stupid little detail so they can deny the refund. I won't buy anything with a rebate attached unless I expect to not ever see the money and the purchase is still economically viable.
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This was actually covered in a marketing course I took years ago. And you are exactly correct. Rebates are in place to give the appearance that you are saving money by purchasing the product. Although a certain amount of rebaters use the tactic of denying the rebate for various reasons, in reality the statistics show that most rebates are never even claimed for. People forget. Sellers are counting on the statistics.
If they offered a sale of 10% off at the register, then they lose 10% off of every sale. But if they offer 10% back by rebate, and only 80% claimed (way above average for claims) then the seller sees 20% of their sales at full price.
Around here, I've found Best Buy to be the worst about denying rebate claims for BS reasons.