Don't believe HP rebate offer

I bought a HP notebook and printer at the same time with a single payment directly from HP. The printer had rebate offer which required purchasing of a
notebook simultaneously.

And I read the rebate instruction 19 times before I mailed all the requested info's and UPC code, but they kindly sent me a denial letter just like COMPUSA and a flyby-overnight con-artist. Overcoming my suspicion of their intention, I sent an additional copy of info's. For five months I have not received any check or letter.

I called them and the first strong Indian accent guy hung up the phone and second strong Philipino accent girl repeated the same XXX **** reason why they denied the rebate.

I sent the e-mail to HP president saying keep the money.
They called me and sent me mail but too late. I don't need 70 bucks.

I was the happiest humanbeing ever existed in entire history when COMPUSA went out of business.
I will expect same thing happen to HP before I close my eyes.

 

HP... lol. you got to be kidding, its going to be a long time before they go under.

 

That's why I never by anything for the rebate. Too easy to get shafted. It's too easy for them to say, you forget to cross a T or dot an I on your form so you're not qualified.
Never ever trust rebates IMHO.
But in my honest opinion, if they indeed offered your rebate, you were foolish not to accept it. Why go through all that hassle to turn it down? That just seems silly to me, especially for $70 so I think you really have no right to complain about this, because in the end, they did offer you the rebate check.

 

lol so that's just make u happy.

 

You should start an uprising. Possibly a march on Washington as well.

 

i try to avoid mail-in rebates. i feel as if those are rarely honored.
out of like 10 times i bought things and promptly sent in mail-in rebate, only twice have gotten a check back, for like $10 that i never bothered to cash (too lazy to spend $5.00 for a bank trip lol)

however, "instant rebate" or anything of that nature like "30% off at checkout" is what i believe more

 

I got both of my rebate checks from HP. $70 x 2 for 2 printers. Took 5 weeks though. Only one email sent to inquire about status.

But yeah, me hates rebates.

 

I've been shafted several times by companies (not by HP) for rebates. I will never buy anything based on a rebate. I only go for the best price excluding any rebate.

It is particularly ridiculous for HP (or any manufacturer) to offer a rebate on their own product that you buy from their own site. Its one thing for a retailer to offer a rebate because its coming from the product manufacturer. However when a manufacturer does it, they should just make the rebate instantaneous.

I think its just a scam because they know 20% of buyers won't ever submit the rebate form, and they'll "lose" or disallow 50% of those that do send it in. (The 50% is just my own unofficial, and cynical, estimate. )

 

I got my $150 rebate from HP after like 3 months.

Check if they have extended the rebate period, because if they have then they will not process any till its finished.

 

These are the types of people in which the saying "think before you talk (type)" comes into play.

I'm sure there are reasons why you got denied the initial rebates. You could have sent it in extremely late or with an uncompleted form.

To deny the offering after a case manager decides in your favor is defeating the purpose of everything you did. AND THEN! You bag on HP for not helping you and hope they go out of business. That is horrendous. The only other person I know that would do something like that is Barrack Obama. His intentions change from debate to debate and then he thinks raising taxes on businesses will help us?

Go call them up and get your $70 bucks. We're in such a financial meltdown right now that you'll be happy there is an extra $70 bucks in your wallet.

 

yup sme here

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