OK everyone- so I saw a good deal on ram from Tiger Direct - 1gb $100 then $40 rebate. Cool.
Well, it turns out that somehow the rebate process has been greatly improved: instead of just mailing in the typical form, upc core, and receipt, I had to do all of this online stuff - registering and entering, etc., with something called "onsite."
I thought it was an online submission versus mail-in. I thought, how cool. They took my order number, etc.
Then, at the end of this process, they tell me I have successfully registered. And the next step is - you guessed it - print out the form, mail it in with the upc code and the receipt. Wow.
Here is the good part, though: if I want to pay a $4.50 fee, they can instantly submit my rebate to my paypal.
So the good old days of rebates are officially over. Now, I bet I will be peppered with junk mail daily because I "registered" with I-don't know-who, some serivce called "onsite" or something.
Rebates had been great for a while there. I actually received every one I submitted, starting back in 1996 when I started messign with computers. Not any more.
Does this bug anyone else? Has anyone esle done this? Do yuo get a bunch of email because you registered?
Well, it turns out that somehow the rebate process has been greatly improved: instead of just mailing in the typical form, upc core, and receipt, I had to do all of this online stuff - registering and entering, etc., with something called "onsite."
I thought it was an online submission versus mail-in. I thought, how cool. They took my order number, etc.
Then, at the end of this process, they tell me I have successfully registered. And the next step is - you guessed it - print out the form, mail it in with the upc code and the receipt. Wow.
Here is the good part, though: if I want to pay a $4.50 fee, they can instantly submit my rebate to my paypal.
So the good old days of rebates are officially over. Now, I bet I will be peppered with junk mail daily because I "registered" with I-don't know-who, some serivce called "onsite" or something.
Rebates had been great for a while there. I actually received every one I submitted, starting back in 1996 when I started messign with computers. Not any more.
Does this bug anyone else? Has anyone esle done this? Do yuo get a bunch of email because you registered?