Don't bother with BestBuy rebates....

Yeah, I'm here to vent; but also to pass along rebate results to the unwarry of this obvious deception. BestBuy is the guilty party I'm pointing the finger at but they're all probably all just as fraudulent.
Just got a form letter today saying "no rebate for you sucker!" with a very abstract explanation of 'why'. I still haven't figured it out.
When I first looked at what was involved in getting the rebate I rolled my eyes as it was pretty obvious they didn't want to do it. Three different addresses to mail three different verifications of purchase-all for one product; a hard drive. In fact all three verifications whated the same proof of purchase off the box. It took a phone call to verify which two would take a photocopy.
I was determined they weren't getting out of my rebate so I meticulously filled out all their requirements and made phone calls to make sure everything was in order. I'm still determined to get it if I have to whup the CEO's a$$ out in the parking lot.
So if a BESTBUY rebate is influencing you towards a purchase you had better think again. Look at that price before rebate and figure thats what you're going to pay. That first price is a lot higher than anywhere else.

I have sent off quite a few Rebates and I have only one I got back was the one I sent in to crucial ram. As far the rest, it seems like they all got lost in the mail. I would like to see real at the register discounts again instead of rebates.

I've had good luck with all of my Best Buy rebates.(knocks on wood)
I'm even waiting on a few to come in soon. Man, I hope I get them all. Mainly because I hate dealing with them when they don't pay up. Though through my experience, if you make enough phone calls they'll eventually give up the dough.

yeah rebates kinda make me mad, why not just have at the register instant rebates instead of the mail in ones?

the answer people will buy thinking of the rebate discount and then not mail it in.

ie.

10-5 rebate=5

but most people are thinking hmm rebates a good deal, but then they dont send it in and the company get all 10

:(

I had to mail in two rebates for a hard drive at Best Buy and I got both mine back already. Sorry to hear you're having such a hard time at getting the rebate money back.

they do them cause they still get your money i bought a CDrw from bestbuy with rebates and i sent of two at the same time all filled out. and only got one of them so the drive was suppose to be 20 after both rebates but i only recieved a check for one so the drive cost me 40. Which still isnt bad. But rebates stand for you might get a check back as they can always blaim it on the mail.

I posted this expecting the same UPC crap in the other thread about rebate "laws". If anything at all seems out of the ordinary (photocopying when they want the actual UPC), return the product. Don't risk not getting a rebate, unless you can stand the non-rebate price.

This plot just keeps getting more laughable. If I want to resubmit everything with whatever correction they want.(they didn't bother saying) I have to have all the coupons, receipts, etc back in their hands within 3 days or the rebate is off--Like its going to make it through the mail that fast.
If you raise enough hell you might come out of it with a rebate but they have no intention of giving you one unless they absolutely have to. So it looks like I ended up paying a hundred bucks for a hard drive I could have gotten anywhere else for 80 dollars. (and no sales tax)
A BestBuy manager is going to get some rebate forms shoved up his wazzoo tomarrow.

Thats too bad having to go thru all that Bull! I guess i've been lucky! I never missed a rebate check yet! Best Buy seemed like the better of them to me! Maybe their low on money!!! Hope everything works out for ya!

I bought a monitor at Best Buy. It only had one rebate, but after I sent it, I got my check in about 4-5 weeks.

Best Buy honors their rebates in the store. Bring all your paper and letter of denial of rebate in and talk to a manager.

I have recieved every rebate I have ever sent in, from Best Buy, Staples, Circuit City, Office Max, all of them, Maybe I'm Just Lucky or something?
Anyway it stinks that they're trying to deny you, Hope you get it taken care of.

I've also had no problem with rebates (and I buy products with rebates all the time).

That sucks what happened. Go into best buy the mgr should be able to take care of you.

I've mail in 8 to 12 rebates, i've gotten them all back, although the last one for my western digital hard drive took 12 weeks!

I've gotten all my rebates back I think, the worst was probably waiting for months for a diamond rio that I bought a long time ago. The best was for some microsoft hardware product that I bought, I got it in a matter of a few weeks! :o

The only rebate I never got back from anyone was about 5 years ago from Staples for $5 for some floppies I bought for use at the office. I have had no problems with anyone else, including Best Buy, and will not hesitate buying something with a MIR.

If you ever have a problem with a rebate... simply fax in your UPC code and/or receipt and there is nothing they can do from stopping you to get your rebate.

However, please do not get items with rebates. Please leave those for me, as I hate it when their OOS. ;)

of only two rebates i have sent in; one from a philips dvd player from best buy and another from a hard drive at compusa i received both within 7 weeks.