Re: Polaroid rebate

[Arthur Entlich <artistic@ampsc.com>]

Just a brief comment about rebates in general.  I have participated in 
well over 100 rebates over the last 3-4 years.  They range from store 
rebates to manufacturers rebates, from software to hardware, from $5 to 
hundreds of $.

They almost NEVER show up on time.  If you are lucky, they show up a 
good one months beyond the long end of the date the coupon suggests.

If you are less lucky, they don't show up until you call a dozen times. 
  Just today I was tracking down a rebate on some software which I sent 
in in May of this year.  This is the 4th time I have called the 
fulfillment company, and they told me "the rebate is in processing". 
That's their way of stating, "we received your form, and now we are 
either waiting for the company to pay us the money so we can distribute 
it" or "we have your form, and we are so backlogged, it might still be 
several more months before you see it".

I certainly understand that some people have concerns due to Polaroid's 
current financial condition, and I certainly am not suggesting anyone be 
less than diligent, but I also want to let people who have not dealt 
with rebates before, that they are often much later than the form says 
in arriving.

Art

JL wrote:

> My rebate request was mailed in to Polaroid 8 weeks ago today, and I'm 
> still waiting.
> 
>  
> 
> John Lord
> Mountain Ranch
> California
> 
>  
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
> 
>     From: BDipert@aol.com <mailto:BDipert@aol.com>
> 
>      
> 
>     Hi folks, for any of you that bought a SprintScan 4000 recently and
>     submitted an entry form for the $200 rebate; have you gotten your
>     rebate yet, and if so how long did it take? I sent mine in late
>     September and now, beyond than the 4-6 weeks that is claimed on the
>     form, haven't gotten my check yet. 
> 



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