bozo007 said:jaxkewl said:insure your mail in rebate at the post office for the amount of the rebate. if your rebate gets denied because of UPC label not included(knowing that u submitted it) then u can claim the USPS insurance.
I don't this is going to work.I'm sure you'll be able to buy the insurance, but there's no way in heck you'll be able to make a successful claim.

As Homer Simpson discovered, insurance only covers actual losses, not made-up stuff.

Since 2001 I have done over $10,000 in rebates. I've gotten all that I fought for. Some I just don't care about. But definitely make copies or scans.

I don't know about doing the second mailing if the rebate is denied on the first. I called instead, and got the rebate approved twice out of twice.

overclock said:Since 2001 I have done over $10,000 in rebates. I've gotten all that I fought for. Some I just don't care about. But definitely make copies or scans.jeebus! I thought I was bad and have only done 1/2 that in the same period.

The only rebate that i've had unpaid is IOMagic. And that was despite a lot of work. In the scheme of things, 99.4% is still a great amount back.

OfficeMax is generally the worst (not manufacturer, but the "extra" rebates) and those are the cause of at least 80% of the follow up I have to do (and i'm patient... 16 weeks is when I start complaining unless I get a rejection email/postcard). Best Buy is worthless for trying to get assistance with rebates. Fry's had the most flaky offers, but at least corporate paid all the unpaid rebates I submitted to them.

I'm not really complaining, over 90% of all the rebates I submit come within a reasonable amount of time (on time or a little late) with no follow-up necessary. And the majority of the problems are minor and solved with either an email or quick call.

Not sure if the following tips helped in securing my rebates or not, but thought I would pass them along too. 100% success rate so far, probably because I stayed away from the questionable resellers and rebate offers.

1. Always PRINT your name & address info in UPPER CASE. (Easier for them to read.)
2. Even with in-store rebate receipt/form attached, I also include copy of completed on-line form. (Some of these in-store rebate receipt barely have enough room to write anything.)
3. Even with rebates requesting original UPC, I always put a copy of UPC along with sales receipt. (Sort of telling rebate company I have copies so don't mess with my rebate.)
4. On copy of sales receipt, I circle important information like purchase date and items purchased including adding additional info like SKU# and UPC#.
5. I feed my envelopes thru the laser printer to print out the sender/receiver address. (Minimize the chances of USPS not being able to read my handwriting. I probably can take this one step further and printout the destination bar code for them.)
6. Of course, I scan everything that I submit for future reference. (Only thing I don't like is scanning those long in-store rebate forms. a section at a time on a flatbed scanner. )
7. Regarding how to attach the original UPC, I always stack and staple everything to top left hand corner. UPC code first, rebate form second, and copy of sales receipt last.

OK, so I may be a little paranoid when it comes to submitting rebates. I'm not giving these guys any excuses to invalidate my rebate submission.

Confessions from other rebate addicts/non-addicts alike.

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Rebate! Rebate! is OK but does anyone have usefull ideas for how to use to track multiple rebates for one product. I mean this is FW and we generally double, triple or quadruple dip? The only way I found is to subtract the rebates from original price as you enter (as if you had received them already) Otherwise if you bought a HP2550n with three rebates (OD$60,OD$150,HP$175) and enter the full purchase price each time, it appears in the statistics that you paid three times as much as you actually did and if you subtract rebates not received to keep dollar data correct it appears that your savings are off. Any help on this one?

Thanks,
Michael

Good tips Sc0rpio! I think I'll outsource my rebate processing to you.