Office Depot FAR software beginning 01/09/2011 and continuing 01/16/2011

Office Depot FAR software beginning 01/09/2011 and continuing 01/16/2011

UPDATE for the week beginning 01/16/2011: No new FAR titles. I moved iolo System Mechanic 8 to "continuing" because while the one rebate located is new to me, it might not be new to everyone.

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Three new title(s) with completely new rebates this offer period beginning 01/09/2011.

FAR titles with completely new rebates this offer period beginning 01/09/2011

Calendar Creator™ 12.1 [223569] $29.99 link
$30 standard rebate #11-42863 link
--- rebate valid from 01/09/2011 through 01/22/2011
--- original UPC code
--- copy of receipt
--- Encore processed rebates generally can be pre-submitted at www.encorerebates.com

Trend Micro™ Titanium™ Internet Security, 3-User [597219] $69.99 link
$40 standard rebate #10-41744 link
--- rebate valid from 01/09/2011 through 01/22/2011
--- valid* original UPC code OR original proof of purchase seal (cut out from bottom of package, no photocopies will be accepted)
--- copy of receipt with a purchase price of $25.00 or greater
--- * A valid UPC begins with the numbers 733199, all other UPC do not qualify
$30 upgrade rebate #10-41743 link
--- rebate valid from 01/09/2011 through 01/22/2011
--- Valid* UPC code or the original Proof of Purchase seal (cut out from bottom of package, no photocopies will be accepted)
--- A copy of your confirmation email OR dated invoice/sales receipt with a purchase price of $25.00 or greater
--- * A valid UPC begins with the numbers 733199, all other UPC do not qualify
--- Proof of prior ownership of a retail (boxed or downloaded) stand-alone version of Trend Micro PC-cillin, or any Norton™ or McAfee™ product, by providing one of the following: product CD, product disk (disk 1 only), title page of owner’s manual from a retail purchase, or the email confirmation for a download purchase.
++ Trend Micro rebates generally can be pre-submitted at www.rebateshq.com

FAR titles with CONTINUING standard and/or upgrade rebates

iolo System Mechanic 8 [388915] $49.99 link
Advertised as FAR two rebates. No rebates currently available on Office Depot's rebate website but the following should be one of the rebates.
$20 "on-box" upgrade rebate #10-34764 CONTINUING* link
--- rebate valid through 12/31/2011
--- original UPC code
--- proof of previous ownership of participating product:
------ Valid for previous owners of Norton SystemWorks, Norton Utilities, Avanquest System Suite, Avanquest Fix-It Utilities or any product from iolo.
------ Previous owners of stand-alone / retail products must enclose a photocopy of the CD, original first page of the manual, or original invoice for electronically delivered products.
--- copy of receipt

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****ALERT ON MCAFEE REBATES****

It has been reported on SD that McAfee through its rebate processor, Parago, has started to enforce a one per product restriction on its rebates. Until this is sorted out, submitting more than one rebate per product is not advised even if the rebate has a different rebate number and different offer period. The rebate invalidation message has been reported as "Your rebate request did not pass our audit process".

* - CONTINUING = CONTINUING means the rebate did not begin in this time period so it is necessary to check your rebate log to determine whether you have done this rebate already.

Hmmm For some reason I read this 426282755..........Large Camel Tote bag ......................$150.....................1/28/11
as a large camel toe bag. May have bit on that offer.

doublehelix747 said:   Any update on what McAfee is currently up to for their rebates?

One year still free for Bank of America customers online.

zindagi said:   I had purchased new 2011 version of mcafees from OD (IS and TP). My rebates were invalidated by mcafee without giving any reason. The parago could not do anything as Mcafee HQ did that. Kent at Parago is usually helpful, but he said basically same thing. What follows is long story.

I filed BBB against Mcafee and Parago. Mcafee guy called me to tell that I had filed 8 rebates for 2010 and 4 rebates for 2011 versions (although most of the softwares had 2 rebates, that damn stupid could not understand that). He wanted to find out that I have not activated any software and if I am commercial using them he can put me on that. He wanted some kind of proof before he said he can validate my rebates (this was just during the holidays).

I wrote to OD customer service and within next 2-3 days they were able to get the rebates validated by themselves.

Long story short avoid Mcafee rebates like plague.

Sounds like you may have been attempting to violate the "Terms and Conditions" associated with the rebate contract. Generally, these include a clause something like, "Limit one rebate per name, address, household or company" with the same restrictions applied to:
(1) the discount rebate and
(2) any additional associated product upgrade rebate.

Eight rebates (4 discount + 4 upgrade) rebates for 2010 McAfee products and four rebates (2 discount and 2 upgrade) for multiple copies of the same (or variations on the same) product would seem to violate the terms and intent of the rebate contract. I am not surprised that Parago and McAfee denied rebate claims for duplicate product purchases.

dcs1e said:   

Sounds like you may have been attempting to violate the "Terms and Conditions" associated with the rebate contract. Generally, these include a clause something like, "Limit one rebate per name, address, household or company" with the same restrictions applied to:
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Sounds like you have no idea what you're talking about about. This isn't rocket science. The way it is, and has been, for single FAR items from EVERY other company has been one item per product, per household, per that's rebate term (given that there is no special rebate form wording stating anything different). No special rebate form wording can be found on any Mcafee forms.

So, yes...those sleazy P.O.S.'s need to be left alone like the plague...end of story.

Did you see that I said IS and TP which are different products if you know before writing.

dcs1e said:   zindagi said:   I had purchased new 2011 version of mcafees from OD (IS and TP). My rebates were invalidated by mcafee without giving any reason. The parago could not do anything as Mcafee HQ did that. Kent at Parago is usually helpful, but he said basically same thing. What follows is long story.

I filed BBB against Mcafee and Parago. Mcafee guy called me to tell that I had filed 8 rebates for 2010 and 4 rebates for 2011 versions (although most of the softwares had 2 rebates, that damn stupid could not understand that). He wanted to find out that I have not activated any software and if I am commercial using them he can put me on that. He wanted some kind of proof before he said he can validate my rebates (this was just during the holidays).

I wrote to OD customer service and within next 2-3 days they were able to get the rebates validated by themselves.

Long story short avoid Mcafee rebates like plague.


Sounds like you may have been attempting to violate the "Terms and Conditions" associated with the rebate contract. Generally, these include a clause something like, "Limit one rebate per name, address, household or company" with the same restrictions applied to:
(1) the discount rebate and
(2) any additional associated product upgrade rebate.

Eight rebates (4 discount + 4 upgrade) rebates for 2010 McAfee products and four rebates (2 discount and 2 upgrade) for multiple copies of the same (or variations on the same) product would seem to violate the terms and intent of the rebate contract. I am not surprised that Parago and McAfee denied rebate claims for duplicate product purchases.

blueis300 said:   I was quoted a price of $229.99 for item 708162 but go online to use a coupon code and it comes up $299.99. Any ideas what to do? Wanna get a netbook also and use a coupon.This has NOTHING to do with the thread topic.

Both the Trend Micro rebate and Trend Micro upgrade rebate require original proof of purchase (no photocopies allowed). How do you all handle that situation?

When it comes to Mcafee Rebates, until the check has cleared or the debit card sent, there is a good chance something may go wrong. I had a Mcafee rebate that was valid for about 8 weeks and then suddenly became invalid.In addition, most software vendors, such as Trend, Symantec etc. will allow the consumer to request a check instead of a debit card, but Mcafee will not.

respdoc said:   jrowe said:   Both the Trend Micro rebate and Trend Micro upgrade rebate require original proof of purchase (no photocopies allowed). How do you all handle that situation?

Read OP's first post...to answer your own question.

Sorry for the stupid questions, but what is the difference between a proof of purchase and a UPC code?

Thanks

According to your links they are defined as the same thing. Thanks for trying though.

I did the Trend Micro FAR offer through Staples SER #10-39308 in late November last year. Would I still qualify for the two new rebates for OD's Trend Micro offer?

jrowe said:   According to your links they are defined as the same thing. Thanks for trying though.

There is no hope for you.

namelessness said:   Did not see proof of purchase on the bottom of the box.

If you mean Trend Micro, send a copy of UPC. After they reject you, you need to call and tell them there was no proof of purchase on box.

Maybe this will help with the UPC vs Proof of Purchase

milkandcookies said:   Proof of prior ownership of a retail (boxed or downloaded) stand-alone version of Trend Micro PC-cillin, or any Norton™ or McAfee™ product, by providing one of the following: product CD, product disk (disk 1 only), title page of owner’s manual from a retail purchase, or the email confirmation for a download purchase.

I have the CD, do they want a copy of it or the actual CD? TIA.
For the last batch of TM rebates that have been processed, I used a photocopy of a product cd and the rebate was validated without a hitch.

Does anyone have the rebate for iolo System Mechanic 8 that has been taken off OD's website? TIA.