FUJI REBATES ARE A SCAM !!!

[budz]

dvdshot wrote

Another fun fact about rebates: They allot "12 weeks" to process your rebate. The longer they hold out on giving you your rebate, the longer they gain interest on that $50 you were promised. 3 months of interest on $50 isn't much, but when it's 100,000s of $50 rebates you're holding on to, the interest is huge.

If 10 people didn't send in their rebates and completely forgot about them. The companies won't give a rats ass about it because that's just more money they can keep. And if the rebates were turned in, but those 10 people forgot about it. The company isn't going to chase them down and say, "HEY! you want your rebate check because we forgot to send it to you. It's only when someone will inquire about their rebates that the companies will respond. They could care less if you don't contact them.

When I purchased my Fuji dvd-r packs what difference would it make that I asked 2 friends to send in the rebate for me. If my 2 friends were with me at the time I would have just asked them to purchase 1 box each anyway so I see no difference. As someone said I'm ripping off the company by having my friends send in the rebate. I don't see it that way but call it what you want.

[rcguy]

Very simple, I don't buy products with mail in rebates. Instant rebates, by all means yes.

[presto]

When I purchased my Fuji dvd-r packs what difference would it make that I asked 2 friends to send in the rebate for me. If my 2 friends were with me at the time I would have just asked them to purchase 1 box each anyway so I see no difference.

What part of "One rebate per household" don't you understand?

(Strange that you say you asked 2 friends to send in the rebate. Earlier you said you said used their addresses. They are both dishonest anyway.)

[presto]

Very simple, I don't buy products with mail in rebates. Instant rebates, by all means yes

Also very simple. I fill out the rebate right away and follow all the instructions.

All of the instructions means even things like putting a check mark by the product in question. The companies that handle this give instructions to their employees about how to process them and for some crazy reason they don't just tell them to use their own judgement. You have to fill the form out correctly.

I recieved a $50.00 rebate in the mail today. I've never not gotten a rebate. (At least no a big one, I don't really worry about the little ones) I've had to re-send some info on a few because I made a mistake. Best Buy has a remarkable system. They print out everything for you including a special rebate receipt and instructions.

(rcguy I just used the wording of your post because this is what came to mind when I read it. I would never argue with the point that some people don't want to bother. I personally never bother with coupons and I'm sure I could save a lot of money. They just don't seem worth the effort to me)

[aero]

someone said I'm ripping off the company by having my friends send in the rebate.

No it is you who are saying you are ripping off the company. It isn't grand theft, but as you said, it says one per household.

If you want to know why there are many hoops and delays in rebates, and why companies hire fullfillment companies, one reason is to prevent people from using one per household rebates multiple times.

No one is saying you personally are to blame, it is just the irony of a complaint topic about rebate delays and problems includes a comment (yours) that illustrates part of why rebates are a headache.

If 10 people didn't send in their rebates and completely forgot about them. The companies won't give a rats ass about it because that's just more money they can keep.

So if General Mills puts a coupon for Cheerios in the LA Times, in 1 in 200 is used, they should chase up the the 199 people who bought cheerios during that period and give them $0.50?

[Defcon]

I don't see why some of you are opposing what budz did !?! If he used his friends address or had them mail them in, big deal..... He did purchase two packs of them with his own money. I am sure these hugh corporations can survive especially with most people not even claiming their mail in rebates.

BTW dewbidge, I did call and after speaking with a CSR and telling her my problem, she "did some checking" and said "Oh, this our mistake and you should be getting this rebate in 4-6 weeks". What are the odds that I would have gotten my rebate had I not called ? And I knew for damn sure I sent in the correct UPC code as they rang up correctly at the register. I wonder how many other people recv. this card ?

They obviously are NOT going to check/fix this "error" themselves, only for those who call into complain. Next time, I'll be sure to follow budz lead just in spite of these greedy corporations.

[presto]

I am sure these hugh corporations can survive especially with most people not even claiming their mail in rebates.

Huge corporations can survive a lot of things. They can survive shoplifting, they can survive embezzling, they can survive employee theft, they can survive abuse of their return policy. That doesn't make any of those things right. It's not complicated. You're just rationalizing.

So it turns out this huge mean spirited company maintains an 800 number which you called and they quickly corrected your problem. Bastards!

[Dampier]

Take the card and copies of your rebate submission into the store and find the manager. They will usually give you the rebate in the form of a credit back to your card or cash on the spot, especially if it was a store rebate (manufacturers of media rarely run the rebate themselves).

In this case, it's certain someone just made a mistake. The processors are low paid workers and hardly enthusiastic. Further, I always staple everything together. Paperclips or loose UPC/receipts guarantee they will get lost.

[aero]

I don't see why some of you are opposing what budz did !?!

well why are you complaining about some trip up in the mountain of paperwork needed to prevent the type of fraud you are rationalizing?

If somone sells something "one per household" at a promotion which may lose the seller money, it is a fraud to circumvent this. sure there are small frauds and large ones, but they still are what they are.

[dphirschler]

At any given moment, I probably have $100 of outstanding rebates. I fill them in, and mail them off. I don't keep copies. I don't follow up. It's too much hassle for me. I am sure the ocassional one gets lost or turned down, but big deal. I save so much money in the long run it's not worth pursuing or even tracking.

I sort of keep a mental note about the ones that are larger than say $20. I think I have about a 95% track record with rebates. Now if I start getting the feeling that rebates from certain stores are regularly failing, then I'd just stop with those. But so far, it's gone well.

As for using multiple addresses and all that, I don't mess with it. Too much trouble, plus it's dishonest. The old "huge evil corporations" argument is just rationalization. What comes around goes around... or said in different way, "treat others the way you would want to be treated". I don't like being scammed, so I don't scam others.


Darryl

[dewbidge]

I was told 4-6 weeks also, they probaly messed up every rebate for this offer. Fuji does suck, atleast when its from best buy you can submit online at http://www.myrewards.info/rebates/, so you can check the status, they lie and say it will be processed within 20 days but that never happens.

[Madz]

I've sent in quite a few rebates from Officemax and got every one. Even though it took much longer than their promised 6-8 weeks. Last one was for a 100-pack of Belken slim jewel cases. Was $10 instant rebate + a $10 mail-in making them free. I did finally get the rebate after nearly 2½ months. Actually, it was a $9.63 rebate since I had to add a 37¢ stamp to mail it in!

[Defcon]

First of all presto-dorko let's get the record straight

What part of "One rebate per household" don't you understand?
(Strange that you say you asked 2 friends to send in the rebate. Earlier you said you said used their addresses. They are both dishonest anyway.)

If you are totaly honest and law abiding citizen, then fair game !!! However if you ever intentionaly downloaded warez, made a questionable backup of a disc, broke the speed limit, or whatever, the STFU !!!!

Huge corporations can survive a lot of things. They can survive shoplifting, they can survive embezzling, they can survive employee theft, they can survive abuse of their return policy. That doesn't make any of those things right. It's not complicated. You're just rationalizing.

So it turns out this huge mean spirited company maintains an 800 number which you called and they quickly corrected your problem. Bastards!

No one said it was complicated !!! It certainly is not quantum physics, perhaps for you since you seem to use a freakin "Rebate Instruction" manual and go through your emergency rebate prepardness checklist

BTW, it is rationalizing (Obviously very deep for you), cheat those who try to cheat you. IT IS PART OF THE GAME STUPID. But I forgot you are Pharisee who does no wrong so you could never understand that !!!!

And you also believe this proves it is intentional? Gosh what a clever idea they had. We'll send these guys a postcard that claims they sent the wrong UPC code when they clearly will remember that they didn't! Boy oh boy that's much better than not sending them anything and pretending we never received it.

Lets see, it has now happened to 4 people I know, and dewbidge so that makes 5 !!!!!! Hmmmmmm, that's a lot of mistakes for an unitentional processing error .... Jeez, maybe they sent the card to discourage people from trying to claim it , that ever cross that tiny little mind of yours ???? I AM SO CERTAIN THAT BUSINESS DO NOT HIRE FULFILLMET COMPANIES IN AN ATTEMPT TO TRY AND SAVE MONEY !!!!! You sound like their little bitch

Take a look at most the posts here, most people have problems or headaches with rebates sooner or later. A few people may never have a problem, GREAT FOR THEM !!!! Just don't cry like girl because someone disagrees w/ you or does not maintain the moral status of PRETARDO !!!

You are in breach of the forum rules and are being issued with a formal warning.
/ Moderator Baldrick

[Lobe]

yep! I posted this a month or two ago, They ARE a scam.
I had rebates, somehow go unpaid.
I contacted Fuji they never even claimed they didn't get them. "just re-submit"
I think FINALLY after hassling them I just go the last of them from Oct./Nov.

I also got some strange postcard saying it was invalid, called them... "oh that was a mistake, let me puch that rebate through for you"

I asked what happened to my 8 rebates that they just weren't going to pay, never got a response. They just count on you not persuing it.

They are scum!

[kirpen]

How is sending rebate forms for other people cheating? The deal says one per household right? He sent in one per household. When they get the check its up to them to decide what to do with the money.

[presto]

Defcom,
Your last post was childish. I'll let the debate stand as it is.

[presto]

How is sending rebate forms for other people cheating?

Even Defcon says it is cheating.

[Defcon]

Defcom,
Your last post was childish. I'll let the debate stand as it is.

Maybe it is childish for you, But I'll let you get to your Barney DVD on ethics and good manners

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How is sending rebate forms for other people cheating?


Even Defcon says it is cheating.

Depends on how you look at it, IT'S ALL PART OF THE GAME.....

In all seriousness presto, all that you did throughout this thread is simply antagonize anyone who mentioned the fact that system was unfair or questionable..... And point out morality issues !!!! Don't take it personal, I surely haven't

[ApolloCreed21]

I also received a card in the mail for an OfficeMax rebate that looked extremely similar to the one you posted. Mine was for CD-R 100 packs I believe.

I called the number on the card and guy I spoke with basically said (literally) "sorry for your trouble but because you are a valued customer we will honor the rebate and send you payment. Anything else today sir ?"

Sounded to me like this was some sort of rehearsed line for the cards they send out where people actually do care and the rebates are really valid. I asked the guy what had happened and he had absolutely no explanation - he had no actual details on why my rebate was not accepted other than the typical "UPC invalid", which was found on the card.

[scopophilia]

Rebates are often about run arounds. The most unscupulous companies try to outright cheat you out of the rebate, the best process them immediately, knowing they'll still come out ahead when a decent percentage of people fail to mail in the paperwork. In my experience, Fuji rebates are middle of the road. I've done two before and they took a decent amount of time, probably 7 or 8 weeks, but they arrived without me contacting them. As always, save copies of the paperwork and persist if you don't get satisfaction. Fuji also has an online website for submissions that speeds up the process.

[budz]

As for using multiple addresses and all that, I don't mess with it. Too much trouble, plus it's dishonest. The old "huge evil corporations" argument is just rationalization. What comes around goes around... or said in different way, "treat others the way you would want to be treated". I don't like being scammed, so I don't scam others.

Your intelligence is quite laughable. As I've stated in my last post, "If my 2 friends were with me at the time I would have just asked them to purchase 1 box each anyway so I see no difference". Bringing up morals in this forum site is a crock of shit. So don't be a farkin shmuck and say do on to others, high morals and shit because this site is all about backing up dvds and so forth. You wanna talk about morals then join a forum site that's dedicated to having morals and ethics. But as the old saying goes, "EVERYONE HAS A OPINION LIKE WE HAVE ********".

[BobK]

> If you are totaly honest and law abiding citizen, then fair game !!! However if you ever intentionaly downloaded warez, made a questionable backup of a disc, broke the speed limit, or whatever, the STFU !!!!

So we should just disband the legal system- fire all the cops, judges and lawyers. Can't even find a single person to serve on a jury because there is no one is hasn't broke the speed limit or "whatever".

Hope nobody murders you tomorrow- they'll just get away with it. But what the heck- they'd just be getting rid of one more dishonest, law-breaking citizen.

You can rationalize all you want- that's just lying to yourself.

[Defcon]

HA-HA-HA

No retard, I don't think that disbanding the legal system has any analogy to the point I made. If you read the entire thread (or have someone who can, read it for you) that was not it !!!!!

It amazes me how many people (like yourself) are just dumb as rocks

[BobK]

> No retard, I don't think that disbanding the legal system has any analogy to the point I made.

You're right- you don't think. And you're wrong- that's exactly the point you made.

> Even a fool can be wise, all he has to do is keep his mouth shut

Good advice- you should try it.

[Defcon]

This is great

Obviously you can't read or interpret basic reading skills !!!! And your two replies so far are total waste of webspace..... I would break it down for you on a Sesame Street learning level, but I still feel I would be wasting my time

As for:

Even a fool can be wise, all he has to do is keep his mouth shut

Good advice- you should try it.

You really make yourself look more like fu@kin baboon since you can't even figure out this thread..... If I wanted more lip from you I would scrape it off my zipper !!!!!

BTW As for:

Hope nobody murders you tomorrow- they'll just get away with it. But what the heck- they'd just be getting rid of one more dishonest, law-breaking citizen.

That is being a total PRICK !!!! I wouldn't wish that on anybody, even someone as fu@kin retarded as yourself. Completely baffles me how some people are SOOOOOO SENSITVE...... Try Vagisil or Pamprin there BOBK

[dphirschler]

Your intelligence is quite laughable. As I've stated in my last post, "If my 2 friends were with me at the time I would have just asked them to purchase 1 box each anyway so I see no difference". Bringing up morals in this forum site is a crock of shit. So don't be a farkin shmuck and say do on to others, high morals and shit because this site is all about backing up dvds and so forth. You wanna talk about morals then join a forum site that's dedicated to having morals and ethics. But as the old saying goes, "EVERYONE HAS A OPINION LIKE WE HAVE ********".

Disagree with me if you will, but please don't be rude. There's no need for that. As for bringing up morals and ethics, any place is a good place to bring up morals and ethics. It's something the world could use more of.


Darryl

[Timmychuck]

The best thing to do, never buy anything with ******* rebate.I'm still waiting for two rebates.

[glockjs]

ok jaxx go ahead and fart

[Baldrick]

Behave.