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How I Stopped Verizon From Swallowing My $100 Rebate
The Verizon computer nearly tricked Joshua out of a $100 rebate with some mathematical Three-Card Monte, but he made like a human calculator and stood firm, arguing his way into getting the fair price....
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Costco Sues For Being Forced To Return Rebate Money It Didn't Keep
What happens when you don’t claim a rebate? In Washington State, the retailer from which you didn’t claim the cash hands the money over to the state for safekeeping in a program for consumers who later...
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E-mail To Sprint CEO Gets $400 Rebate Check Re-Issued
Sprint owed Sean and his wife $400 in rebates for their shiny new LG Optimus phones. They tried to be patient, but a few months passed and the rebates were clearly overdue or missing. A few days ago,...
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After Six Months, Target Mobile Still Hasn't Coughed Up $50 Rebate
Back during last year’s Black Friday shopping frenzy, Khoi purchased a new smartphone that cost $50, with a rebate offer of a $50 Target gift card along with it. The rebate card was supposed to show up...
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Report: Car Dealers May Be Selling Chevy Volts To Each Other To Get Tax Credits
The government offers tax credits of up to $7,500 to those who purchase hybrid electric vehicles such as the Chevy Volt. Word that demand for the vehicles has far outstripped supply has led some to...
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Climb In Your Time Machine To Take Advantage Of This Rebate At Lowe's
“Hi STEPHEN,” said the e-mail intended for new homeowners that Steve received from Lowe’s. “Get settled in with up to $400 cash back on Whirlpool Gold Kitchen Appliances!” How thoughtful of Lowe’s to...
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Staples Recycles Laptop By Cracking Its Screen
When you trade in your old electronic device for “recycling” while buying a new one, does that device have to work? Staples offered a $100 rebate this holiday season to customers who sent in their old...
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It's Easy To Pay A Semester's Tuition If You Just Amass Thousands Of Dollars...
File this one under “Why didn’t I think of that?”: A student attending Auburn University to get his PhD figured out a way to cut way down on his tuition expenses by amassing thousands of dollars in...
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Bed Bath And Beyond Applies Coupon After The Fact, Alerts Me To Rebate
(cbowns)Where there is a mattress and there are small children, it is inevitable that the children will try to jump on the mattress. At least, that’s what happened when Kurt rolled out the air mattress...
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Kmart Teases Me With Virtual Rebate That Vanishes Into The Ether
(improbcat)Shopping online and looking for the best deal like a good consumer, Doug bought his Nintendo 3DS from Kmart. Part of the greatness of this deal was a $30 rebate that would (theoretically)...
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Sprint Store Manager Accused Of Mailing $327,000 In Refund Checks To Himself
(Consumerist)A former manager of a Sprint store in Queens, NY, has been arrested for allegedly helping himself to hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of rebate checks that should have gone to...
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“Make VW Pay” Campaign Seeks Rebates For Consumers Tricked Into Buying...
While the nearly 500,000 recalled Volkswagen and Audi vehicles may be considered safe to drive, many owners of these cars feel they were tricked into buying them by VW’s “clean diesel” marketing. A...
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Water-Conservation Rebate Recipients Surprised To Learn Rebates Are Taxable
During a water crisis in California, the state and local governments ran a program for residents, offering rebates to people who replaced their lawns and landscaping with plants that can survive...
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Illinois Sues Sprint Over $2.7M In Unclaimed Rebates That Belong To Customers
What happens to unclaimed rebates when customers don’t, well, claim them? In Illinois, the state treasurer’s office says Sprint owes customers $2.7 million in rebates from 2003 to 2005 that were never...
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eBates Expanding Cash Back To Stores In Real Life
You may be familiar with eBates, a company that sends shoppers a fixed percentage rebate from their online shopping as long as they click on the site from the eBates site. Now the rebates are invading...
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T-Mobile Will Include Taxes And Fees In Advertised Prices, Refund Light Data...
Today at CES in Las Vegas, T-Mobile announced two new proposals that its competitors may or may not copy: charging customers the advertised price without adding taxes or fees to their bills, and...
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