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Wasn't this thread about slow Canon rebates?  How did we get to aftermarket 
inks?  About the original topic, I bought a Canon i960 with a $50 canon 
rebate (net cost $100).  I didn't count the days, but it did arrive in 
several weeks.  Apparently there are lots of people who just don't apply for 
them and that is why the discount is not given at the cash register.  Most 
of the instructions are very clear and easy to follow.  UPC code, copy of 
the receipt (which the seller prints out from the register), and  fill out 
the form on the register form, form  provided by seller, or printed out from 
the internet.  Yes, there is a time limit (in small print but readable), but 
if the purchaser is  absent minded or lazy and tries to send the rebate 
request weeks or months later, he/she has been forewarned on the form 
received on the date of purchase.  Frankly, I dislike these rebates as much 
as anyone and would rather get the discount at the register, but the 
purchaser has a choice - buy the item, follow their rules, and save the 
money, or don't buy it!

There are a few rebates that I have followed the rules on and not gotten, 
but most have arrived in several weeks.  While they should go out by return 
mail once the application is received, the reality is that they almost all 
stall in paying the rebates.  Again, we know how the system works and have 
the choice to either buy or not buy the item.  Life is not always fair.



"Frank" <fb@nospam.com> wrote in message news:zpRne.112$xr.68@fed1read05...
> Randy Howard wrote:
>> In article <znNne.1687$wy1.1341@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, 
>> measekite@yahoo.com says...
>>
>>>Yeh, I think there ought to be a law that all rebates should be instant 
>>>at the check stand rebates.
>>
>>
>> If you want to ban rebates, just say so, no need to obfuscate it behind
>> a silly law like that.
>>
>>
>>>At the same time they need to regulate the 3rdparty ink industry.  At 
>>>least they should have a full disclosure law.
>>
>>
>> The ink industry?  Yeah, we need more government authority over critical
>> aspects of life like the ink industry.
>>
>
> Oh no! Look who is demanding that the gov regulate the 3rd party ink 
> market. What's wrong with this picture? How about the fact that he has one 
> printer and has never, ever used 3rd party inks. Make him an expert I 
> suppose. He wants full disclosure. Now wtf is that all about? As if full 
> disclosure will do what and for whom? If he's an ink expert then I'm an 
> expert on inks and I'm no ink expert. Got it?
> I guess this clown never heard of NDA's.
> What a delusional shit head he is.
> He just likes to see his own name on his monitor.
> Frank