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Re: Belkin rebates?

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From: Mark Willey
Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 00:00
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In ba.market.computers Wizard <davicomp.uh.spam@nh.ultranet.com> wrote:
: Most don't get them when requested but that wasn't my point. My point is

Sorry, but that's FALSE.  (I agree about the stupid advertiser tricks,
though.)  For fun, demand the low price one day or say you'll sue them for
false advertising.  Make a big fuss.  Fake a heart attack.  Have fun with
it.  :-)

Mark

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:> Wizard (davicomp.uh.spam@nh.ultranet.com) wrote:
:> : Wrong, most of them are a scam. They depend on the fact that most people
:> : are not going to send them in.
:> 
:> How is that a scam? If most people opt not to request rebates on
:> applicable items that they buy, that's the consumers' free choice.
:> A rebate would be a scam if those people who did request it never
:> got it.
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From: Mark Willey <willey@keymaster.etla.net>
Subject: Re: Belkin rebates?
Date: 1998/07/08
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