This might sound like the stupidest thing in the world. But. Here goes.
What's a rebate?

 

thats a good deal IF you get the rebate

out of the many rebates i filled out in my life i think i got about 2 mailed back to me :-(

 

:'( Rebates are practically scams!

I have never got the money from rebates sent to me. Evar, in my life.

So I just avoid products that have mail-in rebates.

~Nero

 

Mail in rebates work if you do them properly. Make copies of all the paperwork so that if you need to call them you have 2 things...


1) The phone number to call to get status information
2) The proof that you sent in everything


I havn't had one rebate that I didn't get the money for it. I even had one that I probably shouldn't of gotten because I'm pretty sure that they received it after the date the rebate had to arrive by.

EDIT: I should add that I usually do avoid rebates where it can be helped. I only usually do rebates when I can trust the place I'm submitting it to otherwise I keep track of when I sent it, how long it was supposed to take, and so forth. Staples is the only place I will trust with rebates since you can submit it electronically. Online tracking is great.