{"id":22,"date":"2006-12-26T21:01:38","date_gmt":"2006-12-27T02:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/?p=22"},"modified":"2006-12-29T21:39:08","modified_gmt":"2006-12-30T02:39:08","slug":"rebate-shenanigans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/rebate-shenanigans\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebate Shenanigans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twice now I&#8217;ve had HP claim not to have received the UPC code from the side of a container when claiming rebates for their PCs. I keep copies of everything I send, but they really seem to lose these things more often than not. Makes you really wonder if they are that incompetent or if something more nefarious is at play.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I had the opposite situtation:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Bill Shaw,<\/p>\n<p>Recently, we inadvertently sent you 2 rebate checks for the same rebate<br \/>\napplication. The first check is dated December 18th and the second December<br \/>\n19th. Both checks have the same unique check number. Only one of these<br \/>\nchecks will clear the bank. If both checks are deposited the 1st will clear<br \/>\nand the 2nd will be returned and you may be subject to any fees your bank<br \/>\ncharges for returned checks. Please deposit only one of these checks.<\/p>\n<p>Rebate Confirmation Code: xxxx<br \/>\nCheck Number: xxxx<\/p>\n<p>We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for using OnRebate.com!<\/p>\n<p>Please do not reply to this E-mail directly.  This is a system-generated<br \/>\nmessage and sent from an account that cannot receive E-mail.  To contact<br \/>\nOnRebate.com please E-mail support@help.onrebate.com or call us at<br \/>\n1-888-222-9300. You can also track your rebate status at<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.onrebate.com\/checkstatus.aspx<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is wrong on so many levels. And of course, their automated system has no record I exist. Oh, and they were closed when I called. Figures I get this today. I made the deposit this morning after holding the checks for a week while waiting for the bank&#8217;s schedule and my own to align. I think my bank only charges $5 for returned items, but I think OnRebate needs to take care of it. In fact, I may have to make it my personal mission after the hoops their industry puts people through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twice now I&#8217;ve had HP claim not to have received the UPC code from the side of a container when claiming rebates for their PCs. I keep copies of everything I send, but they really seem to lose these things more often than not. Makes you really wonder if they are that incompetent or if &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/rebate-shenanigans\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rebate Shenanigans<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digressions","category-low-finance"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1yjzF-m","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inanimatereason.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}