[John 070]

Do you bother?

The way I look at it is, we all like to get "more" off of a price.

Say you are buying a battery for $180. And you can save 15% by paying online. then you can get $30 more by mailing your receipt and a form.

I did it. But in this day and age, one should be able to upload a PDF and fill out a form online.

In this latter case, I kid you not, I have gotten $100 gift cards from Audi, GM, etc., in 9-12 calendar days.

With the mail thing, Kumho took 4 months.

Bosch is taking 3 months.

Mobil oil so far 3 wks. for an online submission to appear as pending.

Sometimes, I get the feeling they hope we'll forget about them....otherwise, what gives with the 2-4 mos. to get pyt.?

[jtodd_fl]

Originally Posted by John 070

Do you bother?

The way I look at it is, we all like to get "more" off of a price.

Say you are buying a battery for $180. And you can save 15% by paying online. then you can get $30 more by mailing your receipt and a form.

I did it. But in this day and age, one should be able to upload a PDF and fill out a form online.

In this latter case, I kid you not, I have gotten $100 gift cards from Audi, GM, etc., in 9-12 calendar days.

With the mail thing, Kumho took 4 months.

Bosch is taking 3 months.

Mobil oil so far 3 wks. for an online submission to appear as pending.

Sometimes, I get the feeling they hope we'll forget about them....otherwise, what gives with the 2-4 mos. to get pyt.?

Yes, they do hope you forget.
Also, they do get to sit on your money.
Most importantly though, they get to declare the $30 as revenue, not profit, because it is offset by a $30 "marketing cost". But top line is an Important for companies.

[John 070]

Originally Posted by jtodd_fl

Yes, they do hope you forget.
Also, they do get to sit on your money.
Most importantly though, they get to declare the $30 as revenue, not profit, because it is offset by a $30 "marketing cost". But top line is an Important for companies.

I know there are easier ways to make money....you go on a business trip, bring your family along. That is a serious amount you can't upload online etc. The meals you have tend to be ones you might not spend your own money on, that's way more than a $100 Audi card or rebate.

But, I still take them because it seems I won't let even $10 go by if it were a matter of clicking something. Maybe $20+ to mail something. I mean I signed up for android pay and got $10. Did a survey and got a $50 amazon, and a $15.

There was only 1 time I did not receive my rebate, and I decided to be a p**** about it--filled out a claim with the TX atty general as it was compaq computer (what a blast from the past). Yep, got my $20.

[UncleWede]

It's the cutting the barcode off the package that still makes this difficult for me to complete the process. But I recently got $125 total in cards after buying my son computer parts to build a gaming system.