hard drive deal this weekend
- Thread starter Free Thinker
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I had a singular bad rebate experience at staples. I was dissatisfied with the way customer service handled it and so I choose not to shop at Staples any more. With ODP and OMX, why should I?
I'm a customer, I had a problem, customer service did a lousy job handling it and thus I choose no longer to be a customer. This is not the only place I no longer shop at / dine at / play at for just such reasons. Is this so hard to understand?
Cash
Not at all, I simply point out that, objectively, someone else's experiences would most likely differ from yours.
Even if I had an exact prior experience as yours at Staples (or any other store) and now they were offering the same post-rebate $19.95 deal for a WD 80GB/8MB Buffer/7200 RPM drive as OMX is, I would not hesitate to purchase it from them.
You still think every rebate deal at Staples will never be mailed? Sorry, I disagree. Further, I think the entire supply of brand new drives- all missing their UPC label, listed here
http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...L&ht=1&sosortproperty=1&from=R10&BasicSearch=
came from just such successful rebates from OMX, Staples and elsewhere.
I got an 80GB and a 120GB Maxtor from OfficeMax last year, both 8MB cache and with the rebate setup that you have outlined (but not as good a price obviously). These are excellent drives, really fast.
OM takes about 3-4 months or so to send the rebates but they're reliable in doing so (I bought other stuff too on OM rebates and they always paid up). Maxtor is prompt and reliable in paying off their rebates. No problem there. Vital to do the paperwork properly and keep copies of everything of course...
Elvis
never have any problems with rebates at all.
staples,officemax and best buy rebates handled by one company-parago-
http://www.rebateshq.com/clients/parago/rebates/index.jsp
if you follow directions properly and keep copies of all papers that you sending-there is should be no problem.
even if there is a problem-fax them a your copies and they will send you a check. they even send me rebate, after cendyne close they business and refuse to pay it to customers, who purchase dvd burners not so long ago. however-be very carefull with rebates from officemax, where part paid by store and part paid by manufacturer. make sure that they give you both rebate forms, and also make sure that you dont need to present original UPC on both.
staples,officemax and best buy rebates handled by one company-parago-
http://www.rebateshq.com/clients/parago/rebates/index.jsp
if you follow directions properly and keep copies of all papers that you sending-there is should be no problem.
even if there is a problem-fax them a your copies and they will send you a check. they even send me rebate, after cendyne close they business and refuse to pay it to customers, who purchase dvd burners not so long ago. however-be very carefull with rebates from officemax, where part paid by store and part paid by manufacturer. make sure that they give you both rebate forms, and also make sure that you dont need to present original UPC on both.