Seagate deal at Circuit City

[TheSheriffIsNEAR]

This is good, right? The Link

 

[kbend]

Yes, very good deal on a good drive esp with a 5 year warranty. Only other option right now is:

"CompUSA has the Western Digital 160GB Hard Drive for $130 - $30MIR - $40MIR - $30MIR = $30." WD at crapusa

 

[dustin_c1]

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

Rebates often have hitches and don't come in. That's not a $40 hard drive, that's a $120 hard drive with a chance at it being a $40 hard drive in two or three months. Sometimes you have to call and ***** to get it (I recently had to do that with sprint for a $150 rebate.) Sometimes rebates just don't come in. I've learned just not to depend on mail in rebates. You can get a 160gb drive at newegg for $80 and not have to roll the dice with rebates.

 

[TheSheriffIsNEAR]

Thanks Dustin

 

[kbend]

Just read the terms of the rebate, follow them, and get the $80 in rebates. There's no 'tricks' involved.

 

[TexasOwnzYou]

compusa recently got in trouble with the feds about not paying up on rebates, so i think they're a little better about it now.

 

[dustin_c1]

Often, following the terms of the rebate just isn't enough. Some companies are better than other about it. I've sent in for rebates, followed the instructions and even photocopied the stuff I sent in for proof and have ended up having to fight on the phone to get rebates. Sometimes they still don't come. Just a month ago, I had to spend over an hour on the phone with Sprint to get a $150 rebate. At the end, they called it "their mistake." For a $20 rebate, it's not worth the effort to talk to 10 people on the phone to get the money back. Rebates are such a crapshoot that I suspect some companies intentionally do this.

Sometimes you can send away for a rebate and it will come without any hassle....but hassles are frequent enough that when you see something that costs $120 out-of-pocket and goes down to $40 after rebates, it's just not wise to consider it a $40 purchase until the rebates actually come back. Maybe the day will come when class action lawsuits or the government make sure mail in rebates are more than a crapshoot, but that day isn't now.

 

[lowery21]

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[upset_horn]

Works for me. I got this a month or so ago and the two rebates are in the process of being paid:

Rebate: $50.00 Rebate Check
Rebate Information For:
Promotion: $50 Mail in Rebate with Purchase of Seagate 160GB ATA Hard Drive from Circuit City
Submission Type: MAIL-IN
Date Received: 05-06-2005
Check Issue Date: 05-24-2005
Check Number:
Status Detail: Your rebate is valid. Please allow up to 30 days to receive your rebate.

Circuit City is also sending a 20 dollar rebate as well.