On 8 Apr 2006 at 9:32, Bob Shell wrote: > If they did that they'd have to actually pay out on each item sold. > Rebate offers rely on the fact that fewer than 50% of people actually > get around to mailing in for the rebate. Then the rebate redeeming > companies have a policy of rejecting a certain percentage for BS > reasons, let's say another 50%. Result, the company offering the > rebate actually pays out on 25% or so of the items sold.
In Oz that would be very close to being deemed a scam at face value and a handful of anecdotes like I've just read would probably provide due cause to the regulatory authorities to investigate their legitimacy. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:/home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
