Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60 -- REBATE FRAUD

2005-05-15 Thread Joe Barnhart
--- Jonathan Link [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Every state attorney general's office has a consumer fraud division. I suggest, that if you have verifiable problems with receiving rebates that you contact them. The very next car from Seagate without a phone number, call the AG's office, give

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60 -- REBATE FRAUD

2005-05-14 Thread Joe Barnhart
--- Andrew Close [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the info and the link to the rebate. for some reason the link on the site didn't work for me... i think i'll pick one up for me, and my brother, and my parents... :) only one drive per household before May 17th... Don't count on those

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60 -- REBATE FRAUD

2005-05-14 Thread Cory Papenfuss
Don't count on those rebates 'till you cash the checks. The last six rebates I was owed by Seagate and Western Digital were all denied. The Seagate rebates didn't even bother to list a reason. (WD had some excuse about the receipts not being submitted, which was false.) I just took the rejection

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60

2005-05-14 Thread match
On 13 May 2005 at 13:13, Justin Mason wrote: little note -- you have to have the rebate form *postmarked* before that date. I got diddled out of a Seagate rebate a few months ago on that count. Also, I would say take a look at http://www.google.com/search?num=100q=seagate+rebate first.

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60 -- REBATE FRAUD

2005-05-14 Thread Jeff Simpson
A lot of places try to weasel out of paying rebates, either by forgetting, or making some bogus claim about you filling something improperly. I always make a copy of all the materials I sent in in case there a contest. Since you mailed the submission in, it's a federal offense of

RE: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60 -- REBATE FRAUD

2005-05-14 Thread Dean Collins
: Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60 -- REBATE FRAUD --- Andrew Close [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the info and the link to the rebate. for some reason the link on the site didn't work for me... i think i'll pick one up for me, and my brother, and my parents

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60 -- REBATE FRAUD

2005-05-14 Thread Donavan Stanley
On 5/14/05, Dean Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep same here on a pioneer dvd burner. Don't believe the hype, they're a scam. I've heard this a lot.. On the flip side I've done coutless rebates and never had a sinlge issue. ___ mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60 -- REBATE FRAUD

2005-05-14 Thread Jeff Simpson
On 5/14/05, Donavan Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/14/05, Dean Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep same here on a pioneer dvd burner. Don't believe the hype, they're a scam. I've heard this a lot.. On the flip side I've done coutless rebates and never had a sinlge issue. Same

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60 -- REBATE FRAUD

2005-05-14 Thread Joe Barnhart
--- Cory Papenfuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A lot of places try to weasel out of paying rebates, either by forgetting, or making some bogus claim about you filling something improperly. I always make a copy of all the materials I sent in in case there a contest. Since you mailed

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60 -- REBATE FRAUD

2005-05-14 Thread Joe Barnhart
--- Jeff Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/14/05, Donavan Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/14/05, Dean Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep same here on a pioneer dvd burner. Don't believe the hype, they're a scam. I've heard this a lot.. On the flip side I've done

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60 -- REBATE FRAUD

2005-05-14 Thread Brad Templeton
On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 11:36:34AM -0400, Donavan Stanley wrote: On 5/14/05, Dean Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep same here on a pioneer dvd burner. Don't believe the hype, they're a scam. I've heard this a lot.. On the flip side I've done coutless rebates and never had a sinlge

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60 -- REBATE FRAUD

2005-05-14 Thread Joe Barnhart
--- Brad Templeton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Recently I bought a series of Seagate drives, all different, and got most of the checks but they actually mailed a card saying I had done something wrong -- but not saying what the something was -- and that I could submit again (though of course I

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60 -- REBATE FRAUD

2005-05-14 Thread Peter Lee
I don't doubt the horror stories about rebates. However, the last Seagate rebate I submitted got paid to me *twice*. Yes, perhaps I should have sent back one of the checks, but... Personally, I don't think there is any kind of scam. I think it is just simple mismanagement or incompetence.

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60 -- REBATE FRAUD

2005-05-14 Thread Jonathan Link
Every state attorney general's office has a consumer fraud division. I suggest, that if you have verifiable problems with receiving rebates that you contact them. The very next car from Seagate without a phone number, call the AG's office, give them your info, and have them jump through the hoops

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60 -- REBATE FRAUD

2005-05-14 Thread Brad Templeton
On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 03:35:31PM -0700, Joe Barnhart wrote: Yes, this is EXACTLY what happened to my Seagate rebates recently. I dug a little deeper and found a phone number for this rebate house. I called and their rep told me that, because I had called and verified What number?

[mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60

2005-05-13 Thread Jeff Simpson
http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4008252 $60 after rebate, 200gig seagate ATA100 drive Rebate form is here: http://image.ak.outpost.com/art/rebates_pdf/4008252-051305.pdf -- email me if you want a gmail invite, I have some invites ___ mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60

2005-05-13 Thread Andrew Close
On 5/13/05, Jeff Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4008252 $60 after rebate, 200gig seagate ATA100 drive Rebate form is here: http://image.ak.outpost.com/art/rebates_pdf/4008252-051305.pdf Thanks for the info and the link to the rebate. for some reason

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60

2005-05-13 Thread Jeff Simpson
little note -- you have to have the rebate form *postmarked* before that date. I got diddled out of a Seagate rebate a few months ago on that count. Also, I would say take a look at http://www.google.com/search?num=100q=seagate+rebate first. lots of people reporting trouble with those

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Seagate 200gig IDE, $60

2005-05-13 Thread Justin Mason
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Close writes: On 5/13/05, Jeff Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4008252 $60 after rebate, 200gig seagate ATA100 drive Rebate form is here: