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,

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? ___

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 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. Pete

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 co

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 ha

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 fli

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

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

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 Dean Collins
; Discussion about mythtv > Subject: 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

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

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 -- 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