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February 23, 2004
Okay, there are services that handle eBay for me if I'm too lazy to sell my junk. Which I am. But what I need is a service which will handle Free After Rebate products for me. I'd trust them to be my purchasing proxy, perhaps with one of those single-use credit card numbers, in exchange for a guarantee that they'd process the rebate claim form.
Even with a one or two dollar processing fee per rebate, I'd still come out way ahead, and someone could build a decent service business. Anyone know someone who's offering this?
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Rajan
I believe rebate-tracker.com is a good service, but they only provide a centralized point for you to track your own rebates. The flop on this rebate business model is that most rebates come 1 per household and no PO boxes, so setting up that business would be a toughie…
sjhiij
Ahhh, no day is complete without Meri apologizing for someone being a homophobe (Via Yesterday). That’s quite a niche you’ve carved out for yourself there, Meri….
JMeyers
I would do that for you if we could figure out a feasible way to do it. I’m a stay-at-home mom and it seems like a really great idea. I have the time to track the paperwork and a 10% fee is reasonable…
Charles
www.rebatestatus.com is supposed to be a free site containing a central database of rebates, though I’ve only had limited success with it (about 75% show up.) They don’t process the forms or anything, they just keep tabs on the status. I got fed up with “rebate offers” and won’t buy anything anymore that is “free” or cheaper after a rebate. Generally it’s just more trouble than the money you’re supposed to save.
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SC
I want share a funny story with you. Have you heard about http://www.cyberrebate.com ? Their business plan was, buy stuff for ridiculously high prices, but the product will be free after the mail-in rebate. We will take care of the mail-in rebate for you. You will have your product now and get all your money back in 2 months. So, people went crazy and bought DVD Players for $2000, Watches for $4000 and so on. IT worked fine for sometime. But one fine morning the homepage for the site was replaced by “CyberRebate filed Chapter 11”. And a lot of people didn’t get their rebate back.
(I know so well because I bought a DVD for $100 )
spygeek
Have you looked into Rapid Rebate?
https://secure5.bkrstudio.com/rapidrebates/
They supposedly give you the rebate money within 24 hours of filing and you can use direct deposit.
Hot Abercrombie Chick
I should use the Ebay seller place—I’m also lazy and overloaded with junk.
Cheapbastard
This is going to destroy the rebate biz! Ha, maybe not.. Most people are too lazy to fill out the rebate forms, and end up stuck with the product.
Stan
I deposited a rebate check this morning, and I noticed the fine print on the check saying that it will not be honored if you sign it over to anyone.
Wonder if they’re combating, or at least anticipating, exactly what you suggest?
Michelle R
What are single use credit card numbers? Where can I get one?
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