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From: mazlack@ernie.BERKELEY.EDU (Lawrence J. &)
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Subject: Re: mail in rebates & proofs of purchase.
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Date: Sat, 25-Jan-86 02:11:30 EST
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>	I hate the rebates that never come! STP oil filters are
>one of the recent jerks. First of all you spend $0.22 to send
>it in; then it's $0.22 to follow-up. All for a lousy buck rebate.
>I've given up on anything less than $2.00 or so.

Yah, I've had pretty bad luck as well. I don't figure that I get more
than 50% of them. Probably the best are drug or beauty products.  The
worst are wine and booze.

>	As far as following-up on the missing rebates, I've always
>gotten the money without further difficulty. The next time I
>write to get a missing rebate honored, I'm going to ask for postage
>too. It's worth a try.

Who do you write to? Young America, the corporate headquarters?

>	I think most companies that have rebates are honest. It's
>those lousy @!*%+& clearing houses in Young America, Minnesota that
>always seem to loose the rebates. (BTW, did anybody out there ever pass
>through Young America? Is it just a post office box in the middle
>of nowheresville? No offense to The Land of 10,000 Lakes intended :-)

I'm not sure that someone is honest if they don't make sure that you
get what they promise you.