Mail-In Rebates a scam

[MSchemist80]

I have about a 50% success rate with mail in rebates. 50% of the time I get the rebate and the other 50% of the time it is like a black hole. You send it in and never hear anything again. Last summer I sent in one rebate to Amerigas and got a $3 rebate and one for Blue Rhino and recieved nothing. At the end of January Nutro had a get a free bag of dog food mail in rebate (worth $30) and so far nothing. I am planning to call them and if I don't get a satisfactory anwser I will start reporting them to the BBB, FTC, and state's AG.

Has anyone else experienced this 50% success rate?

[CCc girl]

I have received every single one sent. Mail fraud? (someone stealing your rebate from the mail)

[Clemencia53]

Maybe you threw it away by mistake? I've received the ones I've requested. Getting ready to send in one for cat litter.

[davebarnes]

You probably forgot to put the period after "St" and so they did not honor it because you filled it out incorrectly.

[jm31828]

I've never, ever had trouble with one- I always get them, 100% of the time. It is painfully slow, taking about 2 months most of the time- but I do always get them.

[Ace_TX]

i got every rebate i ever sent in

even got a rebate i wasnt suppose to qualify for from sprint one time

[MSchemist80]

I called and they said I should recieve it shortly. I didn't feel like hounding the company on the $3 one so I wrote it off.

[joe moving]

These days I get them all the time. Most seem to be very well tracked with web sites an e-mail notifications.

[Tallysmom]

I've had to call on a few, but I have gotten them.

[harry chickpea]

Gave them up about ten years ago when they were unreliable and were starting to become an invasion of privacy. Last one I attempted was a Directv amount as a pay to switch to them. Even though they know full well I switched and when and all the details, they demand a final invoice from Dish, which Dish never wanted to send. After trying three times I gave up. Karma will out in the end though. Both companies will die horrible deaths from online streaming.