EggXpert

Why is status-now.com so freaking slow?  I got a $20 rebate like 4 months later finally.  I have one more that I should already have and they lost my most recent $40 rebate and I have to resubmit.  Thinking of complaining to the FTC.

I also am trying to figure out why you can't use a rebate on an open box item.  I would like to buy the Asus 9600  open box and use to the $20 rebate to make it $119?  Is there any reason this wouldn't work?  Newegg says it doesn't when I contacted them.

The way I understand it, rebates can sometimes be tied to certain shipment or inventory. Say for instance, a company bangs out 1000 motherbaords, and has sold them to a reseller, for this amount, but expects to makes this much, based on this amount returned through rebate. The keep the rebate accrued tied to that shipment. Open box is generally older inventory, thus outside of the targeted sale group. At least thats the way an industry friend describe a part of it anyways. The have all sorts of promotional value and strategies to consider.

In terms of Status-Now.com, aka http://www.velocityfulfillment.com/, I've submitted many many rebates to them, and have neither had a hint of trouble, nor one that took longer than thwe 8-10 weeks. Thats not to say they dont mess up, but they're geenrally oneof the more consistent promotional media companies. The do tend to take the bulk of the 10 weeks though.

It could be worse, if you see a rebates411.com reabte, run, run and hide your money, your stamps, your enevelopes, everything. Same could be said for Xion rebates, WorldWiderebates.com, & HIS Tech and their PM continental Promotions, all very much worse than Status-Now.com.

If you want to buy hardware with fast ease free rebates, go, in this order, of speed and processing 1) Apevia, 2) Crucial, 3) EVGA 4) OCZ 5) Status-now.com, ........... get the drift? LOL.

They're not so bad. Only because there are worse out there.

Peace, Penewah!