The BORG - Tricky Tricky Tricky on the PC 557 Rebate

On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 19:54:14 -0500, "RKON" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>That means that I HAVE to spend the $30 dollars at a HD. A Cash Rebate
>allows me to do what ever I please. HD Keeps the revenue no matter what with
>a gift card. I knew there was a $30 PC Rebate when I purchased the 557 at
>HD.
>
>I was not Borg Bashing I was simply making everone aware of the difference.
>I sent in the other form which will allow me to get a check for $30.

I *LOVE* HD gift cards. Any cash that comes into the house is likely
to be spent on groceries, shoes for the kids, clothes for the wife -
worthless stuff like that (why does she need clothes anyway? I like
her best without them ';-) But those HD gift cards.... *Those* are
*mine*!!!

Tim Douglass

http://www.DouglassClan.com

On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 19:31:44 -0500, "Tbone" <[email protected]>
wrote:

|If at first you don't succeed, you're not cut out for skydiving

Or to put it another way, "He who hesitates shall inherit the Earth."

LOL

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"Wes Stewart" <*n7ws*@arrl.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 19:31:44 -0500, "Tbone" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> |If at first you don't succeed, you're not cut out for skydiving
>
> Or to put it another way, "He who hesitates shall inherit the Earth."
>

I think his post was just a little borg bashing to ease the holiday
tension........;-)

Bob S.

I just got my $40 card from buying $100 worth of tools a couple of
months ago. They're going to get my $40 anyway, so I don't really
mind.

I was keeping track when I bought my tools and my calculations showed
$107. It turned out one tool was mispriced and the total was $100.87.
I would have really been mad if it ended up $99.87.


On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 18:40:41 -0500, RKON <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
>I was filling out the rebate form for the PC 557 I picked up the weekend
>before XMAS at the Borg. You know the 20% off Sale. Well, the rebate has
>to postmarked by Jan 7. When I scoffed that scrumptious deal there was
>also a pad with rebate coupons. Tore one off and stashed it with my
>receipt. Th HD rebate form is a form for a $30 GIFT CARD. Those Sneaky
>Borg's. They just have to have every last penny.
>
>I checked for the form elsewhere and found the rebate at
>http://www.coastaltool.com/a/port/30_rebate.pdf
>revealed that it was a cash offer and not a gift card offer.
>
>FWIW
>
>Rich

On 2004/1/5 6:40 PM, "RKON" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I was filling out the rebate form for the PC 557 I picked up the weekend
> before XMAS at the Borg. You know the 20% off Sale. Well, the rebate has
> to postmarked by Jan 7. When I scoffed that scrumptious deal there was
> also a pad with rebate coupons. Tore one off and stashed it with my
> receipt. Th HD rebate form is a form for a $30 GIFT CARD. Those Sneaky
> Borg's. They just have to have every last penny.


I don't follow your reasoning. Why is HD being "sneaky" by offering a rebate
in the form of a Gift Card? I have seen this used many times recently.

At the stores around here, the terms of the rebate were posted in large
text. If you don't care for the gift card method of doing rebates, you
didn't have to buy there. If you didn't read the terms before the sale, then
whose fault is that?

On 2004/1/5 10:02 PM, "George" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't follow your lack of following his reasoning!!!!!! Sounds to ME like
> he said that PC is offering a $30 rebate on the item, regardless of where
> you buy it. The prominently displayed "rebate" form at the BORG allows the
> BORG to pocket the $30 cash while giving you, the customer, a $30 HD gift
> card instead...so, the BORG gets more sales and your $30 "rebate" is worth
> about $21.40 cost to HD (approximate wholesale cost of a $30 item), so they
> make another $8.60 off of your rebate. Is that about the gist of it???

Home Depot was running a general rebate on most tools that was independent
of PC's own rebate offer. The HD offer was clearly identified as a gift
card. If the original poster did not bother to read and understand what HD
was offering before buying, why is it HD's fault fro being "tricky" ? There
was no deception involved. He might have a justified complaint about the
offer not being as good as the one directly from PC but but that does not
give him grounds to complain because he didn't understand the arrangement.

This was mentioned about two weeks ago in the Rec.

I wrote to PC asking if they cared which form accompanied my HD receipt.
Never heard a word from them so the $30 Rebate form from their website went
in.
Cheers,
cc

"RKON" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>
> I was filling out the rebate form for the PC 557 I picked up the weekend
> before XMAS at the Borg. You know the 20% off Sale. Well, the rebate has
> to postmarked by Jan 7. When I scoffed that scrumptious deal there was
> also a pad with rebate coupons. Tore one off and stashed it with my
> receipt. Th HD rebate form is a form for a $30 GIFT CARD. Those Sneaky
> Borg's. They just have to have every last penny.
>
> I checked for the form elsewhere and found the rebate at
> http://www.coastaltool.com/a/port/30_rebate.pdf
> revealed that it was a cash offer and not a gift card offer.
>
> FWIW
>
> Rich
>

In article <BC1F6095.8A183%[email protected]>,
Bob Haar <[email protected]> writes:
>On 2004/1/5 6:40 PM, "RKON" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I don't follow your reasoning. Why is HD being "sneaky" by offering a rebate
>in the form of a Gift Card? I have seen this used many times recently.

Retail vs. wholesale. HD keeps the difference with a gift card.
Cash you can spend anywhere.

Chris

--
Chris Richmond | I don't speak for Intel & vise versa

That means that I HAVE to spend the $30 dollars at a HD. A Cash Rebate
allows me to do what ever I please. HD Keeps the revenue no matter what with
a gift card. I knew there was a $30 PC Rebate when I purchased the 557 at
HD.

I was not Borg Bashing I was simply making everone aware of the difference.
I sent in the other form which will allow me to get a check for $30.

FWIW

Rich



"Bob Haar" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:BC1F6095.8A183%[email protected]...
> On 2004/1/5 6:40 PM, "RKON" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I was filling out the rebate form for the PC 557 I picked up the weekend
> > before XMAS at the Borg. You know the 20% off Sale. Well, the rebate has
> > to postmarked by Jan 7. When I scoffed that scrumptious deal there was
> > also a pad with rebate coupons. Tore one off and stashed it with my
> > receipt. Th HD rebate form is a form for a $30 GIFT CARD. Those Sneaky
> > Borg's. They just have to have every last penny.
>
>
> I don't follow your reasoning. Why is HD being "sneaky" by offering a
rebate
> in the form of a Gift Card? I have seen this used many times recently.
>
> At the stores around here, the terms of the rebate were posted in large
> text. If you don't care for the gift card method of doing rebates, you
> didn't have to buy there. If you didn't read the terms before the sale,
then
> whose fault is that?
>

I don't follow your lack of following his reasoning!!!!!! Sounds to ME like
he said that PC is offering a $30 rebate on the item, regardless of where
you buy it. The prominently displayed "rebate" form at the BORG allows the
BORG to pocket the $30 cash while giving you, the customer, a $30 HD gift
card instead...so, the BORG gets more sales and your $30 "rebate" is worth
about $21.40 cost to HD (approximate wholesale cost of a $30 item), so they
make another $8.60 off of your rebate. Is that about the gist of it???

"Bob Haar" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:BC1F6095.8A183%[email protected]...
> On 2004/1/5 6:40 PM, "RKON" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I was filling out the rebate form for the PC 557 I picked up the weekend
> > before XMAS at the Borg. You know the 20% off Sale. Well, the rebate has
> > to postmarked by Jan 7. When I scoffed that scrumptious deal there was
> > also a pad with rebate coupons. Tore one off and stashed it with my
> > receipt. Th HD rebate form is a form for a $30 GIFT CARD. Those Sneaky
> > Borg's. They just have to have every last penny.
>
>
> I don't follow your reasoning. Why is HD being "sneaky" by offering a
rebate
> in the form of a Gift Card? I have seen this used many times recently.
>
> At the stores around here, the terms of the rebate were posted in large
> text. If you don't care for the gift card method of doing rebates, you
> didn't have to buy there. If you didn't read the terms before the sale,
then
> whose fault is that?
>

"Bob Haar" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:BC1F6095.8A183%[email protected]...
> On 2004/1/5 6:40 PM, "RKON" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I was filling out the rebate form for the PC 557 I picked up the weekend
> > before XMAS at the Borg. You know the 20% off Sale. Well, the rebate has
> > to postmarked by Jan 7. When I scoffed that scrumptious deal there was
> > also a pad with rebate coupons. Tore one off and stashed it with my
> > receipt. Th HD rebate form is a form for a $30 GIFT CARD. Those Sneaky
> > Borg's. They just have to have every last penny.
>
>
> I don't follow your reasoning. Why is HD being "sneaky" by offering a
rebate
> in the form of a Gift Card? I have seen this used many times recently.
>

While not exactly sneaky, it does limit what you can do with the money but
if it is a HD sponsored rebate, they are well within their rights to do it
that way. I guess that the real question might be, was it clearly posted as
a gift card only?

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If at first you don't succeed, you're not cut out for skydiving