120gb SSD for $20 after rebate

I've washed my hands of Tiger Direct rebates. You'll be lucky if you ever get it.

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I've washed my hands of Tiger Direct rebates. You'll be lucky if you ever get it.

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THIS

the only way i've ever gotten rebates from them is to constantly hound them on the phone and even then its been hit or miss.

mail in rebates = biggest crock of shite/scam ever.

we have the internet, fricktwats. just let me do it online instead of making me jump through hoops from the 1970s Columbia House 10 Cassette Tapes for a penny.

taping cardboard UPC cut-outs from a box and filling out 7 forms for a rebate and then asking you to wait 10-weeks to INFINITY for a response is fricking LOL ridiculous.

why not require me to pray to vishnu and include some sassafras incense in the envelope as well?

:bid:

eta i had a friend who worked in a 'rebate center' and he told me they were given incentives to find technacalities to reject perfectly valid rebates and stonewall customers. sometimes they simply didn't mail the rebate at all unless you called..and they refused to even look up your rebate if you didn't want the minimum '8-10' weeks first before calling.

GOD IN HEAVEN

NEVER AGAIN.

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rebate processors are less hassle than "respectable" insurance companies.

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if a rebate were truly legit, they would simply allow you to input your stuff online and you'd get the credit instantly.

this mail in bullshite is designed for the explicit purpose of dramatically reducing the actual rebate 'pay outs' since lazy people or people who don't put the correct stuff in the envelope will get rejected.

Of course I'd rather get the discount up front, but rebates have been reliable for me and don't represent a significant hoop to jump through. I'll stop redeeming them when everyone else agrees to, so the sellers have to adapt.

In contrast, I've had to launch multiple inquiries on purchases to get cashback from Fatwallet.com. Using that service is a truly sketchy process. There's no notification that you did it right when you made the purchase, and you have to check back weeks to months later to see if the vendor actually reported your cashback. Often, they don't. Still, I've gotten back over $300 from them, and coupled with rebates, credit card rewards, and most importantly, never paying interest or fees, I've saved me some money over the years.

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Hopeful Doc

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Browsing r/buildapcsales and read some caveats about this rebate:

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The Catch:
How to Qualify for your McAfee Rebate:
Purchase a qualifying McAfee product listed below from TigerDirect between
11/23/2014 and 12/03/2014.

To qualify for this rebate you must:
• Install McAfee Multi Access. (Instructions Below in Special Instructions)
• Enroll in the Auto Renewal feature. (Valid credit card required)
• Stay enrolled in the auto renewal feature for the first 10 months of the subscription.

NOTE: By redeeming this rebate you are agreeing to Activate and Install McAfee
Multi Access, and to enroll in the Auto Renewal feature. You may opt out of the Auto Renewal any time after the 10th month of your 1 year subscription term.

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Others have said they enrolled, got their rebate, then cancelled. The problem is, if the rebate company takes their sweet time getting the rebate to you, you'll have to keep paying for this shite software until they do.

Noooooobody listens to cad

It's a 1-year subscription term- you don't pay anything extra by being enrolled in the autopay. I've done a 4myrebate antivirus subscription or two. You set reminders on a calendar for 10 months out and cancel. If you're the kind of person who will remember, it's good. If you forget, you spend an extra $70 on a second year's subscription.

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You set reminders on a calendar for 10 months out and cancel. If you're the kind of person who will remember, it's good. If you forget, you spend an extra $70 on a second year's subscription.

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Gotcha. For some reason I interpreted this as a free month, then you're billed by the month until your rebate comes in. Redditors have reported that they were able to cancel after they received the rebate, so no need to wait 10 months.

I would buy several for that price. Make all my brothers' and parents' computers run like new for Christmas.

I'm keeping a sharp eye out. The best I saw so far was a $26 corsair a few days ago if you bought using Google pay but it went away almost immediately.