How many of you have bought products from TigerDirect
and never received your rebates? I get the feeling that
their rebate center is running a scam on these payments
and never delivering without major hassle and repeated
phone calls. If they are doing this to a lot of people,
they need to be reported to the Attorny General of
the State of Minnesota for fraud. I know their Rebate
Center is listed in Miami, Florida, but that is not its
real location. They are in Minnesota. This is the same
stunt that Dell Computers was reported as doing.
Dell offers greatly reduced prices, and then does not
deliver without being confronted equally. I believe they
are in legal trouble over it now, with pending lawsuits.
TigerDirect appears to be doing the same thing, and
it is time to make these companies stop this kind
of false advertising.
I just reported them to the State Attorney General's Office
of Consumer Protection in Minnesota. If you want to file
a complaint, go to their web page, and fill out the form.
Mail it in to Lori Swanson, along with copies of any
documentation you may have. I also called TigerDirect
and reported the behavior of their Rebate Center to them.
They said they would look into it, but I suspect it is
the same as the Dell scam, and they will do nothing.
This really needs "class action" so that the amount
of the fines gets their attention. Minnesota is the
location of the TigerDirect Rebate Center.
Why buy from TD? I find Newegg is superior in every way.
--
Once when I was in Hawaii, on the island of Kauai, I met a
mysterious old stranger. He said he was about to die and wanted
to tell someone about the treasure. I said, "Okay, as long as
it's not a long story. Some of us have a plane to catch, you
know." He started telling his story, about the treasure and his
life and all, and I thought: "This story isn't too long." But
then, he kept going, and I started thinking, "Uh-oh, this story
is getting long." But then the story was over, and I said to
myself: "You know, that story wasn't too long after all." I
forget what the story was about, but there was a good movie on
the plane. It was a little long, though.
- Jack Handey
In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt johns <johns321@moscow.com> wrote:
>How many of you have bought products from TigerDirect
>and never received your rebates? I get the feeling that
>their rebate center is running a scam on these payments
>and never delivering without major hassle and repeated
>phone calls. If they are doing this to a lot of people,
>they need to be reported to the Attorny General of
>the State of Minnesota for fraud. I know their Rebate
>Center is listed in Miami, Florida, but that is not its
>real location. They are in Minnesota. This is the same
>stunt that Dell Computers was reported as doing.
>Dell offers greatly reduced prices, and then does not
>deliver without being confronted equally. I believe they
>are in legal trouble over it now, with pending lawsuits.
>TigerDirect appears to be doing the same thing, and
>it is time to make these companies stop this kind
>of false advertising.
>
Most companies offering rebates take many long months to return them.
By doing so, they get the use of your money for those many months.
It saves borrowing money from banks.
A quick way for a strapped company to get an inflow of needed cash.
So, unless you've been waiting more than nine months or so, don't be
holding your breath in anticipation of a quick rebate.
Also, sometime READ the rebate information to see just how long they're
liable to be in getting the rebate back to you. You might find out you
still have months left to wait by the very contract offering the rebate.
TigerDirect is claiming that they have actually mailed the
rebate check. They did not. All they do is continue to
resubmit the check, and then it never comes. It is a
scam. They are hoping I just forget about it. After hearing
about the same scam at Dell Computers, I now figure
that TigerDirect .. and possibly many others are doing
the same thing. I applied for a rebate from a company
that sells the ATI 550 Theater Pro pci-e card. They did
the same exact thing, and that was nearly 2 years ago.
Right now, on this item at TigerDirect, I have been
waiting on an approved rebate since February. When
I call about it, they claim it was mailed, and then they
say they will not do anything until the last dated
mailing is past 30 days. They have done this twice
to me. I have no doubt that they are doing this to a
lot of people, so I am referring everybody to the
Attorney Generals Office in the state where the Rebate
Center is located .. in this case Minnesota. They will
take legal action against this Rebate Center, and
possibly fine them for every single instance of
consumer fraud they discover.
> How many of you have bought products from TigerDirect
> and never received your rebates?
Didn't take long until I figured out that rebates were problematic.
Doesn't take much fig***** to understand that they are mostly a scam.
When shopping, just be prepared to immediately move on to the next
product when you see a mail-in rebate, that's what I do and it works
great.
In message <IMm9i.12748$rO7.1215@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net > John Doe
<jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote:
>johns <johns321@moscow.com> wrote:
>
>> How many of you have bought products from TigerDirect
>> and never received your rebates?
>
>Didn't take long until I figured out that rebates were problematic.
>Doesn't take much fig***** to understand that they are mostly a scam.
>When shopping, just be prepared to immediately move on to the next
>product when you see a mail-in rebate, that's what I do and it works
>great.
Or you can not act like an idiot, buy things based on the sale price,
not the post-rebate price. You shouldn't pass up a good deal just
because it has a rebate as well, just don't make your shopping choices
based on the rebate.
--
If quitters never win, and winners never quit,
what fool came up with, "Quit while you're ahead"?
> In message <IMm9i.12748$rO7.1215@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net > John
> Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote:
>
>>johns <johns321@moscow.com> wrote:
>>
>>> How many of you have bought products from TigerDirect
>>> and never received your rebates?
>>
>>Didn't take long until I figured out that rebates were problematic.
>>Doesn't take much fig***** to understand that they are mostly a
>>scam. When shopping, just be prepared to immediately move on to the
>>next product when you see a mail-in rebate, that's what I do and it
>>works great.
>
> Or you can not act like an idiot, buy things based on the sale
> price, not the post-rebate price. You shouldn't pass up a good deal
> just because it has a rebate as well,
Rebates are likely an attempt to prevent returns. You cannot return a
product if you've removed the UPC code, and that's what it takes to
apply for the rebate.
I'd rather forget about it and look for a better product, from a
different manufacturer not trying to scam its customers.
>
> --
> If quitters never win, and winners never quit,
> what fool came up with, "Quit while you're ahead"?
>
>
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> In message <3b161fn4.fsf@mailinator.com> Bob Fry
> <bobfry@mailinator.com> wrote:
>
>>Why buy from TD? I find Newegg is superior in every way.
>
> TD is occasionally cheaper.
I will pay more for a product sold by a merchant I trust. I stopped
shopping at Tiger Direct a long time ago.
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