Sprint may do away with the mail in rebate - Page 2

LurkMoar · 05/28/2009, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Beanis

Dang, bad news for me. I happen to love mail in rebates. You guys are wussies.

i sent in a mail in rebate for $8 back from a case of coors light a couple weeks ago. i bought the case like 4days before the cut off date. got a post card the other day say the date was ineligible

man i was ****ed! i didn't bother making copies before sending it in cuz it was only $8

Darth Pooh · 05/28/2009, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by mikejaret

well my local best buy is getting 3.....so im gonna go sit in my car in front until 2am with my 2 buddies that want the other 2. If for some reason we dont get em or the stock aint there, i will move my caravan to one of many sprint stores and get one!

id rather go to best buy cuz i used to work at this store (10yrs ago) and id rather have my intelligent friend sign me up then the ******tards at the sprint store..

i swear i have been in that store a couple times in the last few months and they are all MORONS....

Seriously doode... you need to be working on Postal 3 and not waiting for some phone to come out.

BMIC50 · 05/28/2009, 09:55 PM

If this turned out to be true, they would get more accessories out of me and my wife! I'm liking that clamshell plastic holster and the car charger...maybe even the Touchstone!

mikejaret · 05/28/2009, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Darth Pooh

Seriously doode... you need to be working on Postal 3 and not waiting for some phone to come out.

so youre saying you kinda know who i am?

and you have a pre....

hit me up on aim rwsmikejaret

Urkel · 05/28/2009, 11:21 PM

The rebate forms have to exist somewhere so I wonder if its even possible (or legal) to do away with the mail-in rebate because there will be a lot of people who will try to double-dip and scam Sprint/Palm. I'm not sure how all this would work but I definitely want to see a $199 out the door price.

nojok3 · 05/28/2009, 11:52 PM

I will definitely go to a Sprint store to avoid the hassle of a Best Buy stock issue if true.

I'll be purchasing a touch stone and if I'm only tossing $300 for both I'll be happy. Not really thrilled with the Sprint retail guys touching my phone in front of me though. Anyone else like that? I'd rather activate and do stuff on my own.

mikejaret · 05/29/2009, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Urkel

The rebate forms have to exist somewhere so I wonder if its even possible (or legal) to do away with the mail-in rebate because there will be a lot of people who will try to double-dip and scam Sprint/Palm. I'm not sure how all this would work but I definitely want to see a $199 out the door price.

that wont happen, because when you send in a rebate they make sure the purchase price the target price for the rebate I.E. if you buy it at best buy for the 199 rate and you try to send it in it ill get rejected!

swan · 05/29/2009, 12:28 AM

Sprint has done instant rebates in the past, i dont understand why they are risking a MIR with this phone.

firefinder24 · 05/29/2009, 12:41 AM

Either way, I'm good, I'm still getting $100.00 back. And you tend to forget, the iPhone didn't have any rebates and were $499 (4GB) and $599 (8GB) respectively.

Laxidasical · 05/29/2009, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by swan

Sprint has done instant rebates in the past, i dont understand why they are risking a MIR with this phone.

They are doing one now as well, so technically they would be doing TWO instant rebates.

Grim · 05/29/2009, 01:49 AM

Seems like a wise business decision to me!

NBENZ · 05/29/2009, 02:03 AM

This would be smart for sprint to do. I would definetly go to a sprint store vs BB to get my pre. Lets just hope this rumor turns out to be true.

ImmaSlave4U · 05/29/2009, 03:46 AM

This would be great. I hope we get a confirmation/denial soon.

Badandy · 05/29/2009, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by LurkMoar

i sent in a mail in rebate for $8 back from a case of coors light a couple weeks ago. i bought the case like 4days before the cut off date. got a post card the other day say the date was ineligible

man i was ****ed! i didn't bother making copies before sending it in cuz it was only $8

It's because you bought Coors Lite.

*cough*Miller Lite*cough* if you're going for the cheap, mass-produced American stuff...

Syphon · 05/29/2009, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by NBENZ

This would be smart for sprint to do. I would definetly go to a sprint store vs BB to get my pre. Lets just hope this rumor turns out to be true.

Same here.
I hope it is true. I was originally going to buy it online through my corporate Sprint site. But I hear that online & telesales are a no go for a while. I was going to get the Pre for $99, but the extra $100 rebate is given back to be as credit on my account, rather than cash. Forget that.

dkotoric · 05/29/2009, 08:39 AM

Just thought I would mention have you guys noticed that if you go to palm.com it now says "after rebate and service agreement" and it used to say "after mail in rebate and service agreement"

NachoB · 05/29/2009, 08:42 AM

Fine print on Sprint's Pre page still mentions $100 MIR
Sprint: Meet the Palm Pre

Laxidasical · 05/29/2009, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Syphon

Same here.
I hope it is true. I was originally going to buy it online through my corporate Sprint site. But I hear that online & telesales are a no go for a while. I was going to get the Pre for $99, but the extra $100 rebate is given back to be as credit on my account, rather than cash. Forget that.

Yeah, but don't corporate accounts have access to early ordering (I believe it was Tuesday of this week)?

05/28/2009, 09:55 PM	#23 (permalink)
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Urkel Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 946 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 3 Thanked 224 Times in 137 Posts	The rebate forms have to exist somewhere so I wonder if its even possible (or legal) to do away with the mail-in rebate because there will be a lot of people who will try to double-dip and scam Sprint/Palm. I'm not sure how all this would work but I definitely want to see a $199 out the door price.
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05/29/2009, 12:41 AM	#29 (permalink)
firefinder24 Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Liberal Left Coast Posts: 313 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 25 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	Either way, I'm good, I'm still getting $100.00 back. And you tend to forget, the iPhone didn't have any rebates and were $499 (4GB) and $599 (8GB) respectively. __________________ "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not" Thomas Jefferson
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05/29/2009, 01:49 AM	#31 (permalink)
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05/29/2009, 02:03 AM	#32 (permalink)
NBENZ Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 82 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 14 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	This would be smart for sprint to do. I would definetly go to a sprint store vs BB to get my pre. Lets just hope this rumor turns out to be true.
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dkotoric Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,305 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 8 Thanked 98 Times in 62 Posts	Just thought I would mention have you guys noticed that if you go to palm.com it now says "after rebate and service agreement" and it used to say "after mail in rebate and service agreement"
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NachoB Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 4,945 Likes Received: 3 Thanks: 339 Thanked 988 Times in 715 Posts	Fine print on Sprint's Pre page still mentions $100 MIR Sprint: Meet the Palm Pre __________________ If you found my post useful then please sign up for a Dropbox Account, I could use the extra 250mb of storage. HOW TO: Zip/Unzip via Pre/Pixi using Terminal HOW TO: Modify DTMF audio (webOS 1.4.5 or earlier) Palm Pre wallpapers
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