A mail in rebate on Beer?

I am appalled and disgusted...but mostly thirsty.

Once again ignoring your populated state to the South. But fine, none of us have dealt w/rebates apparently.

@yashichi8bit:

I just got a $13.00 rebate on a case of Miller Lite this week.

My secret is to fill out the rebate and send it off the moment I get home, and decide what else I need to do based on the price levels:

- Under $5 -> Just fill it out, mail it off, cross my fingers and hope
- $5 - $40 -> Fill it out, make a copy of the filled out documentation/barcodes/etc for myself and take a picture of it all filled out and the stamped envelope with my digicam
- $40+ -> Do all the above, but send it registered mail. Nothing says "I don't trust you and I'm going to be a pain in the ass when you screw up" like registered mail. :)

I'm pretty vigilant about the things. To the point of ridiculousness. Recently, the dollar store started selling freezies with $1 MIRs with no limit. I got separate receipts for each one and mailed it all off. Sure, I only end up saving about $0.40 after postage, but it's just the way I am. Sent them all off that night. Used the cheap half-size 100 pack of envelopes I bought at the dollar store to do it, too. :D

Pabst Blue Ribbon beer here in Calgary Alberta Canada? Averages about $8.75 for a SIX-pack. You can find it for $9.25 at a lot of places.

@shepd: As an added back up to the picture, mail it to yourself through email, which gives it an un-forgeable(by you) time stamp, and also the ability while on the phone complaining to instantly forward the email w/the time stamp.

@StruckBySmoothCriminal_GitEmSteveDave:

:) Make sure you use a 3rd party email server (or something like gmail/hotmail) if you want a more legitimate time stamp. When you run your own mailserver, it's somewhat simple to do anything you please.

@StruckBySmoothCriminal_GitEmSteveDave: I'd love to be able to tell our story about the Circuit City rebate from hell.

@sprocket79: Or mine that rose from hell and became an angel in my eye.

@shepd: Sorry, should have clarified that more.

My system works fairly well, unless I'm not paying attention, but thankfully that doesn't happen too often:

The rebate is filled out within the time frame, and a copy is made of the relevant paperwork (I don't copy the receipt if I have it in my email or online purchase history), and it is mailed.

The copy goes into a bin. The only thing in said bin is unreceived rebates. Once a rebate check is received, the paperwork gets thrown out.

Every month, I go through the papers and send e-mails for escalations on the rebates that should have been received but have not.

FYI, when dealing with Newegg rebates, if you don't find satisfaction contacting the company/clearinghouse, Newegg is usually happy to credit your card. I imagine they either eat it, or more likely, take it up with the manufacturer when it comes time to pay their invoice for product.