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http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=551788&CatId=89

my first find...enjoy guys, jump on it while you can,
 
it's not exactly free as you have to pay shipping.. but good find! i would have jumped on this mofo if i actually HAD dvds to burn
 
Anyone delt with Mad Dog and rebates?

Tiger Direct gets a lot of the blame for rebates, but most of the time its the manufactures that are the weak link. By no means am I sticking up for TD either.

I don't like waiting over 10 weeks for a rebate check. I know I know. That is the whole pricipal of rebates, but some companies are pronto on getting people their checks. Just wondering if anyone has gone through Mad Dog and how long has it taken?
 
you have to fight for your rebates with tiger, and they take many, many, many months.
 
It's says $50 rebate, but when you click on the pdf link it says $20 rebate? Where's the $50?
 
Couple of months ago I got one of these through officemax when they were $10 AR.

Jump to today, I get a phone call from Mad Dog appologizing for the delay in getting my rebate ($40), that it was placed in the wrong zone for processing, and they are now rushing it through and i should get my check in 5-10 business days.

I was impressed they went the extra step to get my money back to me. And to actually have a human being call to let me know.
 
Asazman said:
you have to fight for your rebates with tiger, and they take many, many, many months.
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The rebate is not through Tiger Direct :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

And you've probably never even purchacased something from TD, but are just following the word of mouth. Correct me if I am wrong, which I probably am, right? :rolleyes:

total of three :rolleyes: cause I really care.
 
I bought a Maddog 16x DVD drive a year ago. I got the rebate within the normal time. (6-8 weeks or whatever the rebate said)
 
well, i have recieved mad dog b4, the drives are same internal has nec,
 
I did the rebate thing with tiger for a soyo case. the rebate was from soyo. on the form it said 10 to 12 weeks. I waited and still nothing. I email and now they tell me 14 to 16 weeks. It is always a gamble with MIRs


Make copies of all your stuff and write down the day you sent it to keep track
 
tgillespie said:
Tiger Direct gets a lot of the blame for rebates, but most of the time its the manufactures that are the weak link. By no means am I sticking up for TD either.
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I blame Tigerdirect for their rebates not the manufacturer's rebates.... I have received 100% of the manufacterur's rebates and 20% of my tiger direct rebates from td. I don't care how long the rebate takes for me to get it just so long as it gets here. With tigerdirect I have actually seen my rebates disappear off the tracking list and when I call they say they have no record of them!

as for this deal its going thru maddog... my experience with maddog is extremely delayed rebates however they do reach you so go for it if you don't mind not receiving the rebate for 2 months or so... no biggie when you look at the deal on the drive.
 
Oh, one more thing to add,
the drive seems to have pretty good media compatibility from my experience.
It would work with some silver side media I bought from newegg that I haven't been able to get working any where else. Took the sting out of having a junk 50pk sitting around.
 
I got this same drive in the OfficeMax deal a few weeks ago. Mine is a Toshiba SD-R5112 drive with a Toshiba label on it - no rebadging, just packed in a MadDog box. Note that it doesn't do "+" media, if that's important to you. The one I received works fine.

My rebate experience on other MadDog products has been very good.
 
That's not an NEC drive, it a Toshiba SD-R5112. I got the same Mad Dog OM drive that BlackPearl did.

It's actually a pretty nice drive, but $30 + shipping isn't that great of a deal for it. Needs more $10 or $20 after rebate price.
 
TigerDirect really suck. The rebate for the drive dont match the drive. When i call them and ask them they claimed that they never had the rebate up for the $50 dollar. I ask them to cancel and they told me they cant because they already shipped it. I ordered it at 1am this morning and they told me that my order is already shipped however they cant give me a tracking number and my order status is still pending. I will never ever ever ever order anything from them again. :mad:
 
noclick said:
TigerDirect really suck. The rebate for the drive dont match the drive.
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Refuse the package and do a chargeback if you don't get a full refund.

Next time print out the item page. I almost always do that for "hot deals".
 
Good thing I have two Tiger Directs locally. Of course, you have no clue if they have what you want in stock since they have a fraction of what is on their site. Though, I haven't been to their new Miami store.
 
Rebates don't excite me in the least bit. They repell me from deals like these.
 
Now it's $30 + shipping AR, but the rebate is only $20. Just a word of caution - this drive can't do DVD+R.

-SEAL
 
I'm still waiting on a $40 MIR from OfficeMax it was the same MadDog DVDR
 
tiger direct is terrible with everything, i had to fight with them about charging me shipping on something i didn't order
 
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