DoggyDaddi
Gawd
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- Sep 10, 2002
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From what I can tell, Newegg farms out their rebates.. and I'm not particularly happy with the way they handle them.
I purchased one of those nice Scepter 20.1" widescreen monitors on Feb 3rd. It arrived in 3 days.. works fantastic, and I love it. Was my first flat-panel LCD purchase, and I don't regret the choice in the least.
However, I payed $413 total for it, with a Newegg rebate of $30. I sent in the rebate materials the same day I received the monitor. The turn around for my rebate was supposed to be within 8-10 weeks. When 2 months had passed and they STILL hadnt listed my rebate os finished processing on the website, I decided to call. They asked me to wait an additional 2 weeks, as they had a 'backlog' in processing, and it would be done as soon as possible. I called them back a month later, and demanded to speak to a superviser, as the damn thing STILL hadn't processed.
I was kept on hold for almost 20 minutes, being asked repeatedly what I needed, and to hold again. Eventually someone picked up, and after a few moments he read back to me my dress info.. and they had reveresed my apartment number and my street number! ?!?!?
Are they having cimps type their data in now??? How can you actually believe an aparmtent number is going to be 4 digits long???
Anyways.. they fixed it, and RESTARTED the process, but are making me wait an ADDITIONAL 3 months.. the estimated time of 'check issuance' is August 7th.. What a crock of bubbling crap.
The lovely icing on the cake.. or kick in the balls (depending on if your a half full/half empty type of person) is that the godamn monitor has DROPPED IN PRICE $150 in the time I've been waiting for my godamn rebate..!!!
Moral of this story is.. avoid Newegg mail in rebates like the plague.. they have great prices (most times), and fantastic products, but their rebate system is a complete joke.
I purchased one of those nice Scepter 20.1" widescreen monitors on Feb 3rd. It arrived in 3 days.. works fantastic, and I love it. Was my first flat-panel LCD purchase, and I don't regret the choice in the least.
However, I payed $413 total for it, with a Newegg rebate of $30. I sent in the rebate materials the same day I received the monitor. The turn around for my rebate was supposed to be within 8-10 weeks. When 2 months had passed and they STILL hadnt listed my rebate os finished processing on the website, I decided to call. They asked me to wait an additional 2 weeks, as they had a 'backlog' in processing, and it would be done as soon as possible. I called them back a month later, and demanded to speak to a superviser, as the damn thing STILL hadn't processed.
I was kept on hold for almost 20 minutes, being asked repeatedly what I needed, and to hold again. Eventually someone picked up, and after a few moments he read back to me my dress info.. and they had reveresed my apartment number and my street number! ?!?!?
Are they having cimps type their data in now??? How can you actually believe an aparmtent number is going to be 4 digits long???
Anyways.. they fixed it, and RESTARTED the process, but are making me wait an ADDITIONAL 3 months.. the estimated time of 'check issuance' is August 7th.. What a crock of bubbling crap.
The lovely icing on the cake.. or kick in the balls (depending on if your a half full/half empty type of person) is that the godamn monitor has DROPPED IN PRICE $150 in the time I've been waiting for my godamn rebate..!!!
Moral of this story is.. avoid Newegg mail in rebates like the plague.. they have great prices (most times), and fantastic products, but their rebate system is a complete joke.