Sorry to hear about your troubles John. You may take that "failure" notice
from Canon back to the store you purchased it at and see if they can either
intervene with Canon on your behalf or honor the rebate themselves. I
actually had some luck with Staples in that area. As for Rebates I think
everyone has that same problem. I'm also very anal about documentation by
scanning in everything to save so I can have it later. I actually think
this practice goes on so much I can't believe some Attorney hasn't come up
with a class action suit like they do against the drug companies. You might
also think about sending a letter to the Better Business Bureau against
Canon but make sure you have your documentation and ducks in a row.

But then again as many newsgroups as you sent this to I doubt you will find
my answer on this one.


On 12/28/06 9:05 PM, in article ,
"John" wrote:

I know that the institution of rebates is meant to rip you off so I'm
quite anal about paying attention to the details and ALWAYS sending in
the rebate with delivery confirmation. The delivery confirmation at
least minimizes the "Sorry, we never received your rebate" or "Sorry, we
didn't receive your rebate in time" excuses.

I read the rebate forms several times looking for the "gotcha's". I know
I go through way more trouble than I should for $20-$50 but it's the
principle. They make it as annoying as possible to claim a rebate so
that most people won't bother. I'm the one that bothers.

I send in my rebate to Canon along with all the rebate form, purchase
receipt and I cut out the UPC code from the box and put that in the
envelope. My new tactic is to use wide tape and tape the UPC code to
the rebate form.

I checked on my rebate status just now.

Error(s): An original qualifying UPC was not included

Yep. No matter how hard I tried, Canon still managed to screw me over.

Since they want "an original" qualifying UPC", my copy won't suffice.

Canon, the next time I'm in the market for a product I'll remember this
incident.