sk41g rebate problems - anyone else?

I built an sk41g for my daughter earlier this year for her birthday.
I told her she could have the rebate money if she put in the
paperwork. So she sent the form in with the receipts and so forth for
a $30 rebate.

What came back was a coupon for $60 only redeemable on their website.
To make things worse, it looked like a check, so she tried to deposit
it. Since there's nothing available from their website she'd like to
buy, the whole rebate deal seems like a big swindle.

Has anyone else run into this?

Regards,
Larry

ldg <gipson RemoveThis @ieee.xxx> wrote:

 >
 >I built an sk41g for my daughter earlier this year for her birthday.
 >I told her she could have the rebate money if she put in the
 >paperwork. So she sent the form in with the receipts and so forth for
 >a $30 rebate.
 >
 >What came back was a coupon for $60 only redeemable on their website.
 >To make things worse, it looked like a check, so she tried to deposit
 >it. Since there's nothing available from their website she'd like to
 >buy, the whole rebate deal seems like a big swindle.
 >
 >Has anyone else run into this?

Not yet (I am still waiting for my rebate which ws for $40.00, not
$30.00--was her Sk41G on rebate before the June offering?) but I recall
from the rebate form that there were boxes to check to indicate whether you
wanted the cash rebate or $60.00 in accessories with a notation that if you
failed to check either box they would send the rebate in the form of a
merchandise coupon. Your daughter may have missed this and left the boxes
unchecked.

There are some new items starting to appear on the Shuttle
website--Bluetooth and WiFi dongles, for example, that might eventually be
of more use to people so if she can hold on to the coupon for a while
(expiration date?) she might find something she needs or wants or she may
have a chance to sell her coupon to someone who wants some merchandise.

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