Richmond Times Dispatch Va. Consumer Watch column.
SURRENDER OF RULES TO TAKE preparation for further processing: Mary Watkins-Tate of Goochland County and her husband returned from a new computer at Wal-Mart on the benefits of a computer from Best Buy deal, according mailing with a value of $ 300 rebate it would be $ 200 Tot.
You bought a computer in Best Buy in Short pumping in February by e-mail and discounts overnight. Last week, five months and many frustrating phone calls later, Watkins-Tate had not received all the promised money. She obtained a $ 50 discount on the printer, another $ 50 on the monitor, but only $ 50 $ 200, it seeks to secure for the purchase of the computer.
“Dies ist das Schlimmste, was ich I gehört”, sagte sie. “I can not believe that companies treat customers that way. Forward throughout the USA on the other side, and they know that people simply give up.”
Watkins-Tate is not only the consumer, is angry about discounts. Type “rebate complaints on the Internet and their scads Pop-up from consumers in Germany.
Stuart Ashby, Compliance Manager of the Office of Consumer Affairs in Richmond, counted, 22 discount on file complaints in this area so far this year.
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