What i mean is like instead of just charging you less for something.  Almost all name brand companies use cashback also known as mail and rebate.  It is a hassle to have to send back the cashback label- can't they just charge me less!
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The idea behind cash-back or mail in rebates is that the companies participating in these deals are banking off of people who purchase items with cash-back or mail in rebates but do not send them in. In other words, for every person that calculates the price of a product including the cash back but never gets around to sending it in, the company selling the product makes a small profit.
7958
The best one is Chase Cash Plus.  5% cash back at grocery stores, gas stations and drug stores and 1% cash back on all other. Here is the link  \nLook toward bottom of page
245545
First answer is right.\n\nWhere do you live?\n\nIf in a developing country you may find many illiterate people in the business at small scale. They know the techniques of lowering the cost.\n\nIf you can win their confidence they will really help you out.
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Of course, all retail is the same as anything else in US - Greedy. They will work the same. First you inflate price 50 percent and then you advertise sale with 25 percent off. It works each and every single time with women especially as they think saving 1/2 of a 50 percent markup is a bargain. HAH !!
652610
No, not true at all. That's been going around for a long, long time. Pay your friends back by signing them up for wierd newsletters and product updates of things they don't care about. They'll get the hint.
475622
You have no right to free p+p with a return product as far as I can see. I had a problem with an online order couple of years ago, where I ordered a present for someone and every time it arrived the casing was broken. No good for a present, I telephoned them and they sent someone to collect it and sent me another with no extra costs as not my fault. I had to do this 3 times before I got one that wasnt broken.\nIn the end they told me not to send the last one back, to keep it for myself at no extra cost aswell as the one that was undamaged.\n\nMost companies will do things as a customer relations goodwill gesture when an error on their part has occurred.\n\nSee this website, you can call them for specific advice.
524231
Yes indeed. Let me tell you this...most people who aren't savvy shoppers don't notice these things. Please people...pay attention at the grocery store and call and complain to the phone number on the package of the product. Many companies have a clever, sneaky way to cut costs. The packages appear the same on the outside but may be indented more on the bottom or have less weight in the same size package, etc. Most people don't notice this unless you are a regular label reader. I have bought many things that are in the exact same package that they have come in for years, but the volume has gone from 12 oz to 9 oz, etc., but the price remains the same. If you are not paying close attention, you will never notice. For example-next time you go to the grocery store, look at the bacon packages. They have almost always been sold in 1LB (16oz) packs. Now, they are being sold in 12 oz packs which are the same package size as the 16 oz ones. When you are comparison shopping and you see 1 pack for the same price as another, one might hold 12 oz as the other 16 oz. Consumers rule and set standards-$ and comments speak volumes! Read your labels guys!
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Yes, I use Blockbuster Online. The new program is called Total Access or something like that. I'm on the 3 out at a time plan, and with tax it's about $19 a month or so. When I'm finished watching the mailed movies, I return them in the store and when they scan the barcode off of the return envelope, that acts like a coupon for a free in-store movie. No catch. They also give you a free in-store movie coupon each week that you print out. Right now I have 6 rentals from the store, and 2 mailed movies, since I just returned a mailed movie today. I love it, although I'm finding it hard to find time to watch everything now, since I work 2 jobs! I had a free trial of Netflix last year, and they were too slow for me. Blockbuster even has faster shipping, at least in my area. Definitely go with Blockbuster Online. I've been telling everyone what a great value it's been, especially since rentals at my Blockbuster are almost $5 each! Way too much. If you do the math, I'm getting my rentals for less than a $1 each now.
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I feel your pain-but no card higher price. The good news is you can use a fictional name and number if you wish when you sign up that way they have a spending record but no matching party. Most stores will let you just use the phone number and not carry the card. Stores use them to make purchasing decisions as well as set pricing. If you think 2/$7 is a value and purchase they will use that matrix again if not and instead you purchase the name brand at closer to 2 of $6.25 they adjust their pricing accordingly. It also helps them stock for holidays and create those convenient "most needed" displays for shopping ease. Yes I agree they are annoying but they do save you an average of 8% and with coupons I have saved as much as 32%. Most non-chain stores will not take coupons because they are too much work chains are incented to take them which is why they will even have double and sometimes triple coupon days. Believe it or not those cards reduce food waste as well because they are a more accurate gage of purchase than end of day weights and inventory counts.  Some of the larger restaurants are considering them and food service here in California that are located inside of grocery stores often have secret sales if you use your card at the point of purchase.
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try http://www.onrebate.com\ncall or email the store your bought the item from.
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Not that I've been able to find\nteenfreeway is a superb website for the teen gal\nthey DO have an eye for business there though\nmost of the merchants that provide this stuff know that if they get a youngster sold on a product at these early years-- the possiblity of retaining them as a paying customer for the years to come will be really enhanced !!!\n\nBy the time we get to be older adults-- they figure that we are set in our buying habits and will make very few product choice changes-- the best they'll do for us at this stage is to offer us some kind of coupon thing that is supposed to entice us to try something new or different !!!
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What happened? \n\nMost of the time a rebate is lost because of the terms (usually not clear) were violated. For example: It says Mail in "original UPC bar-code" most people have no idea what one of the 6 bar-codes on the box this means. Just as you may feel cheated, the company has to make the terms specific in order to reduce the amount of fraud happening.\n\nI worked at a rebate center where I got screamed at by upset people every single day... in 90 percent of the cases the person sent in a bar-code that was nothing we could use. A PC box has a bar-code for several different components. We would end up with bar-codes for speakers when it should be a PC bar-code. This way we had no idea if the actual computer was bought or if it was just the speakers.\n\nI know it is frustrating... however there are many ways to solve the rebate issue. \n\nUsually the only thing that is unsolvable is if the store marked the wrong product as having a rebate, in this case (happens all the time) the only way to get the rebate is to scream at the store manager because he was the one who made the mistake. Rebate centers will not budge on mistakes made by individual stores. \n\nSo, if you need help solving a rebate issue I might be able to help if you explain the situation. \n\nHowever if you have exhausted yourself with the rebate center and they will not budge... take the issue to the store... most stores have been known to pay out the rebate if you are a good customer of theirs.
200581
That is a scam. They get you to pay money and then they give you worthless advice. There are machines that stuff envelopes for a lot less than human beings do it.
16032
Yeah, get rid of that card and get one that gives you cash back.  That's better than anything you can redeem with credit card "points."
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You could write "Payment in Full".  However, this is NOT binding on the creditor unless specifically called to its attention.  THe law recognizes that big companies do not have time to read every check, and the people who deposit them aren't trained to deal with special notes on them.  So if a company deposits such a check, the Uniform Commercial Code allows it to back off, and refund you the money, if you call its attention later to the "payment in full" note--they have a couple of month or so to take action one way or the other.  So "payment in full" is a possibility, but it's not guaranteed.
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Oh I hate them too!!!!!!!! it ends up taking longer than it would with a real cashier,  inevitably something goes wrong and a cashier has to come over and help anyway... and  the people in back of you on line  get    angry much faster and the anger is  aimed at you since you are your own cashier lol... they do it to save money  - less employees, less money spent on wages,  and benefits... its a win-win for them...  and a frustrating experience for us !
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What about a "punch card" type promotion.  I would love if my dry cleaner gave me a punch card, then every time I dropped off an item, the card was punched and when it is filled (example - 10 items,) you get a coupon for one free "sweater, shirt, pants, dress, whatever YOU choose) to be cleaned.  Give them the coupon with strict guidelines on it for what it can be used for (so they don't bring in a mink coat, etc.) or the coupon could be for $10.00 of your next dry cleaning bill.