Is it too late to get  a rebate check after 9 months according to consumer law?
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It's tough these days to know that your mailing actually got to its designation.  Most companies have a number to check the status of your rebate check.  If you've checked out about the status of the rebate and still haven't received it and you got the info there in time you should still be eligible, but for the value ($10) it's probably not worth the effort of fighting for it.  Good luck!
667528
Depending on your credit card company, you usually only have 90 days to file a chargeback.  If the software is crappy, then you should contact the company directly to ask for a refund.  Tell them you'll contact the Better Business Bureau if they don't for selling a bunk product.  Good luck.
855175
The statue of limitations varies from place to place. Less than a year would most likely still be valid, particularly if the issue has not yet been resolved.
735954
Personally, I'd wait another month just to be safe.  That happened to me once before and after 3 months I credited it to my account.
544277
While Icsowesmemoney is mostly correct, and is a professional collector who knows the law, let me correct a few things.\n\nHe implies that if you do not respond to a collection agency within 30 day of the innitial contact, you are considered liable for the debt.  This is incorrect. \n\nThe Fair Debt Collection states "The failure of a consumer to dispute the validity of a debt under this section may not be construed by any court as an admission of liability by the consumer."  \n\nThe purpose of the warning is to give the consumer the right to demand the debt be validated.  During that time, the collector must cease all collection activities.  Failing to respond within 30 days is NOT an admission that you owe the debt, but simply places a bar date on when the collector can begin collection activities.\n\nEven though I apparently don't know the law, and can only "cut and paste", this does seem fairly clear to me.\n\nThe law is also very clear on how long any investigation takes place.  The credit reporting agency has 30 days to respond to a dispute, and either reaffirm the entry or delete it.  I see nothing in the law allowing a "reasonable amount of time" for the creditor to respond.  \n\nOK, now that we have cleared that up...\n\nSUE THEM!\n\nFirst, you need to read and understand the Fair Credit Reporting Act, as it outlines exactly what the dispute procedure is.  If you don't follow it to the letter, you will mess up your court case.\n\nSend all letters by certified mail, so you can prove that they were sent and received.  \n\n1) Send a demand letter to the Credit Reporting Agency (CRA).  Give them any proof you have to dispute your case.  In your case, you claim the listing is about being late?  Send them copies of any bills and checks to prove it.  The CRA has 30 days to "investigate" this charge.  All that means is they will contact the creditor and ask them if the listing is correct.  If the creditor says "yes", the listing is now "verified" and the listing stays.  On to step 2....\n\n2) Send a "Demand for Validation" letter to the creditor.  The creditor has 30 days to respond.  They must send you copies of bills, receipts, contracts, and everything used to calculate your debt.  This will be the evidence they use in court if you sue them, so look it over carefully to see if you still have a case.  If you still think you are right, and they still refuse to remove the listing...see below.\n\n3)  If they don't respond at all, send a copy of the "demand for validation" letter plus another demand to remove the listing to the CRA.  Tell them that the creditor has failed to "validate" the debt.  If the CRA still does not remove the listing, you can now add them to your lawsuit also.\n\n4)  File a small claims suit against these guys.  You will need to investigate how your local small claims court works.  Generally, pay a small fee, serve the process, and go to court.  If you can convince the judge the entry was incorrect, you can collect $1000 from both the creditor and the CRA, plus any damages the judge awards.\n\nYes it works, I'm in the process of doing it right now.  Already have a settlement with one of the parties.\n\nDo your homework, and read the links below.
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You need to look at the original contract with the credit card company.   Generally it's 60 days.
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Because they know that while the rebate will entice people to buy, most will never get around to sending in for it.\n\nAnd those procrastinating customers have noone but themselves to blame.
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You can check the status of your rebate here: http://www.dellrebates.com/promocenter/dell/index.shtml\n\nIf you were unable to get an answer online or through e-mail, please contact a rebate customer service representative at 1-800-969-5814.
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You may need to ask your question with some additional details.\n\nI assuming here, but it appears that you failed to files returns on which you were due a refund.  You most likely received a demand for return notice within the first 18 months.  You filed a return well after three years from the original or extended due date.  And you were denied your refund as a result of statute.  You requested an administrative appeal based on their decision. They are asking you for the grounds of your appeal.\n\nIf so, here is what happened.  The statute of limitations runs for three years from the date of the filing of the return.  If you don't file a return, the statute never stops running, and the IRS can come after you to prepare a return at any time.\n\nHowever, if the IRS has money due to you, and you do not request it back within three years of the original due date, or extended due date, they are not permitted to continue to hold your money ad infinitum.  No government agency is permitted to hold your money if they cannot find you and follow set proceedures in order to reach you.\n\nAs the IRS cannot hold your money after the time allowed by statute, they submit the money to the deparment of unclaimed property.  The Federal government and every State has a department of unclaimed property, which makes the money available for government use until you file sufficient claims.\n\nIf my summary is close to correct, and the IRS followed ALL required proceedures in order to notify you of their intent to submit your property, then you have no grounds for administrative appeal, and instead need to focus you efforts on the department of unclaimed property.  If the IRS failed to follow ALL required proceedures, then that is the grounds for your appeal.  And you will need to specify which proceedures were not followed under statute.
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Wait about a year after cancelling.
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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.
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VC1109 needs to supply me with a source for her info.  I know of no laws allowing creditors 60-90 days to respond to a VOD.  \n\nWe are following the Fair Credit Reporting Act here...that that gives the creditor 30 days to respond.\n\nNow, I am assuming that you sent them this letter by certified mail and you can prove the received it?  If not, start all over again.  You need proof they received it, and their 30 days starts on the day it's delivered.\n\nIf you have this proof, then your next step is to send a certified letter to the credit bureau, along with a copy of the letter you sent to the creditor.  Demand that the debt be removed due to "lack of validation".  \n\nIf they still do not remove the listing, sue them.  You can easily do this in small claims court.\n\nIt's very important to follow the FCRA rules exactly!  I was recently in court and saw a lady with an excellent case against a creditor!  But since she didn't understand the law and didn't come prepared, she had the case dismissed.  \n\nThis is a war!  Knowledge of the law is your only weapon!  The creditors are armed!\n\nIf you need more help contact me.  I am not a lawyer or credit counsoler, just someone who has been down this road (and won).
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No.  It should be backdated from the date you first applied.
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an immediate discount is always better than a rebate.\nsome merchants try to "cheat" by taking their time in giving a rebate...or "forget" to and leaving the responsibility to the individual to make a claim for the rebate.\n\nthat's outright ridiculous and borders on fraud!\n\nthe worse thing is (e.g. in Sg) merchants try to shave their responsibility by claiming certain discounts are not valid.\nsometimes its just untrained staff...or staff with the "old school" mindset.\ndiscounts are discounts. why bother to limit them.\n\nSg's retail/service industry sucks!
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Re postdated checks- in many states, it's illegal to either offer a post-dated check or receive one. Debt collectors have, depending upon the state, restrictions on what they can do. Check with the state prosecutors's office.\n\nAlso-your business has rights depending upon your state-check with your consumer protection agency-Good Luck!
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cintact the store where you bought the item, they may be able to help.  You could also contact samsung, but that can be a waste of time.  You may also be able to find it online on a samsung website.  The laws of your jurisdiction should be looked at with regard to rebates.  If you have a problem you could forward the issue to your state attorney generals office of consumer affairs.
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Did you send it in to the rebate center or did they do that for you? If you sent it in, what was the location you sent it to and when. \n\nMost of the time you have to fill it out yourself and send it in. There is a time limit. If you sent it in, or the store sent it in for you then you can call the rebate center and ask about the status of it.\n\nYou may be able to track it at the website:\nhttps://www.web-rebates.com/officedepot/index.asp