Comments on: Rebate trickery, again http://www.salas.com/2007/08/23/rebate-trickery-again/ Some stuff I just figured out Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:45:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: JohnMcG http://www.salas.com/2007/08/23/rebate-trickery-again/comment-page-1/#comment-6369 JohnMcG Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:24:00 +0000 http://www.salas.com/2007/08/23/rebate-trickery-again/#comment-6369 Plus, you probably had to sit through at least one "up-sell" pitch in order to activate the card. It's a form of price discrimination -- those who value their time more than their money pay the non-rebate price; others pay the lower price. Price discrimination isn't necessarily bad -- it's why we have student rates for the movies, etc. But that's what they're doing. Plus, you probably had to sit through at least one “up-sell” pitch in order to activate the card.

It’s a form of price discrimination — those who value their time more than their money pay the non-rebate price; others pay the lower price. Price discrimination isn’t necessarily bad — it’s why we have student rates for the movies, etc. But that’s what they’re doing.

]]> By: Michael Kreppein http://www.salas.com/2007/08/23/rebate-trickery-again/comment-page-1/#comment-6339 Michael Kreppein Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:53:35 +0000 http://www.salas.com/2007/08/23/rebate-trickery-again/#comment-6339 oh yeah, one of my pet peeves, too. Cingular was the first to do it to me. Only good news vs a whole lot of bad news about their rebate procedure is that you can activate on the web and you can take the card to the local Cingular store and cash the whole thing in to pay your bill. Not as good a procedure as they SHOULD make it (be cool to activate the card via your cell phone & then use the phone to make payments like the Mobil Speedpass) and certainly not a positive experience - bean counters win again. oh yeah, one of my pet peeves, too. Cingular was the first to do it to me. Only good news vs a whole lot of bad news about their rebate procedure is that you can activate on the web and you can take the card to the local Cingular store and cash the whole thing in to pay your bill. Not as good a procedure as they SHOULD make it (be cool to activate the card via your cell phone & then use the phone to make payments like the Mobil Speedpass) and certainly not a positive experience - bean counters win again.

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