-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Special Deals & Steals

Well... rebates and taxes are two different beasts.
A rebate is basically a discount given back to you after fulfilling some 
requirement. Its a deceptive game, in my eyes... "you do this, and we'll give 
you back this amount... but, if you forget or do it wrong, you lose the 
discount".

So... you have any item that is $100 after rebate. So, the item might really be 
$150, with a $50 rebate. You initially pay $150 for the item. Then, after 
taking the item home, usually, it goes like this... you fill out a form, and 
send it in to the company with a copy of the sales receipt and the original UPC 
code on the box, and they will send you a check for that $50 discount. If you 
do it wrong, or don't send it in by the time listed on the rebate rules, or 
forget to add a component, like the UPC code, you lose and they win.

That's a rebate!
:o)
 
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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:32:34 +0100, Janet wrote:
> Perhaps you could explain what "rebates" are.  We pay a purchase
> tax of = 17.50% which is always inclusive of the price unless
> otherwise stated.  = Most prices are stated to be inclusive of VAT
> as it is called.  Its a = collector of taxes tax;  in other words
> employers are collecting tax for = the Inland Revenue, or the IRS
> in your case.
> How is the rebate applied?  Unless we understand, we cannot assess
> = whether or not we are getting a comparable deal to what you are
> getting = across the Pond.
>
> Janet
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "~OoO~"
>
>
>> Sorry to hear that the rebates are not as readily available
>> outside =
>>
> the U.S. They should get rid of rebates altogether and give us the
> item = for the better price... then, poor saps like me won't forget
> to send in = the rebate, which is what they hope for in the first
> place!
>
>> :o(
>> =20
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