As our government continues to find new ways to squander taxpayer money, the federal government provided to the states funds for incentives for energy efficient home improvements. Here in Texas that has taken the form of the Texas Powerful Smart Appliance Rebate, which has thus far been a fiasco of Texas-sized proportions. The program seems [...]
I wrote last week about finally receiving my rebate from ATS after 136 weeks, seemingly out of nowhere. As part of my follow-up on this rebate, I was contacted by an investigator with the Georgia Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs who was contacting persons who had filed BBB complaints against the company as part of [...]
Talk about unexpected surprises in the mailbox! I posted last Februrary about my fight to collect $30 in rebates from American Telecom Services (ATS) for a cordless phone bought from Office Depot on Black Friday 2006. Here the timeline on this rebate: 11/24/2006 – Purchased ATS cordless phone as part of Office Depot Black Friday [...]
We all know and love the Snuggie, that cool blanket with the sleeves sewn in that is a mainstay of the cable TV commercial circuit. We have a Snuggie ourselves and they are as cool as the actors in the commercial make them seem, and yes you do look like a monk when you have [...]
Since I’ve posted a couple of times recently about bad customer service experiences, I though I would post about a positive experience I had, or at least a negative experience that was handled appropriately. I’ve been neglectful in posting the follow-up, but once this was escalated the situation was resolved pretty promptly. I posted last [...]
All of the headlines recently about economic troubles have a lot of people asking what they should do now? While most of those questions seem to revolve around where to invest to guard against further losses, I think it is also worth considering what else you can do to prepare for a general economic depression. [...]
In the third installment and final installment of Scam Week, we will discuss another rebate scam, this time at the hands of Office Depot. Earlier this summer, I purchased an HP LaserJet 3050 printer from Office Depot. The printer was on sale for $199.99, and there were two rebates of $100 each advertised in the [...]
I posted Friday about the amazing deal on Walgreens diapers that was going Friday and Saturday only, and shared that I end up getting 87 packs of diapers and training pants along with various other stuff for a grand total of $1.18 out of pocket, plus I earned $55 in register rewards coupons and earned [...]
Inflation is squeezing the crap out of American consumers – and now if you want to use Huggies to catch that crap, that will cost more too! Consumer paper products company Kimberly-Clark, makers of well-known consumer brands like Huggies, Kleenex, and Cottonelle, announced last week that they will be increasing prices on items in their [...]
Things have slowed down a bit here at work, so I used some time this morning to follow up on overdue rebates. Rebates are great and I absolutely love them since they often allow me to get stuff at much better deals than I otherwise could find, but you have to keep on top of [...]