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Rebate SCAM eMax and Quickbooks
LockedHas this happened to you? I went to OfficeMax looking to buy QuickBooks and there was a huge end-of-aisle display with a poster advertising the $100 rebate. I ask the kid at the cash register about the rebate, “The form is in the box” he said. You read the rebate form and there’s tiny little disclaimer at the very bottom that says the rebate is only good for current customers. You have to show proof of ownership of an older version. There was NOTHING about that rqeuirement on the poster in the OfficeMax store.
So am I naive and/or stupid, or was I duped by a really sleazy trick? I am so mad I don’t even want to use the QuickBooks now, but you can’t return opened software.
Advice? Suggestions? My complains to OfficeMax fell on deaf ears. “That’s a manufacturer’s rebate…” I say they’re accomplices in this scam.
Haven’t heard back from Intuit yet.