It only takes a couple of vocal people to make it seem like just about everyone was missing out on these rebates, said Stephen Baker, director of industry analysis at NPD Group in New York. Once again, the vocal minority is ruining things for everyone else. I'm not upset with Best Buy, this is something that public opinion has forced upon them. There's been a ton of whining about the rebate process lately, about how difficult it is to get your money. I've never had a single problem, if you're literate enough to follow directions you will get your rebate.

Look at this quote from a typical moron:

The promise of getting $400 back helped persuade Steve Denault to buy a $900 personal computer at Circuit City. But to get the money, Denault had to fill out three rebate forms, including one for the monitor and another for the central processing system.

I think I can speak for the average consumer in saying that it's not a pleasant experience. It's unclear why retailers would continue a marketing scheme that annoys people when there are plenty of other promotional tools available.

Un-freaking-believable. The reason they would do it is so they can save me more money! Is five minutes of his time just too damn much to save 400 bucks? Are we that incredibly lazy and useless as a society that we can't spend a few minutes writing down our address or cutting out a UPC code?

Thanks a lot people. I know it was too much trouble for you to mail in rebates, but now I want you all to mail me checks for the freaking twenty percent you'll be costing me.

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