Comments on: More Hurdles and Breakage in Rebate Prepaid Debit Card http://thefinancebuff.com/more-hurdles-and-breakage-in-rebate-by.html like a friend telling you about money ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:31:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: John http://thefinancebuff.com/more-hurdles-and-breakage-in-rebate-by.html#comment-5006 John Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:29:33 +0000 http://blog.thefinancebuff.com/?p=114#comment-5006 McAfee Preloaded Debit Card Rebate Stores selling McAfee software offer enticing deals to capture customers. These deals often involve preloaded Visa debit cards. Customers are told they will receive a specific sum on a debit card in exchange for their purchase of the McAfee software. But when the debit card is eventually used to make a purchase, the customer discovers the amount on the card is not the same as was promised. What the customer does not know when purchasing the McAfee product is that a $3 fee will be deducted monthly from the debit card after a short grace period. The bank will continue to remove $3 a month from the debit card until the card is drained. If that happened to you after you purchased McAfee software, we'd like to hear from you. Please visit mcafeedebitrebatecard.com McAfee Preloaded Debit Card Rebate

Stores selling McAfee software offer enticing deals to capture customers. These deals often involve preloaded Visa debit cards. Customers are told they will receive a specific sum on a debit card in exchange for their purchase of the McAfee software. But when the debit card is eventually used to make a purchase, the customer discovers the amount on the card is not the same as was promised.

What the customer does not know when purchasing the McAfee product is that a $3 fee will be deducted monthly from the debit card after a short grace period. The bank will continue to remove $3 a month from the debit card until the card is drained.

If that happened to you after you purchased McAfee software, we’d like to hear from you. Please visit mcafeedebitrebatecard.com

]]> By: GetDebit http://thefinancebuff.com/more-hurdles-and-breakage-in-rebate-by.html#comment-3597 GetDebit Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:48:13 +0000 http://blog.thefinancebuff.com/?p=114#comment-3597 Lots of these problems that you list should be fixed this year thanks to the Gift Card rules passed by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. For example, all rebate cards (and gift cards) will now need to have clear expiration dates listed. The rules caused many issuers (notably American Express), to eliminate card expiration dates (others quickly followed AMEX). Apparently, it was more difficult to change the packaging and expiration dates than to give up on the breakage (or at least the expiration). Lots of these problems that you list should be fixed this year thanks to the Gift Card rules passed by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. For example, all rebate cards (and gift cards) will now need to have clear expiration dates listed. The rules caused many issuers (notably American Express), to eliminate card expiration dates (others quickly followed AMEX). Apparently, it was more difficult to change the packaging and expiration dates than to give up on the breakage (or at least the expiration).

]]> By: TFB http://thefinancebuff.com/more-hurdles-and-breakage-in-rebate-by.html#comment-146 TFB Tue, 15 May 2007 18:01:00 +0000 http://blog.thefinancebuff.com/?p=114#comment-146 The idea of hurdles is not making it flat out not work for people. That would be fraud or false advertisement. It's just that they make you jump through hoops. If you read Golbguru's post, the picture says it all. There will be people who couldn't or wouldn't jump over the hurdles and leave money on the table, reverting back to the rebate issuer. The idea of hurdles is not making it flat out not work for people. That would be fraud or false advertisement. It’s just that they make you jump through hoops. If you read Golbguru’s post, the picture says it all. There will be people who couldn’t or wouldn’t jump over the hurdles and leave money on the table, reverting back to the rebate issuer.

]]> By: Ted Valentine http://thefinancebuff.com/more-hurdles-and-breakage-in-rebate-by.html#comment-144 Ted Valentine Tue, 15 May 2007 13:54:00 +0000 http://blog.thefinancebuff.com/?p=114#comment-144 I got about $200 of these rebate debit cards in $25, $50, and $75 denominations from Bellsouth last year when I moved and signed up for their bundle. It was kind of a hassle to use them. I spent them at a major chain grocery store on groceries. Because I used several cards for one purchase, I had to go to customer service to get the transaction processed. It took a few minutes for the cashier to figure it out, but it worked out in the end. <br/><br/>As they say, ain't nothing free, but I did enjoy the very inexpensive groceries! I got about $200 of these rebate debit cards in $25, $50, and $75 denominations from Bellsouth last year when I moved and signed up for their bundle. It was kind of a hassle to use them. I spent them at a major chain grocery store on groceries. Because I used several cards for one purchase, I had to go to customer service to get the transaction processed. It took a few minutes for the cashier to figure it out, but it worked out in the end.

As they say, ain’t nothing free, but I did enjoy the very inexpensive groceries!

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