Cell phones: Poor customer support from Inphonic.com/Wirefly.com
Thank you, thank you, thank you ...
by twedsworth - 7/24/06 2:33 PM In reply to: You dont work for them? by visualwarpYour post to this idiot was EXACTLY what I was thinking. Unless this person has some investment in this scam company, there is absolutely no reason to be even reading our posts. Furthermore, I personally was denied the rebate for my "free after rebate phone." That was $250.00. I don't know about that idiot, but $250.00, on which I was desperately counting, is not just "a little" money to me. And from what I've read here, most people's rebates were in the hundreds of dollars. (must be nice to be in a position where someone thinks hundreds of dollars is "a little bit of money."
Thanks again for your great post! At least most of us are on the same page here and equally pissed off.
Everybody else, unless you have something helpful to add, get a life and staff off of this site. Nobody cares about your opinions or wants to hear you slam us.
it common sense
by shroadster - 7/25/06 1:48 PM In reply to: You dont work for them? by visualwarpdo really think that a company like Inphonic would handle their own rebates???? When they can hire a third party to take care of them and take all the crap!!!! Think about that and them tell me if that make sense!!!!
rebates
by sparky82 - 3/13/06 6:19 AM In reply to: I don't get it by pfeinberI assume you haven't tried to extract a rebate out of them. You'll just get the run around like the rest of us.
You must work for InPhonic/WireFly
by anneliefs - 3/18/06 6:40 AM In reply to: I have bought from them twice and will again. by cnetforumsdudeCan't trust a poster with no BIO. You might be in the small 5% of customers who are satisfied. But search for Wirefly/Inphonic and you will see how many very very very disatisfied customers there are. I was also initially satisfied, my phone came quickly and on time but then they renegged or better yet cheated me on my REBATE. Who else imposes a very short window for submission after 6 months of service. They make extra money by hoping people mess up the paperwork or forget about the rebate altogether. After 1 year I said, hey where's my rebate and they said "Oh, you sent your forms 30 days too early, didn't you get that postcard/letter we sent to you (wink, wink). A conspiracy theorist would say, I think someone there is pocketing the money or the rebate processing center is resubmiitting the paperwork under an assumed name, friend or family member to collect the money.
read your rebate form
by Ethan Bowen - 3/26/06 6:52 AM In reply to: You must work for InPhonic/WireFly by anneliefsif your would have taken the time to read your read in terms and conditions it clearly states that YOU area resposible for checking your own rebates on line or be calling to the number that is giving. do you think the rebate center is your babysitter for your rebate well then like a good parent you would check in with the babysitter if you did so to late and itis no one else fault but your own get over it.
I have bought from them twice and will again.
by cnetforumsdude - 2/17/06 11:33 AM In reply to: SCAM by cklipsRead this article. Rebates get rejected for all kinds of reasons.
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Savinganddebt/consumeractionguide/P57658.asp?Rating=10&PageID=57658#Rating
$100 in my pocket!
by tbenzinger - 2/17/06 11:47 AM In reply to: I have bought from them twice and will again. by cnetforumsdudeThat article sums it up, forumsdude. In my mind, the chance to get a phone for free (or at a major discount) makes the rebate worth it...
$100 in my pocket!
by tbenzinger - 2/17/06 11:48 AM In reply to: I have bought from them twice and will again. by cnetforumsdudeThat article sums it up, forumsdude. In my mind, the chance to get a phone for free (or at a major discount) makes the rebate worth it...
Dude...
by ChipJim - 2/17/06 11:56 AM In reply to: $100 in my pocket! by tbenzingerWhy are you fools all posting twice? Be patient... the page will load... :P
whoops!
by tbenzinger - 2/17/06 12:05 PM In reply to: Dude... by ChipJimSorry, Chip... I've always had an itchy trigger finger...
it's not a scam, it's a...
by Meat11 - 2/17/06 11:52 AM In reply to: I have bought from them twice and will again. by cnetforumsdudeThe rebate is a gamble. Just understand that, when you make the deal in the first place. I doubt it's a vast conspiracy, though.
oh there's a conspiracy
by greekgodmachine - 3/11/06 8:09 AM In reply to: it's not a scam, it's a... by Meat11and im the head of it
i get all your rebate money
and i spend it on bling bling
and ringtone downloads
rebates are how you can get the good deals
by mightyphung - 2/17/06 11:55 AM In reply to: I have bought from them twice and will again. by cnetforumsdude... if you think it's a gamble, you should choose not to go for a rebate deal. People seem to be under the impression that it's ''their'' money (some go as far as saying they should earn interest). Hah! It's not your money. It's the company's money that they are using as an incentive. Of course they hope some percent of people forget... otherwise the prices would just be that much higher for people who don't forget. It's not like you have some inalienable right to it or anything.
The quote at the end of the article sums it all up:
''But, analysts caution, there’s a price to be paid for not dealing with the headaches of rebates: higher prices.
“It’s a case of be careful of what you ask for,” said Steve Baker, vice president of industry analysis for Port Washington, N.Y.-based NPD.''
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Savinganddebt/consumeractionguide/P57658.asp?Rating=10&PageID=57658
Anybody have problems with HP rebates?
by zebra_tech - 2/17/06 11:57 AM In reply to: I have bought from them twice and will again. by cnetforumsdudeI bought one of these deals on an HP laptop from Office Depot where there were 5 different cash back mail-ins involved, some from OD, some from HP. I got 3 of them but HP won't pay the last two. After researching it they have my order date wrong in their systems. So what do you do? Spend a week faxing proof back and forth or just move on...?
Five rebates!?
by ChipJim - 2/17/06 12:01 PM In reply to: Anybody have problems with HP rebates? by zebra_techOffice Depot and HP require FIVE??
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