Interesting experience, indication of a trend.
Bought a set of new tires … tire guy pointed out that there was an applicable rebate of $20 per tire … even auto-filled out the mail-in form for me.
His parting words:“Your rebate check may look like junk mail … make sure that you don’t accidentally throw it away.”
Nice of the guy.
Have you noticed how more and more rebate and claims checks are, in fact, looking like junk mail?
Historically, few people go through the hassle of submitting all of the docs for rebates. Historically, less than 15% of earned rebates are claimed.
It’s just not worth the time and aggravation.
I guess that some companies think the 15% redemption rate is too high.
So, they try to aggravate “breakage” … doing things to keep folks from cashing the checks they receive.
One way to do it — make the checks look like junk mail.
No way to run a business …
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