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Publishers
Pipeline RebateTrials
If you decide you want to give them a try, go to their
website.
I have had several conversations with the owner who seems to have a legitimate business plan, gives very believable explanations for how he operates and actually returns emails when asked questions. I was not disappointed with this one. For starters, the quality of merchandise is 100% better, and I feel very comfortable sending him my money at this point. I am working on trying to get him to give me a statement that I will post here explaining how he operates and what he expects.
2/12/01 approximately 3:00pm
Order for five items at $185.78 placed.
2/13/01
Date 2/13/01
Time 11:06 AM
**Publishers Pipeline Order Confirmation **
Order No: 146951
Qty Item Price Total
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1 Jumpstart Spelling Grades 1 to 4 (FREE after rebate) $29.99
1 Internet Activity Center: Grades K to 4 (FREE after rebate)
$29.99
1 BOSS Rally Racers (great fun for kids) (FREE after rebate)
$39.99
1 Frisbee Golf (great fun for kids!) (FREE after rebate) $39.97
1 Maui Mallard's Cold Shadow Power Play ($4.99 after rebate)
$34.99
Sub Total : $174.93
Shipping : $10.85
Total : $185.78
2/16/01
All items were received.
Rebate forms were printed and filled out.
UPC codes were cut out. For Jumpstart Spelling, jewel case was
copied as required.
Receipts were copied.
Confirmation email was copied.
Seperate envelopes were printed from text copied and pasted from
the online forms with Windows Clipboard.
All documents stapled together to form five sets of documents.
All documents enclosed in respective envelopes and checked twice
to confirm accuracy.
Five envelopes mailed on 2/16/01 at Post Office.
3/01/01
Checked on my rebate status and found "Check sent 02/27/01" for all five items.
3/03/01
5 checks received in the mail totalling $169.94! From start to finish it took 19 days to complete. I think we can say that beats 7 months. Here's the checks. I haven't even paid for the credit card charge yet.
On 8-14-01 I made another purchase, recieved it on 8-17-01, and mailed the rebate form off the same day. On 10-10-01 I realized I hadn't gotten the rebate so I sent the following email out:
From: <MADwand@MADwand.org>
To: <mary@PublishersPipeline.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 6:38 PM
Subject: my rebate
XXXXXX-001 Stephen Hawking's Life in the Universe Open
I sent this package in to you on or about the 17th of August and
your system still shows it in the OPEN status, meaning you do not
have it. I regret that I didn't send it using some form of
tracking so that I would know when you got it, but I do know that
I did what was required of me. I completely forgot it till today
when I got a newsletter from you. Can you tell me why you do not
show a receipt for this submittal? Or what happens now that I
have completed my obligation to
you for this rebate?
I got back:
To: <MADwand@MADwand.org>
Subject: Re: my rebate
From: "Paul Jacobson" <pauljac1@extremezone.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 09:36:42 -0700
Sounds like a postal problem, although it could have been a
clerical error on our end. With so few redemptions coming in at
that time (the number of items with "mail-in style"
rebates at that time was nil, more or less), our former mail
handling system had been shut down, so I do guess the later. As
our regular check runs have ended, the best way to handle this is
via direct credit to your card. I put that credit through a few
moments ago and you should see the credit available on your card
in about 72 hours. Best, Paul
Great service still!
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