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Originally Posted by Catlady
Retailers have made it less of an event, sure, by extending the sales period, but why is that bad?
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It’s only bad, for consumers, if the price reductions are less, or the absolute prices are higher. And I
think the reductions this year are less, and the prices, even after inflation, higher.
What I
know is that I didn’t get anything free after rebate this Thanksgiving week. And I can’t remember last time that happened.
There was a time when I could have gotten almost every part to build a PC for free after rebate. Now, only 75 percent or so of the rebate checks actually ever came in the mail, but since I’m doing nostalgia, I should have left that out.
P.S. I did order parts for a new PC build the past few days, and will have only one rebate form to fill out (for the case). That’s a convenience improvement. Now I just have to find the WiFi adapter I got free after rebate, just in case I would ever need it, last November.