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While the above articles provide techniques for arguably legitimate ways to increase breakage, there's a less legitimate technique: just make up some excuse for rejecting the rebate.

When will companies resort to this? When the rebate promoter has told their clients that the redemption rate will not exceed a certain percentage, and it does. Then they just start rejecting rebate requests, without bothering to notify the consumer.

As an individual consumer, I can't distinguish between honest errors and systematic rejections. Here are some rejections wI have received:

date retailer/ manufacturer fulfillment house product/ excuse comments
5/2010 Fry's
APC
Parago
http://parago.com
APC Back-UPS XS 1500VA LCD
received email notice claiming UPC was invalid, even though it was for the right product.
When I called their phone number, the automated system failed to recognize the tracking number. This was no typo, it verified the tracking number by reading it back to me. The same thing happened with my phone number. When I spoke to the CSR, he found the rebate in the system with no problem, and then updated the rebate to be valid.
3/2004 Fry's
Eisenworld
Continental Promotion Group
http://cpginc.com/
Aloha Bob PC Relocator
wrong product purchased
filed for bankruptcy 11/2008
see http://promomagazine.com/news/continental-promotion-bankruptcy-1124/

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