Get a Free BlackBerry 8700c and a Motorola HS820 Bluetooth Headset from Buy.com
Buy.com has a new free BlackBerry 8700c offer similar to the one that they had a few months ago. This time, however, not only do you get a free BlackBerry 8700, you get a free Motorola HS820 Bluetooth Headset as well.
In order to get the free gear you must buy the BlackBerry 8700c for $299.99 along with a a 2 year Cingular service agreement of at least $39.99 per month and a compatible Data Connect or Xpress mail calling plan at $34.99 a month. You will get two $150 mail-in rebates that actually make you a penny on the whole deal.
Written by Robb Dunewood on March 28th, 2006 with
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#2. March 29th, 2006, at 9:01 PM.
Those mail in rebates are a joke. First, you have to wait 180 days for the rebate to even kick in…that’s half a year. Then most sites promise delivery of the rebate check in about 8 to 12 weeks. That’s another 2 to 3 months. So you won’t see your rebates for about 9 months…3/4 of a year.
That’s almost false advertising…it’s certainly misleading advertising. One, they hope that the customer will just forget about the rebate. Two, even if the customer files for the rebate, they get the use of the money for 9 months…that’s a big financial float.
If a business can’t sell you their merchandise with the discount already knocked off the price, or at least make the rebate available within a reasonable amount of time, like a few weeks, then the rebate is a joke.