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My story is typical, I'm guessing, I am posting to see how many others who have opted for the MIR route have had to go through as much?
Mailed in my MIR form 6/17/2010
About a week later, get an email with the tracking number. Say, 6/23/2010.
I keep checking, I keep checking. Says processing for almost a month.
Then 7/17/2010, it says Invalid, that my address was wrong. Interesting, because I know it isn't, claims my "zip code" must be a valid US zip code. I live in Brooklyn, I know my zip code is fine.
I call them that day. First phone call, the rebate CSR (who informs me that they cannot see my account address yet asks me to verify my name and address, huh?), she corrects the "incorrect address" It's so wildly egregously wrong that I KNOW someone had a turrets moment when they were typing.
I'm told everything is fine. Also that the website takes approximately 2 weeks to update that the rebate is back on track.
I check a week later, 7/23/2010. For whatever reason I called the rebate number again. They tell me that while they have corrected my "address" my zip code appears to be wrong. Again, this is RIGHT AFTER the Rebate CSR has just had me VERIFY my name and address over the phone. I get them to correct the zip code.
Just forward to today: 8/10/2010, I call them because on Friday I received a postcard claiming my address was STILL WRONG. I check online, it's been over two weeks, the information about a disallowed rebate has not been updated.
Again, this Rebate CSR has me VERIFY my name and address but claims they can't see my information, then what are they "verifying" against? When I ask they can't tell me apparently.
After a 10 minute back and forth where I am told on no less than one occasion that "it's computers, they do whatever they want." I wanted to tell him that computers ONLY do what they are told, nothing more, the joke I've heard over the years is if you tell a computer to screw up, it's going to ask you how.
He says, he's now corrected the information and that the system will show a valid rebate status and they will be mailing out my check to me within 2 weeks.
When I asked him about why I called the other times and was told the information had been corrected and it had not, I swear I could hear him shrugging (mentally). "Look man, these are computers, they do whatever they want."
*sigh"
Just checked my rebate status, something they claimed would take two weeks to update, took this guy 2 minutes.
I'd love to hear other stories about rebate hell. Perhaps the power of persistence.
OUCH....that really had to hurt...next time though you should probably go to Radioshack...at least they have instant rebate's in place of mail in.
~Jasecloud4
Why didn't you just go to radioshack or best buy or wirefly or anywhere else that gets rid of the mail in rebate and makes it instant?
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Because I didn't. Pure and simple, I didn't. Should I have had my head examined, yes, probably.
I was just wondering if anyone else had issues with the MIR?
jkinnison90 said:
Why didn't you just go to radioshack or best buy or wirefly or anywhere else that gets rid of the mail in rebate and makes it instant?
Sent from my HTC Evo 4G using XDA app.
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Ew Wirefly...they're the worse...but Radioshack and Best Buy are fine.
~Jasecloud4
Every rebate I've ever sent in the past somehow got list never to be found again.
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I didn't have any problem with my Evo rebate, but did with my last phone's rebate. Everything looked fine until it got to the approved-mailing your check part of the process, then after a few days it was changed to invalid. Called them up, the guy said, "Hmm, that's weird, there's nothing wrong with it" and he put it back in. Website showed approved again for a week, then it went invalid again. Called them again, and another person said "That's weird, nothing wrong with it, let me talk to my supervisor". After holding for a while, they finally put it back in. A few weeks later, I got my check, and got the pleasant surprise of getting a $250 rebate instead of the $100 rebate I was supposed to get
whats the # you called for sprint rebate? is it just the regular customer service line?
i just checked and mines invalid lol.. and i never recieved anything for my other account.
Hopefully the world will start seeing more of this.
http://reasonablecitizen.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/mail-in-rebates-under-attack-in-wi/
I had a similar problem but they gave no reason as to why it was invalid. I sent them an email and they credited me the 100 on my next bill
I didn't have any issues with my rebate (had 2 of them actually). Just received my check last week.
my history with mail in rebates reflects the following rebate cash flow process
1. third party Rebate handler records 250,000 rebates sent in
2. Company (Sprint) reimburses rebate handler for 250,000 rebates plus 30% administrative/handling fees
3. Rebate company "invalidates due to incorrect rebate info" or "lost paperwork" or "computer glitch" 50-70% of rebates
4. Persistent rebaters (25%) call in/email/stalk/harass rebate company for rebate and finally receive rebate
5. Remaining users forget about rebate - rebate company celebrates profitable year with huge salary increases.
Me...I stay on their asses till I get my rebate - complete with calendar reminders and copies of ALL paper work till I receive my rebate.
Mule
just called, they only had 1 of 2 of my rebates on file.. looks like i gotta go back to the sprint store, fax them over everything they requested for the 2nd rebate.. 1st rebate they processed or re validated -_-
I checked my status because of this thread, I was declined, reported I got all discounts at time of purchase. I called, said it was B.S., rep said they will be mailing a $100 check now. I guess I better stay on top of this.
I just sent mine out a few days ago. I'll have to keep up on this. What is the website you guys are going to and checking the status of your rebate?
On Website
pscalett said:
I just sent mine out a few days ago. I'll have to keep up on this. What is the website you guys are going to and checking the status of your rebate?
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https://www.sprintrebates.com/track/sprintpcs/track.html?INTNAV=ATG:FT:RebStatus
You'll get an email with a rebate tracking number and a link to the rebate status page.
I checked my rebate about a month ago and it came back as an invalid address. So I called them and gave them my correct address. The reason is that the Sprint store was trying to be helpful and fill out the card but the guy has worst penmanship than I do. So instead of a 0 it looked like a "b" to the processing center. Had to go to Sprint because I am on a friends and family plan.
So they gave me the tracking number. If I look up the original one, still shows as denied - correction processed now that I just checked, but the one with the tracking number that I got when I called Sprint shows in progress and ready to be mailed within 30 days.
The other day I got a post card stating that my address was incorrect, but beats the heck out of me if they can get my address from their files - and bill me each month that they couldn't use the same address to mail me my rebate. So 8 weeks so far and waiting. Would have been nice to have sooner, not that I need the money right now, but last month was a $425 phone bill including the additional EVO tax and phone on my account.
got my check last week, sent in mid-june.
Had no problems here....smooth like always. Sorry to hear about your problem
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Because I didn't. Pure and simple, I didn't. Should I have had my head examined, yes, probably.
I was just wondering if anyone else had issues with the MIR?
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I purchase mine from sprint because no one had it in stock at the time. I kept stalking bb, rs, and the sprint website until someone had it in stock. I got the"invalid" postcard and when I contacted then they said it was because it had not been 30 days yet. I will be keeping my eye out. I use to work for sprint in the past and they got in trouble once for bogus denials of rebates. Also the rebates are processed by a third party company named Young America, they actually process the rebates for all companies.
Does anyone have a pdf of the Atrix rebate form ($100 MIR)? For some reason I never received it, and I can't find it anywhere online.
I tried 611 several times but they are not aware of it... Strange!
This one? Do you need the cover letter too?
Looks like fabrijack beat me to it...
What I found -
Log in to your Att account.
Click on 'My Profile'
Then "User Information"
Then under Contract Information
you should see a link to "Customer Service Summary"
They say if a rebate is available for your purchase it will be attached to the Customer Service summary.
Hope it works. Didn't have a rebate for my purchase.. But I only picked up the phone...
Pete
That's not a rebate on the phone. It is a rebate on the purchase of a phone AND LAPDOCK.
I'd like to know how the invoice from the EU Play Stores (UK, Germany, France, etc.) looks like, more specifically if it says anything about the VAT. For example, in UK, the 32GB model costs £389. If the VAT is included in this price, the invoice should have a VAT value of £64.83.
I'm asking because I'm an EU VAT registered customer and I'd like to know if I can get a VAT refund. I didn't find anything related in Play Store help, so I thought I'd ask here.
Any help appreciated!
my UK receipt itemises the amount of VAT e.g. " (Includes VAT of £66.50)" but the receipt does not show a VAT registration number (although it does show a FSA register number)
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I'd like to know how the invoice from the EU Play Stores (UK, Germany, France, etc.) looks like, more specifically if it says anything about the VAT. For example, in UK, the 32GB model costs £389. If the VAT is included in this price, the invoice should have a VAT value of £64.83.
I'm asking because I'm an EU VAT registered customer and I'd like to know if I can get a VAT refund. I didn't find anything related in Play Store help, so I thought I'd ask here.
Any help appreciated!
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Hi there is a mention of 'VAT included' with the amount on the order confirmation so I am pretty sure you will be able to use that to claim the VAT. Thinking about it I haven't seen an invoice though, just order confirmation, you can probably request one.
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my UK receipt itemises the amount of VAT e.g. " (Includes VAT of £66.50)" but the receipt does not show a VAT registration number (although it does show a FSA register number)
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s4vva said:
Hi there is a mention of 'VAT included' with the amount on the order confirmation so I am pretty sure you will be able to use that to claim the VAT. Thinking about it I haven't seen an invoice though, just order confirmation, you can probably request one.
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Thank you for your answers!
I've just received my invoice and it clearly specifies my VAT number and the VAT amount, so it seems like a perfectly legitimate invoice.
Cheers,
mprost
mprost said:
I've just received my invoice and it clearly specifies my VAT number and the VAT amount, so it seems like a perfectly legitimate invoice.
Cheers,
mprost
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Can you tell me when did they send you an invoice. Was it automatically send or did you have to do something special? I have bought nexus 4 in Germany and it will be delivered within few weeks. What I have received now is order confirmation and in google wallet panel I have payment history. They have never asked me for any invoice data so I had no possibility to specify VAT number.
Thank you in advance
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Can you tell me when did they send you an invoice. Was it automatically send or did you have to do something special? I have bought nexus 4 in Germany and it will be delivered within few weeks. What I have received now is order confirmation and in google wallet panel I have payment history. They have never asked me for any invoice data so I had no possibility to specify VAT number.
Thank you in advance
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I went to this page, chose 'I want to check shipping/order status' (maybe it also works with 'I'm having purchasing issues', there's no specific option for invoice requesting, so I chose that one), and clicking on 'Contact us via email' at the bottom of the page I arrived at this form. I filled it in just asking for an invoice and providing them with my invoicing details and, later that day, I received the invoice by email. BTW, I did all of this in my country's version of the Play Store, not in English.
Cheers,
mprost
Hi mprost
Thank you for your reply.
I have one more question: is that what google calls invoice? (see attachment). They replied on email that this is my invoice. I doubt it, first of all there was no way to specify my invoice data, they only took my delivery data. Second of all email is full of rubbish. Should I print email containing some different information, links, adverts, etc and treat it as an invoice?
Cheers,
meceo
meceo said:
Hi mprost
Thank you for your reply.
I have one more question: is that what google calls invoice? (see attachment). They replied on email that this is my invoice. I doubt it, first of all there was no way to specify my invoice data, they only took my delivery data. Second of all email is full of rubbish. Should I print email containing some different information, links, adverts, etc and treat it as an invoice?
Cheers,
meceo
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This is the invoice I received (in PDF format):
View attachment 1576643
It's in Spanish, NIF means VAT number, factura -> invoice, tasa -> tax, IVA -> VAT, cliente -> customer. My VAT number is the one that's hidden (it starts with a B...), Google's is N0072508E (take a look at mustafansu's post here).
Cheers,
mprost
I also want to order something in the german play store. But i don't live in germany, my uncle does so i will ship to him. Will i be aible to receive an invoice with my company information? Anybody tried this?
Hi this guy has 10.000 feedback and he is saying he has galaxy s4 how? and only 330 gbp
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-G...62881?pt=UK_Mobile_Phones&hash=item257ade0e01
cihanleanne said:
Hi this guy has 10.000 feedback and he is saying he has galaxy s4 how? and only 330 gbp
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-G...62881?pt=UK_Mobile_Phones&hash=item257ade0e01
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To me it looks to good to be true.
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is...
investing the time and effort into building up the feedback rating (whether legitimately or not) will pay off if he receives even just 2 or 3 orders from suckers who are prepared to believe this and order 2 phones each (notice you cannot order 1). After that, he won't care if eBay cancel his membership especially as he probably has a few accounts like this lined up...
Note that:
- nothing he has sold before was similar or close in value to the phone (although most items made private so you can't actually see what they are)
- he seems to specialise in pin badges... what are the chances he would have a stock of S4?
- you have to be pre-approved? what does that involve? I bet when you email him he asks you NOT to pay by paypal but by western union or something for some reason... typically this goes like this: "I'm doing this pre-approval because I have been let down by scammers/people bidding and then not having the funds.To approve you, I need to be sure that you have the funds, so send a western union order to yourself. YOu are not sending it to me, so it's safe, right? Then email me a scan of the order and I will know that you are a serious buyer". Once you send the email, it takes someone in a third world country 5 minutes to create ID in your name and collect the money from a (probably complicit) Western Union agent.
- No collection because he doesn't keep the stock for "security and reliability" but he can dispatch them daily?
Not many people fall for these scams(I hope)... but like i said, he only wants one or two to be in a considerable amount of profit.
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oh.. and minimum order 2, but everyone who has placed a bid has only bought 1?
agneau said:
investing the time and effort into building up the feedback rating (whether legitimately or not) will pay off if he receives even just 2 or 3 orders from suckers who are prepared to believe this and order 2 phones each (notice you cannot order 1). After that, he won't care if eBay cancel his membership especially as he probably has a few accounts like this lined up...
Note that:
- nothing he has sold before was similar or close in value to the phone (although most items made private so you can't actually see what they are)
- he seems to specialise in pin badges... what are the chances he would have a stock of S4?
- you have to be pre-approved? what does that involve? I bet when you email him he asks you NOT to pay by paypal but by western union or something for some reason... typically this goes like this: "I'm doing this pre-approval because I have been let down by scammers/people bidding and then not having the funds.To approve you, I need to be sure that you have the funds, so send a western union order to yourself. YOu are not sending it to me, so it's safe, right? Then email me a scan of the order and I will know that you are a serious buyer". Once you send the email, it takes someone in a third world country 5 minutes to create ID in your name and collect the money from a (probably complicit) Western Union agent.
- No collection because he doesn't keep the stock for "security and reliability" but he can dispatch them daily?
Not many people fall for these scams(I hope)... but like i said, he only wants one or two to be in a considerable amount of profit.
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oh.. and minimum order 2, but everyone who has placed a bid has only bought 1?
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how can he make profit cos its paypal so ill get refunded. so where would he make money i dont understand
when i sent him e mail he replied as below
Hi,
Quick info about my items:
- 100% factory unlocked, 100% genuine Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 in original sealed boxes. I have both colors: White and Black.
- I have EU, UK and US version of the phone with 64GB. You can use them in any country with any sim card.
- The phones are bought directly from factory and also this is the reason why the prices are low. They all have 1 year international warranty.
- I can send them with DHL, FedEx, UPS, Royal Mail or your preferred shipping company. The items are sent from my warehouse in Glasgow.
- Free Customs. That is right... Free Customs. I gathered a lot of experience sending items internationally and Customs are not a problem anymore.
- As you can see in my description: Pickup is not available at this time as i do not hold stock on hand for security and reliability reasons.
- I will provide IMEI and custom photos ONLY after i have payment confirmation from eBay.
Minimum order is 2 (no exceptions). My stock is greater than 20 and also you will get great discounts for bulk orders. How many phones do you want ?
Thanks
so i replied to him asked
Dear Clark,
why do i need imei number? will i get receipt for warranty, another question how have you got this phones they should be out by end april. cos i dont want replica mind you im using paypal. can you clarify those questions
kind regards
Cihan
just recieved mail from seller i cant understand much english is this a cheat?
here his e mail
They are out for sale in April but the stores already have them. Some buyers asked for IMEI so i`m including that info.
In order to complete this transaction we will use eBay payment process through eBay Buyer Protection.
How it works?
Once i start the transaction, eBay will send you an invoice with payment instructions.
Through this system the buyer pays eBay and not the seller. You will send the money to eBay by Bank Transfer. After you confirm your payment with eBay, i will receive a notification to start the delivery.
Delivery maximum time is 6 days and you have 7 days of inspection. The inspection period starts once you have the items. This means you have 7 days to decide whether i get the money or not.
In case the items are not as i described them, the transaction is canceled and eBay will send your money back in 24 hours. If they are as i described them, the transaction is completed and i will get the money from eBay.
I found this the best way to deal through eBay instead of Paypal. Also you can actually see and test my items before i get the money.
I had problems with Paypal payments made from stolen accounts and now everything i get through Paypal, even if it`s a good payment it`s frozen in seconds. Paypal is not an option for me anymore.
Let me know if you like this method.
Thanks
cihanleanne said:
just recieved mail from seller i cant understand much english is this a cheat?
here his e mail
They are out for sale in April but the stores already have them. Some buyers asked for IMEI so i`m including that info.
In order to complete this transaction we will use eBay payment process through eBay Buyer Protection.
How it works?
Once i start the transaction, eBay will send you an invoice with payment instructions.
Through this system the buyer pays eBay and not the seller. You will send the money to eBay by Bank Transfer. After you confirm your payment with eBay, i will receive a notification to start the delivery.
Delivery maximum time is 6 days and you have 7 days of inspection. The inspection period starts once you have the items. This means you have 7 days to decide whether i get the money or not.
In case the items are not as i described them, the transaction is canceled and eBay will send your money back in 24 hours. If they are as i described them, the transaction is completed and i will get the money from eBay.
I found this the best way to deal through eBay instead of Paypal. Also you can actually see and test my items before i get the money.
I had problems with Paypal payments made from stolen accounts and now everything i get through Paypal, even if it`s a good payment it`s frozen in seconds. Paypal is not an option for me anymore.
Let me know if you like this method.
Thanks
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That has SCAM written all over it. You would have limited protection if doing this thru bank transfer rather than PayPal.
doktor buknasty said:
That has SCAM written all over it. You would have limited protection if doing this thru bank transfer rather than PayPal.
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thanks i didnt find it legimet cos how has he got it
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what do you mean? why would anyone want to risk 10.000 feedbacks
Total scam. Run away! Possible hijacked eBay account. Kiss your money goodbye!
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ponts said:
Total scam. Run away! Possible hijacked eBay account. Kiss your money goodbye!
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ok thanks
Any tips or suggestions on how I can buy a tmobile note 3? How can I be sure it's a good esn/imei without it being reported stolen from tmobile?
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snoopycr said:
Any tips or suggestions on how I can buy a tmobile note 3? How can I be sure it's a good esn/imei without it being reported stolen from tmobile?
Sent from my C6602
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Its difficult to buy phone off craigslist these days. All the major network are beginning to share banned esn/imei numbers.
The scam usually goes like this: people buy phone up to 6 lines either for AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, or Sprint for free. They then turn around and sell the phones on Craigslist. They either not go through with the 2 years comminment or in T-mobile's case just not finish paying the finance payments.
Here are the steps to protect yourself (at least for T-Mobile):
1) Agree on a price before meeting.
2) Tell the seller you want a payoff receipt form T-moible showing the phone being paid-off.
3) Meet the seller at a corporate T-Mobile store.
Check imei (goole and you will find a free site to check imei).
****The seller hasto be the original purchaser of the phone or management will not be able to access finance / account info.*****
Comfirm with manager that the informations on the receipt is correct and account is clear.
***Have manager call insurance to cancel policy.*** Then confirm with manager, making sure that the seller can not reactivate the policy.
Bring a bill of sale form for seller to fillout. Write a check make out the the seller. Have seller sign over the check. The check will be a formal receipt should there be an issue down the road.
And lastly when possible, have manager document the transaction on your account.