Re: Rebates == A Couple Hundred Dollars An Hour?

Scott en Aztlán <scottenaztlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>You've made this claim a few times. Can you point to one of your
>recent rebates which paid you $100 or more per hour of your time? Be
>sure to give all the details: how much you paid at the cash register,
>the amount of your rebate check, as well as how much time you spent
>filling out forms and making photocopies, how much time you spend on
>the phone, sending emails, etc. to actually get the rebate.
>
>Post the data here and let's do the analysis.


I'm not Bev, but I'll dress up like her if you pay me enough.... :)

Bought a Vonage box two nights ago. There's a $50 rebate on the box. It took me
about 5 minutes to fill out the form, scan the paperwork and drop the envelope
in the mailbox across the street.

By my math, that's $600/hour...
.

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