Not thrilled with the rebate

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Just need to vent a bit....

Got a family plan with 3 new phones a couple of months ago. I guess it
was my own fault for not reading the fine print, but I got the rebates
in the mail today... Visa debit cards for the rebate amounts!

I guess the only reason they do this is to make a few cents when you use
a card and toss it away when there's only 50-cents left on it (since you
can't use it for anything of real value)...

What a friggin' racket they've got going on....


--

Chris
http://www.choxnpinz.com

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Don't forget to check to see if they have an expiration date. Some of
the debit cards that are given out expire after a certain time period.
Some as short as 30 days!

JPH

Chris wrote:
> Just need to vent a bit....
>
> Got a family plan with 3 new phones a couple of months ago. I guess it
> was my own fault for not reading the fine print, but I got the rebates
> in the mail today... Visa debit cards for the rebate amounts!
>
> I guess the only reason they do this is to make a few cents when you use
> a card and toss it away when there's only 50-cents left on it (since you
> can't use it for anything of real value)...
>
> What a friggin' racket they've got going on....
>
>

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* Reply by Jack D. Russell, Sr. <jackru$$ell2@notmail.com>
* Newsgroup alt.cellular.cingular
* Reply to: All; "Chris" <c5flteng@hotmail.com>
* Date:Sun, 15 May 2005 05:10:37 -0500
* Subj: Not thrilled with the rebate
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C>Just need to vent a bit....

C>Got a family plan with 3 new phones a couple of months ago. I
C>guess it was my own fault for not reading the fine print, but I
C>got the rebates in the mail today... Visa debit cards for the
C>rebate amounts!

C>I guess the only reason they do this is to make a few cents when
C>you use a card and toss it away when there's only 50-cents left
C>on it (since you can't use it for anything of real value)...

C>What a friggin' racket they've got going on....

Can you not take the Visa debit card to any ATM and withdraw cash? My
Visa debit does.
--
Jack

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On Sun, 15 May 2005 12:29:14 -0400, Chris <c5flteng@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>In article <428720d9$0$19385$892e7fe2@authen.white.readfreenews.net>,
>jackru$$ellsr@notmail.com says...
>
>> Can you not take the Visa debit card to any ATM and withdraw cash? My
>> Visa debit does.
>
>No, it's not valid for ATM withdrawals.

I have always taken the ones I get directly to the teller and asked
for anything on the card be deposited in my account. There is usually
a ~$2 fee for the transaction.

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$2 fee for a $20 card from Cingular, that's a $10 percent fee. Much too
much for a "rebate." I would rather use the entire amount of the card for a
purchase or dinner and not pay a large fee.

Bruce D. Brown

"Harry" <harry@the.end> wrote in message
news80f819iffm1c3l1tivhl63prmfnt334h7@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 15 May 2005 12:29:14 -0400, Chris <c5flteng@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>In article <428720d9$0$19385$892e7fe2@authen.white.readfreenews.net>,
>>jackru$$ellsr@notmail.com says...
>>
>>> Can you not take the Visa debit card to any ATM and withdraw cash? My
>>> Visa debit does.
>>
>>No, it's not valid for ATM withdrawals.
>
> I have always taken the ones I get directly to the teller and asked
> for anything on the card be deposited in my account. There is usually
> a ~$2 fee for the transaction.

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In article <MPG.1cf086d777f186cd989691@news.comcast.giganews.com>,
Chris <c5flteng@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Just need to vent a bit....
>
> Got a family plan with 3 new phones a couple of months ago. I guess it
> was my own fault for not reading the fine print, but I got the rebates
> in the mail today... Visa debit cards for the rebate amounts!
>
> I guess the only reason they do this is to make a few cents when you use
> a card and toss it away when there's only 50-cents left on it (since you
> can't use it for anything of real value)...
>
> What a friggin' racket they've got going on....

You can pay your Cingular bill with the Visa cards, though....money is
money