Office Depot FAR software for the week of 10/28/2012 (McAfee 2013 title $9.99 after $51 rebate)

Quote from bpvh : Office Depot FAR software beginning 07/11/2010 and continuing 07/18/2010 starting with post #40.

Quote from carmichael : I'm guessing they have changed. I just looked at my records and I've done 17 McAfee rebates this year, mostly from Newegg, and many of them were for the same product. Zero issues.

Quote from tenderidol : Good to know.

Sorry to reply to you all, but figured I'd gather the brain trust all at once - several months ago I pointed out AVG started specifying the same limitation in 2012 products (I believe just in rebates from certain companies, like Newegg but NOT Frys IIRC)...does anyone know if that one per product version per year ever started being enforced, and if so is it still enforced? TIA

Quote from carmichael : I'm guessing they have changed. I just looked at my records and I've done 17 McAfee rebates this year, mostly from Newegg, and many of them were for the same product. Zero issues.

I'm sure this will make all the people who got screwed earlier real happy. What's to keep them from going back to the old policy again?

Quote from garkman : Sorry to reply to you all, but figured I'd gather the brain trust all at once - several months ago I pointed out AVG started specifying the same limitation in 2012 products (I believe just in rebates from certain companies, like Newegg but NOT Frys IIRC)...does anyone know if that one per product version per year ever started being enforced, and if so is it still enforced? TIA

From reading on this board and FW, AFAIK, the AVG term limit has never been enforced and, from my personal experience, the limit has not been enforced on the rebates I have submitted.

Quote from carmichael : I'm guessing they have changed. I just looked at my records and I've done 17 McAfee rebates this year, mostly from Newegg, and many of them were for the same product. Zero issues.

Quote from Dhilpert : I'm sure this will make all the people who got screwed earlier real happy. What's to keep them from going back to the old policy again?

I didn't even remember doing the rebate 10 months earlier, but got denied by McAfee in November. They permanently lost a customer here.

Thanks for sharing. Time to cash out my reward.

Thanks for posting!

I aImost bit on the $9.99 after rebate deal since I had ~$18 in rewards expiring on Oct 31st, but read a post on another site which suggested buying postage stamps instead, so I purchased 2 books of stamps (40 total) for $18, and got a free tote bag!
No need to pay any 8.25% CA tax or worry about a QuackAfee non free-after-rebate either!

No FAR software titles for the week of 11/04 -- at least in the online flyer for my zipcode.

My sentiments exactly with the first few posters. Bvph, you're awesome for doing these posts.

As for the McAfee rebates, I got screwed for about $250. Buyer beware. At any given time McAfee could decided to enforce the rules again. I used to sell Kaspersky software internationally until they started enforcing regional restrictions. They went soft on that policy for a couple years but now they're enforcing it again. Perhaps it's has to do with tweaking holiday sales.

I recall some effort to get back rebate denials through small claims court. Did anyone ever succeed?

Quote from pencilneck : My sentiments exactly with the first few posters. Bvph, you're awesome for doing these posts. As for the McAfee rebates, I got screwed for about $250. Buyer beware. At any given time McAfee could decided to enforce the rules again. I used to sell Kaspersky software internationally until they started enforcing regional restrictions. They went soft on that policy for a couple years but now they're enforcing it again. Perhaps it's has to do with tweaking holiday sales. I recall some effort to get back rebate denials through small claims court. Did anyone ever succeed?

Were you denied on the basis of multiple copies of the same McAfee product within a 1-yr period?

No FAR software titles for the week of 11/11 -- at least in the online flyer for my zipcode.

OfficeDepot software deals have become more infrequent lately.

Quote from Cagnotte : Were you denied on the basis of multiple copies of the same McAfee product within a 1-yr period?

Indeed. I'm not saying it wasn't my fault so "screwed" may not be the right term.

BTW, there was not 1 year requirement - just a restriction to 1 product per household.

But I would like to know if anyone was successful in small claims court. My curiousity is more about the legal tactic and if this type of manipulation works. I believe the tactic was to make it so McAfee would rather pay out than show up to some out-of-the-way jusidiction for a small claims court appearance.

What the hell.... no FAR? I still have $200 of rewards to cash out...

On a side note, does anyone know how long OD takes to adjust their rewards? I returned close to $200 of 100% reward items, but they are still in my account... Not complaining, but I would just like to know if they will ever correct it...