TiVo Series2 Digital Video Recorder (*TiVo Service Fee Not Included)
BEWARE TIVO REBATES!!
The TIVO works great.  I like everything about it -- EXCEPT the TIVO rebate process.<br />As could be predicted, along with about 75% of all other Rebate offers, mine got \\"Oops!\\" -- REJECTED.<br />Why?  I don't know.  I looked over the forms again.  I looked over my Model number and dates of purchase and receipt and EVERYTHING and it all looked great.  When the date (12/1) came and went and I didn't receive my $50 rebate checks (yes, I bought two) from TIVO -- I finally decided to do some research.<br />I looked on the form, and you are told to go to:<br />     [...]<br />to check on your status.  I got an error message saying that mine had been \\"Incorrectly Submitted.\\"<br />I then called the Tivo Rebate phone number (800-352-1075) -- and provided them with all my information and VOILA!  Suddenly my rebates are on their way again -- but with an additional 4-week delay.<br />The jury's still out on whether I'll really receive a rebate check without more hassles.  I'd just like to submit this comment as a FAIR WARNING to Tivo Purchasers to:<br />     * KEEP A RECORD OF EVERYTHING<br />     * MARK YOUR CALENDAR AS A REMINDER<br />     * WRITE DOWN THE TIVO REBATE PHONE NUMBER <BR>         (800-352-1075) 'CAUSE YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING<BR>         TO NEED IT.<br />My Conspiracy Theory:  Big Companies offering \\"rebates\\" know that most people forget they are due a rebate check -- and OOPS! somehow consistently mess things up (seemingly as a matter of policy).  Don't be a sucker and get tricked out of your money -- and, in this case, by TIVO.