Re:The worst sales promotion in history
by ars on Sunday October 23, 2022 @03:03PM
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They were called CyberRebate.
I got so much stuff I didn't need from them. I filled my entire dining table with stuff, and got my family to help me with an assembly line style UPC cutting and pasting operation.
I even scripted their website to auto-generate the rebate form.
The final batch never paid out, but I was able to file a credit card chargeback for most, but not all, of it.
I scripted that too. I had to print and fax around 400 pages of documentation to the credit card company. (Print directly to fax either didn't exist then, or at least I didn't have it.)
It's been how many years? And I still have stuff from them in my house, some in use, some just brand new in a box.
I was getting 1.5% cashback from the credit card I used, and everything was completely free.
I got so much stuff I didn't need from them. I filled my entire dining table with stuff, and got my family to help me with an assembly line style UPC cutting and pasting operation.
I even scripted their website to auto-generate the rebate form.
The final batch never paid out, but I was able to file a credit card chargeback for most, but not all, of it.
I scripted that too. I had to print and fax around 400 pages of documentation to the credit card company. (Print directly to fax either didn't exist then, or at least I didn't have it.)
It's been how many years? And I still have stuff from them in my house, some in use, some just brand new in a box.
I was getting 1.5% cashback from the credit card I used, and everything was completely free.