The Truth About Mail-In Rebates

It's fantastic that retailers still do mail-in rebates. Instead of offering a rebate you just offer a lower-priced product by the rebate amount. You will move more products and not bait and switch.

I don't clip coupons because they are a waste of time and I won't purchase a product, cut out the barcode, copy my receipt and wait for the mailman to steal my rebate. Western Digital still owes me $50 from 1998 for a 500 MB hard drive.

If you shop at BJ's you can clip digital coupons and stack them with the paper ones. How about preload all the coupons. Maybe put the item on sale like Costco does?