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#1 2006-07-15 14:48:29

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'rebait' for 'rebate'

The odd but ubiquitous custom of issuing rebates- ceremoniously returning part of a purchase price to a customer- must act as an inducement to buy, perhaps even as a kind of ‘bait.’ Examples:

THIS ONE is normally 74.88 but after the 10 bucks mail in rebait from sandisk its only 64 bucks.
forums.xbox-scene.com/lofiversion/index.php/t449745.html

... I buy all my CDR at Circuitcity, BestBuy, so with the mail in rebait it’s cheap,...
club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=60058

i got it, with a 10 $ instant rebait!
www.syn-city.com/synver3a/modules.php?n … pic&p=6555

I will be including a copy of the receipt and rebait form for version 7 with the completed form in getting a refund.
www.freelists.org/archives/jfw/04-2004/msg00775.html

On the rebait form it doesn’t specify the type of currency.
www.native-instruments.de/site/forum_us … 22301.html

I can just imagine all the hours spent on the phone trying to straighten out the mess when the rebait check doesn’t arrive …
macbeach.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_macbeach_archive.html

They have had a recall on them and they were supposed to mail me a rebait check to me to help on all the problems I had with their tires…
www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=57823&page=1

I sent an e-mail to support and they told me they would Honor the rebait from Canada, but by the time I had the response time had run out on the rebait. ...
www.macworld.com/.../showflat.php?Cat=& … =collapsed

Especially after I fell for the rebait (Bait and rip off), I purchased Toast 7 with a rebait…
www.macworld.com/forums/ubbthreads/show … 0&page=...

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