Way back many years ago, when I was financially challenged, the thought of buying anything that was associated with a rebate completely turned me off. I viewed them with one or more of the following mindsets:

* They were rip-offs.

* You never REALLY got your money back.

* That the paperwork involved made it simply not worth it.

* That it would be sent off to some tiny little town in Minnesota, never to be heard from again.

* That eight weeks was too long to wait for anything.

* That there just had to be something funny about it. I mean, after all, who would just give their stuff away?