Canon just started a hot new mail-in rebate promotion: you receive an AMEX reward card by mail when you purchase two or more lenses or one or more lenses and a body. These rebates run from March 25th through July 9th. However, there’s currently an amazing instant rebate program (up to $200 off lenses) that’s expiring on April 2nd, unless renewed.

For the brief period of March 25th through April 2nd you can take advantage of BOTH active Canon rebate programs.

To qualify you need to purchase two or more items at the same time on the same sales receipt from a Canon USA authorized dealer. As our street prices come from Canon USA authorized dealers, this stacks with our street price program. Here’s a list of the most popular items, but check out the rebate form or our full post for a very lengthy list of all items in this program.

Prices shown are after rebate, assuming you’re purchasing two items at once.

• $100 rebate on EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II (street price is $1689 AR)
• $100 rebate on EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM (street price is $1539 AR)
• $100 rebate on EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM (street price is $849 AR)
• $100 rebate on EF 135mm f/2.0L USM (street price is $819 AR)
• $100 rebate on EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM (street price is $649 AR)
• $100 rebate on EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II (street price is $1829 AR)
• $100 rebate on EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM (street price is $949 AR)
• $100 rebate on EF 11-24mm f/4L USM (street price is $2549 AR)
• $100 rebate on EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM (street price is $1599 AR)
• See the full list!

Example: if you buy the 100L Macro and 16-35mm f/4L at street price ($749 and $949 respectively) you get a $200 mail-in rebate, for a net price of $649 and $849 for the lenses. Incredible!

The AMEX card can be used as cash anywhere AMEX is accepted, or it can be refunded to a check by calling AMEX.

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