{"id":1649,"date":"2013-11-30T23:15:54","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T04:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canonpricewatch.com\/blog\/?p=1649"},"modified":"2013-12-20T07:28:23","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T12:28:23","slug":"6-tips-tricks-for-canon-mail-in-rebates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/6-tips-tricks-for-canon-mail-in-rebates\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Tips & Tricks for Canon Mail-in Rebates"},"content":{"rendered":"

With all the great deals, many have purchased during the current mail-in rebate period (either the lens rebate or the printer bundle rebate). We get good feedback on the new AMEX-giftcard rebate process — most readers are reporting that rebates are processed in three weeks or less<\/a>! Here are some tips and tricks for ensuring you get your rebate, quickly, and how to get a check or bank transfer<\/span><\/b> instead of the AMEX giftcard. Thanks to reader Al for some of these tips!<\/p>\n

See all the tips after the jump.<\/p>\n

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  1. Pre-submit your rebate before mailing.<\/b> Pre-submitting is a great idea — you can get real-time updates on your rebate online, it eliminates the chance of someone data-entering your address wrong (and mailing your rebate to someone else), and it checks that your serial number is valid. You can pre-submit your rebate at the Canon Rebates\/Promotions<\/a> page, you’ll need your promotion ID which is 819101650<\/b> from the current lens rebate form<\/a>.<\/li>\n

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  2. If you are unsure of which bar code to provide, cut the entire thing and send it in.<\/b> In theory you only need the UPC bar code, but if you want to be certain, cut the area of all three bar codes and send it all to them.<\/li>\n

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  3. Make copies of everything, and consider using Priority Mail.<\/b> Copies ensure you can follow up with a second try if they don’t receive your first. A flat-rate Priority envelope is only $5.60 and lets you track it to its destination with proof of delivery.<\/li>\n

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  4. Check your status online often.<\/b> Readers report that they aren’t notified promptly if there’s a problem with their submission (like a missing bar-code). If you check your status often you’ll be able to track the progress of your submission.<\/li>\n

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  5. Get cash or check instead of an AMEX card!<\/span><\/b> Once you get your physical AMEX gift card, call 1-888-872-8539, and ask them to “refund” your AMEX gift card either to check (20 days processing time) or ACH it to your bank account (15 days processing time).<\/li>\n

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  6. Don’t forget to submit your rebate.<\/b> This is the number one cause of not getting your rebate! Remember, submissions must be post-marked by February 4th, 2014.\n<\/ol>\n

    B&H<\/a>, Amazon<\/a>, Adorama<\/a>, and other authorized dealers are still featuring the rebates. They continue on through to the end of the holidays — purchases through January 4th, 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    With all the great deals, many have purchased during the current mail-in rebate period (either the lens rebate or the printer bundle rebate). We get good feedback on the new AMEX-giftcard rebate process — most readers are reporting that rebates are processed in three weeks or less! Here are some tips and tricks for ensuring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1649"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2025,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions\/2025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}