Last year, Apple enticed students with a $199 rebate when they bought a Mac and an iPod in one purchase, which essentially gave them a free 4GB iPod nano. This year, the rebate’s been dropped to $179, meaning your best option is $20 for an 8GB nano (which ain’t half bad). Of course, the price of Macs has gone up as well, and compared to the US offer of a free iPod Touch this does seem a little cheap, but as my pappy always used to say*, “if you start complaining when you’re getting something for free, you’re a douchebag”.
[Apple - Thanks Ben!]
If you have a first-gen Nano and don’t mind filling out some forms and waiting, well, potentially a very long time, you could jump on the class-action bandwagon alledging the 1Gs were illegally scratchy.
One of the nation’s largest rebate processing firms, CPG (RebateStatus.com) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. What does that mean for you? Well, if you happened to mail-in a rebate form with a company that CPG works with, your cheque may be in limbo because they don’t have the money to cash it. At this point, exactly how the situation will be handled is unclear—but there are a few things you can do to get things under control. Dealnews is recommending that anyone who has a rebate cheque or is expecting one not cash it because it may bounce and result in an NSF fee. Instead, you should hang on to it until more details become available (this goes for rebates that have not been submitted as well). If you are not sure whether or not your rebate is involved, a partial list of affected companies is available after the break.
