Rebate Coupons

Save on your purchases with the use of rebate coupons. Rebate coupons are frequently available where you can reduce the final cost of products by 10% or more. These coupons, which can sometimes be either instant rebates or mail-in rebates, are available for a variety of purchases, such as wines, office equipment, consumer and professional electronics, and many other consumer products. Sometimes, the amount of money you can save in this way can help you make a decision on which product to buy.

This web site gives you information on coupon sources, coupon policies and tips to use them more effectively. Additionally, you will find current news so you can find recent offers, blogs related to rebate coupons and links to sources where you can obtain these valuable coupons. If you have questions regarding rebate coupons, there is a Mahalo questions area to the right. The answers section is located at the bottom of the page.

Finding rebate coupons can sometimes be like looking for a needle in a haystack, as there are many web sites that will appear or claim to have them but they really cannot be found on the web sites or they may be expired offers. Below, there are some valuable sources for rebate coupons, segregated into types of products; however, if you are looking for mail-in rebates other types of products, be sure to include the year in your search terms so that you can exclude expired offers:

1. General Office supplies - Basics Office Supply at basics.com, where you can find rebate offers for printers and other office equipment. On the Canon "Current Promotions" site, you can print rebate coupons from downloadable PDF files.
2. Computers and accessories - At the Current Apple Promotions site (apple.com), you can find rebates for computer and software purchases. MoreRebates.com has a large selection of computers and computer accessories|accessories]] for which mail-in rebates are available, including MacBooks from Apple, Dell, Acer, Hewlett-Packard, Gateway, Lenovo and more. You can find rebate coupons for printers, toner cartridges, video cards, computer speakers, motherboards an other computer parts, video displays (VDUs), software and other items.
3. Televisions - Currently, through BudBookletOffers.com (Budweiser), you can print a mail-in rebate form for up to $300 off on a Sharp Aquos HDTV. This site may be one you want to bookmark for offers in the future as well.
4. Pro Video Equipment - offers for Sony, Panasonic and other makers of professional video equipment can be found on the abelcine.com site.
5. Food and drink items - Occasionally you can find rebate coupon tags on items in retail stores, such as on wines. Two wineries that have offered rebates in the recent past include Banrock Station from Australia and Columbia Crest from Washington State. Sources of PDF downloads for mail-in rebates for a wide variety of grocery items include MommySavesBig on blogspot.com; you can even find offers for hotels, batteries, and cosmetics.

As there are many different companies that offer rebates to promote their products, there are many different ways that they can make coupon policies. However, there are a few important points to make.

1. Coupons always have expiration dates. Sometimes the product has to be purchased by a certain date and there is a grace period after that for mailing the coupon to the manufacturer. So, make note of all of these date restrictions before you buy.
2. Rebates can be limited to purchases at specific stores, countries or regions within a country; or you many need to buy other associated products to qualify for the rebate, such as an offer to buy a computer and software to get a mail-in rebate for the software.
3. Read the fine print for any other conditions or restrictions so you don't waste your time and energy. Look for any conditions which the company can use to refuse to honor the rebate.
4. Use coupons only from established and well-known companies.
   
   

Before you send in the filled out coupon and the purchase receipts, be sure that you have all of this photocopied in case it gets lost somehow or if it is denied because something was missing. You can back up your claim of submission if you have this material and resubmit. Other helpful hints like this can be found on the fatwallet.com forum: Confessions of a Mail-In Rebate Junkie. http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/deal-discussion/445451

• Consumer and professional electronics products

• Groceries

• Cosmetics

• Liquors and Wines

• Office supplies