Epson Epson failed to honor $30 mail-in Rebate ripoff for R340 inkjet Printer Web-Based Purchase Internet

After purchasing an Epson Stylus Photo R340 printer, and after completing the rebate form that came wih the printer, Epson has yet to deliver the rebate. The rebate was promised as a $30.00 American Express gift card.

According to Espon, there is no record of me ever having submitted the rebate, even though I spent an hour cutting out the bar code from the shipping box, enclosing the packing slip, enclosing the copy of the credit card statement to prove the purchase, and jumping through various other hoops before the deadling.

Side Note: The serial number on the packing slip did not match the serial number written on the printer itself. Is that a deliberate trick to force me to send in the wrong serial number?
I wonder.

Victor
New Hope, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.