Prestone / Fram Honeywell Consumer Products Group Prestone REBATE SCAM! Beware of this one! Nationwide

As of today, 3/13/2012 I still have not seen my refund. Imagine that. Not suprised.

That's OK. I'll never buy another product from this entire group of companies if I have another choice.

Boycott Honeywell / Fram / Prestone, etc..

Liars and thieves.

It all comes down to what a reasonable person would expect.

Reasonable vs. unreasonable.

In over 30 years as an adult, I have NEVER been asked to send in a foil seal from any product in order to get a rebate, ESPECIALLY a HAZARDOUS PRODUCT like Anti-Freeze / Coolant!!

This is just common sense! Too bad the little college boy that dreamed up that requirement had no common sense.

And, now, the people behind Preston AGREE that it was an unreasonable requirement, and have removed that requirement from the rebate process.

Furthermore, the consumer has the ultimate power.

Even if I get the rebate described above, I most likely will never buy anything from this group of companies again, at least as a first choice.

As of today, approx 6 weeks since submitting my rebate, I still have not recieved it.

If I don't, I certainly will never buy any more products from that entire group of companies even if I have to pay more for a different product.

And, I'll be sure that as many of my family and friends are on board with that decision too.

Therefore, it looks like only the college boy lacks common sense here.

They probably fired him by now anyway over this.

Next....

I mistrust all rebates, I read the entire rebate offer before even purchasing/using the item in question just in case there is a dumb "foil seal" requirement with the rebate offer. You do have a responsibility as a consumer to read and understand an offer before accepting it. While this foil seal thing is ridiculous, if the consumer had spent a couple minutes reading the form first they would have seen the requirement. I am glad to hear that they have removed said ridiculous requirement.

As someone not participating in this rebate, I just have to say a few things:

1. Rebates suck. They're hard to apply for by design, and that's part of the reason I have stopped going after them.
2. I know they suck, so were I to purchase something under the guise of a rebate, I would definitely read the small print before I did anything.

To be honest, I feel about as sympathetic for you as I do for people who took out ARM's

Ken,



It would have been better to not follow up on this thread at all.



First, you beat me down and basically tell me how stupid I was and that I failed to read and understand the rebate requirements, etc..



Then, after several others jump in, and agree with my post, now all of a sudden you jump in with a similar story.



So, Ken, why did you not fully read the rebate requirements before using your product and tossing your foil seals in the garbage?



Are you as stupid as what you called me in the earlier post?



You really need to get a grip on reality before you post.

Please.



It appears that in Ken's world, everyone is stupid except Ken.

I got one of these rebate offers on Mobil 1 oil some years ago and almost missed the foil seal requirement too.  Found the seal(s) in the trash and was able to get the rebate. 

Mea Culpa.   :)

Ken, assuming you're the Ken from Greeley we're all familiar with, but even if you're a different Ken, got to take exception with you on this one.
Like the OP, I'd be real put out and turned off were I to discover I had to save something as ridiculous as a piece of foil seal to later get my rebate.
Most consumers are used to having to clip a upc off a box, but this foil thing is either totally stupid, or intended to trip purchasers up to save from having to pay the rebate.
Fram ought not to do this anymore unless they wish to be renamed Scam.

Ken,
Do you work for Prestone?  Your comments about this are totally rediculous.  Nobody should have to read the fine print on the rebate form before being able to actually open the product and use it as a normal person would do.

Ken,



You have to apply what is known as a "reasonable person" standard to any dispute or problem.



In this case, no "reasonable person" would expect someone to tear off that tiny little label and read all of the fine print BEFORE using the product. That's just stupid.



Normally someone buys a jug of antifreeze / coolant because they actually need to use it. Common sense would say that the little foil seal would be damaged and/or discarded during this process. Just plain old common sense.



Furthermore, the administrators of this rebate program agree, and have removed that requirement from the rebate submission process, DUE TO THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS.



They clearly saw a problem, and stepped up to fix it, so you see, there must be alot of "stupid" people out there who did exactly what I did.



In all of my 30 plus years of senmding in rebates, I have never been required to send in a foil seal from a moth opening of a jug containing a hazardous substance like anti-freeze / coolant. Again, back to the "reasonable person" standard.



Anyway, I do have the name and direct phone number of the Program Administrator for Prestone Rebates. Her name is AnneMarie Genardo and her direct phone number is 203 830 2568. She told me to pass this along to anyone I talk to that has this rebate issue and she will take care of it.

you are now calling the repate offer a Ripoff?

There was no "false rebate promise", the fault was YOURS.

When you "interact with your 25-30 customers per day, be sure to tell them the whole story about how you failed to live up to all the terms of the rebate.

What has happened to personal responsibility in this country?

I've found this requirement on various rebate offers over the years and have NEVER failed to get the promised rebate(s). 

With your entitlement attitude, I'll bet Fram/Prestone/Honeywell won't miss you at all. I sure hope they don't cave in to your ridiculous demands.