examples of companies offering consumers rebates

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• Apple Computers: iPod Rebate Process and Cash Management Techniques

  What rebates do is get consumers to focus on the discounted price of a product, and then buy it at full price." (Business week 2005) As stated, the savings to the companies are in the millions.

• Cash Management Techniques: Discuss the concept of cash rebates and their effect on business; are they ethical?

  In order to explain whether offering rebates are sound business decisions or if it is ethical to offer such rebates, I suggest you familiarise yourself with the process of how rebates works.

• This addresses cash rebates, if they're ethical, & % used.

  -- On average, e-commerce reports claimed that less than 10% of rebates distributed were used by consumers from purchases.

• The Ethics of Cash Rebates

  In fact, many companies offering rebates are not held accountable for paying the rebates. CompUSA was recently fined by the Fed Trade Comm. for offering rebates from companies that CompUSA knew were going broke or were not paying the rebates.

• Cash Management Techniques: Cash Rebates

  Add in the fine print restrictions (original receipt, full product versus the upgrade, etc.) and companies are using slight-of-hand to get consumers to focus on the sale price and actually pay full price. The actual percentage of rebates varies.

• Auto Rebates: can they continue, effect to reputation, unethical, prices adjusted, free?

  Are prices adjusted for consumers prior to rebates promotion? 5. Can rebates be viewed as getting free cash from the consumer for a period of time? 1. Can auto companies continue to issue rebates and still be profitable?

• Auto rebates

  Automobile companies give all sorts of rebates and finance schemes to induce buyers to purchase new cars.

• Sales Promotions Tools: Consumer Incentive

  By offering a rebate, the customer is lured in to buy the product, realizing that they will recover a part of their initial cost through a rebate.

• Overcoming Post-Purchase Dissonance

  Below are some examples of companies offering zero percent financing on car purchases: General Motors is offering interest-free, 60-month loans on all 2003 models from Cadillac, Chevrolet, Saab, Saturn, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, GMC and Buick.