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vtecsilver
31st of July 2008 (Thu), 02:53
I'm about to send off a cashback claim to Canon for a lens, but I'm wondering how much of the box I need to cut out and send in :)

The box has three barcodes on it: serial number, EAN/JAN code and UPC code. Do I need to cut all three barcodes out or just the UPC barcode?
steved110
31st of July 2008 (Thu), 03:30
Send them ALL.

That's what I did - it just means a bit bigger hole in your box, which will be ruined as a collector's item, but will remain, when all is said and done, as a box.

Cashback is cashback, and worth more than any supposed premium you might get by selling the lens with its box intact!
vtecsilver
31st of July 2008 (Thu), 04:33
I guess I'm resigned to cutting a bigger hold in the box than I'd like to!! I'm not keeping it as a collectors item, but I'm still using it to store the lens case in, so trying to maintain as much structural integrity as possible :)
BOSS
31st of July 2008 (Thu), 05:27
Why not photo copy them?
Save cutting up the box.
GilesGuthrie
31st of July 2008 (Thu), 06:13
Why not photo copy them?
Save cutting up the box.

Because you must send the original.

I sent them all. Better to guarantee the rebate than allow Canon/Rebate Handler to crawl out of giving you the money on a technicality.
BOSS
31st of July 2008 (Thu), 06:15
Fair enough..didn't know that.
steved110
31st of July 2008 (Thu), 09:38
Canon rebates are notorious for 'not happening' even when you do everything right - this is more a problem in the States than in Europe though. The three cashbacks the center in Tipperary have done for me all went smoothly.

But damn, I hated chopping holes in my boxes - I use them to store all the little bits that come with the gear, and i like them intact!
kevin_c
1st of August 2008 (Fri), 10:35
Yep, cut them all out, send em off, and get on with life even though you now have a box with a hole in it... Old lens boxes don't take pictures!
(I always photocopy them as well for my own records in case they 'loose' them)
GilesGuthrie
1st of August 2008 (Fri), 17:13
Yep, cut them all out, send em off, and get on with life even though you now have a box with a hole in it... Old lens boxes don't take pictures!
(I always photocopy them as well for my own records in case they 'loose' them)

Yep, I agree with all of that. I haven't even thrown any of the docs away, even though the cheques are long-since cashed and spent!
steved110
2nd of August 2008 (Sat), 04:45
Yep, I agree with all of that. I haven't even thrown any of the docs away, even though the cheques are long-since cashed and spent!

I dump all the paperwork when the cheques arrive and clear through my bank account - in fact the last one I did as a direct deposit through my IBAN .

I don't keep old papers longer than necessary - I even shred my bank and CC statements as soon as they are balanced and paid. Life is too short and my house is too small.