Just sending off my rebates

I am slow about doing rebates so i just now got prequalified on the web and am sending all of my rebates off tomorrow. They total $250, that will be nice to get back, but i was wondering how long you guys usually have to wait for them to get to you. Is it going to be next Christmas, lol, or before summer?

About a month usually.. I send out a lot of rebates, I love em. Sure I get the one or two a year that say I didn't qualify for some reason or another, but they give me a chance to re-send the required information. (Which I know I already sent, I make a copy of everything that goes in my envelope).

Lots of people complain that they should do away with rebates and just give a lesser discount at registers. I say no, for those of us that are on the ball enough to actually send them in and follow the instructions on the rebate, theres some great discounts to be had!

-John