........But a company is using the warm and cozy covering to try and extract $150 from your credit card by pretending to send you a rebate check for $8.95. Snuggie lovers aren't the only ones at risk by these As Seen On TV........

........the back of the check telling you what will happen if you cash it. According to user stickfig on The Consumerist boards the warning on this check reads;

"I authorize Great Fun to charge the annual membership fee after my free trial. I agree to a thirty-day trail offer in Great Fun. I understand that the $149.99 annual membership fee will be charged to my credit card on file with Snuggie unless I cancel my membership by calling 1-866-709-4170 before the end of the trial period. My membership will be automatically renewed and I will also be charged every year thereafter at the then-current fee unless I call to cancel for a refund of the unused portion of the current year's fee. By cashing this check I authorize Snuggie to securely transfer my credit card information to Great Fun for enrollment, billing and benefit processing"

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so i guess a beware the rebate fine print is in order

do not be fooled



they are the

oh wow...they can do that?

Yea they can if you cash the check you agree to the contract printed on it.

A local newspaper got a lot of bad PR for doing that along with a reduced rate subscription. You pay the low rate thinking you have paid what they cost; because they require it for the reduced rate. Then they just keep delivering and bill you at a higher rate and then sue you if you don't pay for papers you never wanted. They target low income people and college student in parking lots. Especially in the fall when teachers are assigning homework that requires reading the newspaper. Particularly unfair for people who may not even be living at the subscription address when the collection efforts kick in.

That's why you simply GOT to read the fine-print on rebates and the like VERY CAREFULLY, as you're bound to get yourself into trouble otherwise.

It's also why I don't buy into that rebate crap in the first place- instead of giving me the supposed "rebate", why not just give me the lowered price right off the bat? But then again, the manufacturer of said item would stand to make less money (the whole point of "rebates" is to delay whatever amount of money you're due for as long as possible... if ever) if they just cut down the price of their wares.