# Heads-up on Cingular rebates... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 29, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/heads-up-on-cingular-rebates/13953 "2006-06-29T02:28:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![\_nails](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/58956e/32.png) [@\_nails](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_nails)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/heads-up-on-cingular-rebates/13953/1 "2006-06-29T02:28:59Z")
got mine in the mail from a couple months ago and it was not quite what i expected. i was hoping that this $100 rebate check would go towards the transition from the old snails-mobile to the new robo-mobile (that dosen’t make any sense to any of you, sorry.), but no, instead of a check, i get a goddamn visa giftcard that i can’t pull cash from. therefore, the only way i can use the fricken thing is if i buy something. way to go visa, you’ve made another 3%! fuck this. i know it’s not all that bad, but if you’re expecting cash, don’t. you’ll basically get a gas card. i like how they take your money and give it back to you but you can only spend it. i have a scottrade account, anybody know if i can dump this card into that? ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/heads-up-on-cingular-rebates/13953/2 "2006-06-29T05:11:15Z")
Why whine about it, you were goign to spend $100 anyway… don’t see the problem. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/heads-up-on-cingular-rebates/13953/3 "2006-06-29T05:17:18Z")
Exactly. I love the cards, much easier than having to go to the bank with a check. If you drive, you know you’re going to spend the $100. So take the money you would be putting in gas and put it toward your transmission. ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 5:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/heads-up-on-cingular-rebates/13953/4 "2006-06-29T05:27:11Z")
Hookers and crack ftw :tup: ---
**Author:** ![PumiceT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@PumiceT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PumiceT)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/heads-up-on-cingular-rebates/13953/5 "2006-06-29T05:50:01Z")
$100 spendable via Visa \> $100 in a check that you have to go to your bank to deposit / cash. :tup: to Visa rebate cards! ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/heads-up-on-cingular-rebates/13953/6 "2006-06-29T05:53:37Z")
werd, just pay your bill with it. then you have that much more money in your pocket. i dont see the issue here. ---
**Author:** ![\_nails](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/58956e/32.png) [@\_nails](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_nails)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/heads-up-on-cingular-rebates/13953/7 "2006-06-29T06:56:23Z")
ehh, i guess i’m the only one who has a problem then, haha. i wanted the money to either save or invest instead of use before it expires in october. anyway, it’s a heads up. ---
**Author:** ![\_nails](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/58956e/32.png) [@\_nails](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_nails)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/heads-up-on-cingular-rebates/13953/8 "2006-06-29T06:56:46Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > put it toward your transmission. hey hey hey, that all changes today! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/heads-up-on-cingular-rebates/13953/9 "2006-06-29T07:17:16Z")
> [@$nails](#): > > hey hey hey, that all changes today! 😉 Wow, that was odd. When I skimmed your original post I saw “transmission” when it actually said “transition” and automatically assumed you had transmission problems when I made my post. But anyway, if you really want to invest the $100 rebate, take the $100 you would otherwise be spending on gas/food/surviving and invest that. Use the rebate card for the expenses. ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/heads-up-on-cingular-rebates/13953/10 "2006-06-29T09:09:54Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Wow, that was odd. When I skimmed your original post I saw “transmission” when it actually said “transition” and automatically assumed you had transmission problems when I made my post. > > But anyway, if you really want to invest the $100 rebate, take the $100 you would otherwise be spending on gas/food/surviving and invest that. Use the rebate card for the expenses. Yeah, he did have transmission problems. It was automatic. And fuck that card. I would rather have cash so I could put it in my bank account and pay my damn bills. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/heads-up-on-cingular-rebates/13953/11 "2006-06-29T10:43:25Z")
you can pay your bills with a cc much easier online than with cash. i shoved a 100 into my floppy once to pay my cell bill, 2 weeks later they said they still didnt get it :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![\_nails](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/58956e/32.png) [@\_nails](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_nails)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/heads-up-on-cingular-rebates/13953/12 "2006-06-29T10:49:43Z")
> [@Minglor](#): > > Yeah, he did have transmission problems. > **It was automatic.** > And fuck that card. > I would rather have cash so I could put it in my bank account and pay my damn bills. hahaha! i know what you’re all saying and it makes sense. what dosen’t make sense is that i gave them a hundred dollars two months ago and now i can’t do what i want with it except SPEND SPEND SPEND. who knows, maybe i wanted to lay low for a minute to duck cops or more realistically, i wanted to front some money to allstate when i register my new baby today…who knows…:gotme: funny you thought i said transmission, really shows what is one our minds here on nyspeed, haha ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/heads-up-on-cingular-rebates/13953/13 "2006-06-29T11:07:29Z")
ummm it’s $100. You are going to spend $100 between now and oct. Take $100 from your bank account and save it/invest it or whatever you wanted to do Now take card, and replace debit card with it for the term of $100 in spending. I really don’t see the issue here…maybe if it was like $10,000 but $100…come on now. ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/heads-up-on-cingular-rebates/13953/14 "2006-06-29T11:18:56Z")
:word: took me 3x reading this thread to figure out exactly what the problem is - which is that there is NOT one