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Office 2008 for $31.98 and 2004 free!?!?
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There are a few that are advertised on Amazon. The $124.99 is still there -- just look around a bit more.
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That link leads to the page for third-party vendor Midway selling it at $147.70.
You can see at the right side of the page, though, that you can order it through Amazon directly for $124.99. Unfortunately, it ships in 3-5 weeks, which could easily put people past the rebate deadline. That's the problem people are having.
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Just got mine on Newegg also-$130 w/free 3-day shipping. They are on Pacific time, so you've got a few hours. They already processed my sale.
Reading the fine print on the "Super Suite Deal", it says Office 2008 boxed product. Lower down on the page it says 2008 upgrade. Not sure what we'll get, but I was thinking of not opening the 2004 version and selling it for cheap.
By the way, Staples was sold out, but their Suite Deal form was different, as it specified similar product for product upgrade. And it was $10. rather than $6.99. Strange.
Reading the fine print on the "Super Suite Deal", it says Office 2008 boxed product. Lower down on the page it says 2008 upgrade. Not sure what we'll get, but I was thinking of not opening the 2004 version and selling it for cheap.
By the way, Staples was sold out, but their Suite Deal form was different, as it specified similar product for product upgrade. And it was $10. rather than $6.99. Strange.
You have to open it because you need the front cover of the booklet for one rebate and the top of the box for the other, although with a copy of the reciept.
That's true. Sorry, I meant to say not install or register the 2004 version, although I'm not sure if MS would be cross referencing the serial numbers.
Both forms require:
A copy of the dated sales receipt clearly showing the date and store name where you acquired your product.
In the case of Amazon purchases I wonder which "sales receipt" will suffice.
a) The email confimation, or
b) A printed copy of the order summary under "your account", or
c) The shipping receipt that is included in the box.
ALL THREE include the required information, but I've been burned before by obscure rebate requirements. I once had a rebate from CompUSA denied because I provided more information than was necessary. Go figure.
A copy of the dated sales receipt clearly showing the date and store name where you acquired your product.
In the case of Amazon purchases I wonder which "sales receipt" will suffice.
a) The email confimation, or
b) A printed copy of the order summary under "your account", or
c) The shipping receipt that is included in the box.
ALL THREE include the required information, but I've been burned before by obscure rebate requirements. I once had a rebate from CompUSA denied because I provided more information than was necessary. Go figure.
i too would like to know which one to send. I'll probably end up going with the shipping receipt, since that is the final one.
My copy of Office will not ship for 3-5 weeks so I plan to print out my invoice, cross out where it says "The following item will arrive after December 25, 2007," and include the front page of the manual of Office that I already own. That should suffice.
Did you purchase it through Amazon? I noticed the 3-5 week shipping time also, but my order receipt from Amazon says that the expected shipping time is November 29th! Plus, they said this on their web site promo blurb:
I saved a screen shot of their web page, so if I don't get Office by the required time for the rebate, I'll hold Amazon responsible for false advertising.
Good luck with that. I'm sure their page has a clause that they are not responsible for typos and so on and so forth including sale items going out of stock.
Yeah, I purchased it around 11:00 p.m. EST from Amazon. Currently my shipping estimate is December 24 - January 2. I wouldn't be surprised if this is shipped out sooner, but I don't expect to see any change to this shipping date until sometime next week.
I second the thanks to benlee and the others who posted about this special offer. I would never have known about this without your posts. This was truly a bright spot in my Thanksgiving.
Update in my Amazon account today. Revised shipping estimate is now Nov. 28th....so the 3-5 weeks shipping estimate last night when I ordered was inaccurate. I guess the risk paid off.....I was hoping it would.
I ordered last night around 11pm est and opted for the free shipping. I'm still showing a shipping date of Dec. 24- Jan 2. Hopefully this will change soon!
Yes, that would be very bad considering the rebate must be postmarked by December 23.
I ordered mine about noon yesterday (with free shipping option) and it displays November 28 as the ship date.
Amazon has removed all references to the $100 black friday rebate (at least I can't find it). Newegg doesn't list it either.