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> No comment.

The here's one. I suspect TD is taking advantage of this
for reasons of self-promotion.

And anyone considering ordering from TD needs to do some
homework. Search the web on, for example:
"tiger direct" complaint OR fraud OR rebate

http://www.ftc.gov/os/1999/11/tigerdirectcmp.htm
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/computers/tiger_rebates.html

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...the manufacturer contacted me after several weeks stating that the barcode I sent them was incorrect for the rebate. When I was cutting out the barcode from the thumbdrive package I did notice the it was a sticker and not part of the original package. ...

This is the kind of complaint Tiger gets at the link you provided. Everyone knows, or should know, that rebates are designed to avoid being paid on any pretext.