Re: Scammed By Vox?
ItsaBass,
I think you are thinking its the LIL NIGHT TRAIN? Its not. Its the 15 watt Night Train. So you cant see the info on the site anymore. Here is what happened....
At first these were $299 from Sweetwater. Sweetwater also listed a rebate form on their own site that would give you $100 off of the amp. Lots of people called and asked if they are vaild. They told everyone yes since they are manufactures rebates. The same was told to everyone that called Vox directly. The about a week or 2 later Sweetwater dropped the price to $249 on the amp. Then a few days or a week later they changed the rebate form located on their website. The new one did not mentioned the Night Train. But at this point many people already bought the amp because they were old the rebate would work after their price.
What I posted is what the sweetwater page said when I bought the amps. The amps are sold out now so you will not be able to see what it said.
Yes, the $199 I posted was accidentally for the Little Night Train. I will edit my post to reflect the mistake. And thanks for explaining the situation in a clear manner.
So, my take on what happened, based on what you just said:
- Sweetwater originally had the $100 off as a mail-in rebate. Total price after rebate: $200, with $300 paid up front.
- They and Vox then changed it to a $50 instant rebate. Total price after rebate: $250, with $250 paid up front. Clean and simple.
- Either: 1) Some people who bought the amp after it was changed to a $50 instant rebate mistakenly assumed/misread that they would also be getting the $100 mail-in rebate, when the Sweetwater had already taken down the $100 rebate from from their site, or 2) Sweetwater screwed up, and for a short time had the amp listed for $250 plus a $100 mail-in rebate, for a total sale price of $150.
- At no point was a mail-in rebate of $50 ever offered. The $50 rebate was always an instant rebate.
My take on it:
- All people who bought it for $300
when the mail-in rebate was listed on the Sweetwater site should be getting $100 back.
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If, by mistake, Sweetwater at any time
on the product page had the amp listed at $250
with an additional $100 mail-in rebate on top of it, then the people who bought it
during that short time should be getting a $100 mail-in rebate on top of the instant rebate that they already got. That is just a foul up, and it sometimes happens in retail. So, a few people get amps for $150, and life goes on.
- Anyone who bought the amp after the "mail-in rebate" that listed the Night Train had already been taken down from the Sweetwater site...is owed nothing. They should have checked the rebate form right before buying.
- In no case should anyone be getting a $50 mail-in rebate per amp. It's either nothing, or $100...which is why the OP's statements confuse me. He has stated that he should be getting back $50 per amp, but a $50 mail-in rebate was never promised. It was $100, according you what you said.
