Trade in program? Why?

[honda761]

And if a mail in rebate pisses off 1 customer out of 100 its a bad business practice to me since I consider my customer's time to be money.

[Idontgo55]

LOL, I think I will win on this one. Ask 10 people out there do they want their 80 bucks off right now or do the rebate game and I got a 10 for 10 answer.

Your 5 dollar answer is getting old.

you can't afford it

Just because you can charge it don't mean you should get it I'm done my point shows

[balda]

I'm saying if I'm going to save 80 bucks let me save 80 bucks. shipping cost is shipping because its out of my pocket to send it in. . No hassle, just 499.99-80.00 we have a deal right now Escort.

to be honest if you can't afford 5 $ to send it in you don't need a $500 Rd

It is not about money.
I just do not want to spend 30 minutes in line after work.

[Idontgo55]

I'm saying if I'm going to save 80 bucks let me save 80 bucks. shipping cost is shipping because its out of my pocket to send it in. . No hassle, just 499.99-80.00 we have a deal right now Escort.

to be honest if you can't afford 5 $ to send it in you don't need a $500 Rd

It is not about money.
I just do not want to spend 30 minutes in line after work.

then go to ups after work and spend a little more or just pay the 80 and hush about it I'm sure you don't make 80bucks an hr so 80bucks for 30mins is a great deal

[Motor On]

Right but if you do the rebate and you've got a detector like a cobra or whistler you spent $80, and you're trading it in, now you have more justification for a new one, remember alot of these people are ones that bought Cobras in the first place. And if Escort offered a sale then everyone would take them up on it, with the rebates, a much smaller portion of people would go through the effort, so more profit.

I say screw Escort, talk to Roy, order from radarbusters and support the site so we can keep chatting about this. The Extra <$20 difference (of and the savings are up front) is worth it for all the education you get on using the devices properly. Not to mention things like Veil and Blinders and laser shield are also available here.

[The Chariot]

Sounds like the type of customer who just loved looking for a pissing match. They are usually the type who end up eating 10x more in customer service complaints than you'll ever make back in sales, and demand the biggest discounts from my reps on the phone. We'd mark their files "NFD" (no further discounts). If a mail in rebate program weeds out one customer service headache out of the 99 pleasant people to deal with its worth it and improved margins.


Also... took me a whole 1 minute to put my box in the mail. This basically boils down to someone who sounds like they are "too good" for all that. Fine --- pay more!

[swarga]

Why doesnt Escort/Bel do away with the trade in program and just make their top RDs on sale? Its a pain to go to post office and sometimes we dont want to part with our old ones. I know we can buy a 10 dollar one off ebay and send it in but thats a hassle too.
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In this day and age of everything now, why cant they just offer a sale?

Same reason some manufacturers offer mail-in rebates. If they lower their prices, then everyone is going to get the lower price. If you have to mail something in, a certain percentage of people won't bother, and Escort gets to keep some of their money.

It's a brilliant marketing move, and sucker consumers just keep right on falling for it.

[Obsidian]

It's kind of funny people get angry about a pretty decent deal. I've never utilized it myself, but it seems decent.

I think it goes to show Escort is making a good profit on these detectors ... if they are giving $80 off, they are clearly making more than that ... they are not taking a loss or breaking even on these things.

[Idontgo55]

Right but if you do the rebate and you've got a detector like a cobra or whistler you spent $80, and you're trading it in, now you have more justification for a new one, remember alot of these people are ones that bought Cobras in the first place. And if Escort offered a sale then everyone would take them up on it, with the rebates, a much smaller portion of people would go through the effort, so more profit.

I say screw Escort, talk to Roy, order from radarbusters and support the site so we can keep chatting about this. The Extra <$20 difference (of and the savings are up front) is worth it for all the education you get on using the devices properly. Not to mention things like Veil and Blinders and laser shield are also available here.

The advertisement money is enough to support this site alone it's 10% off radar busters Which is 50... or get 80 == 30bucks not 20 difference

[The Chariot]

Just think.... in the time wasted to post about the subject someone could have used to buy a cheap detector from eBay and sent it into Bel. $80 was worth 15-20 minutes (total) of my time.