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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (44743)	1/27/1999 11:51:00 PM
From: David Rosenthal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Michael, That is how the Ford Visa card worked before they 86'd it. The rebate was 5% with a maximum of $700 dollars per year. Last year during Spring with rebate mania going on I found a dealer that was doubling the Ford $1000 dollar rebate on top of a good advertised price in the paper. After making sure they would honor the price and rebate (no easy task) I mentioned the $2000 I had on the Visa card. That was also taken off the price. Since I never paid interest on the card this was probably a bad deal for Ford. They had already cancelled the program (except for accrued rebates). Probably because of me. <G> Dave

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (44743)	1/28/1999 8:14:00 AM
From: Mama Bear	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

"The GM one, though, gives 5%. However, I am not sure if you can really use it like cash for one of their cars or not. I wonder if you can still make your best deal and then show the voucher? If not, it's worthless. " Michael, according to the instructions you needn't mention the rebate until the last thing before signing the deal. I had the same skeptical reaction you did, and was surprised when I checked the fine print. Another thing is that I'll likely be using a buying service through my husband's employer so I pretty much get a fixed discount price on any vehicles I buy. Barb