GAS REBATE REDEMPTION, myfreetraveldocuments.com GAS REBATE "HONOR PROGRAM" FRAUD Joilet, Internet
We signed up for an "honor program" through a school fundraiser. After the initial fee of $100, you essentially, agree to shop at a specific fuel vendor and spend $100 a month in gas. You collect the receipts and mail them off post-dated by the end of said month are supposed to receive a $25 visa gift card for each $100 spent.
We did this. We mailed our receipts on 12/12/09 and today, 1/11/10, it was "returned to sender, no forward." Upon greater research, I found that this is a scam and the company is not honoring these receipts.
We are out our initial investment of $100 and most likely, the school in which we were raising money for is not to receive their money either.
The really sucky thing is that all of the websites are still up and running and they are showing that they have this big insurance policy to cover the expenses.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Bill
Onalaska,Wisconsin,
United States of America
Followup - GAS REBATE REDEMPTION SCAM
#2Consumer Comment
Tue, January 12, 2010
I had contacted this company earlier in 2009 when I attempted to register for these same rebates. I did receive an email with a telephone number to contact 815-741-3900. I eventually spoke with someone (in early November) who assured me that all rebates would be honored; they were being swamped with submissions, but that if I was patient everything would turn out OK.
Well, I too had my December receipts returned to me yesterday, marked by the USPS as "moved - left no address - unable to forward"; so I tried calling this number. (note: if you try it, press '1' when asked if you have a rebate certificate; you will get no satisfaction at all if you press '2' for 'other questions') I then got a recorded message stating:
"Please be advised that myfreetravel has closed our rebate business and that we will be unable to honor any monthly rebate certificates redeemed or registered after 12/01/2009. This is due to an extremely high response to our offer and responses have far exceeded the numbers anticipated by our projection. This has resulted in a shortage of funds to meet required payments. We will continue to attempt payment for any qualified rebates submitted prior to 12/01/2009."
You get the same message if you try to call their 800 number (800-219-4152). Regardless of which number you call, you will get no opportunity to leave a message or anything else.
"We will continue to attempt payment for any qualified rebates submitted prior to 12/01/2009." OK, but I'm not holding my breath while I wait.