>>>Michael is partially correct. There is another reason. They know that only a handful of people will mail in the rebate.
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>>Not only that. But they try every dirty trick in the book to make sure you don't qualify for the rebate. False advertising, they should do away with it. I've stopped buying anything that comes with a mail in rebate.
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>Oh, you mean stuff like the VFP 7.0 Upgrade? I see. ;)

It comes with his MSDN Subscription, so he does not have to worry about the rebate. Same for me.