Thursday 11/26/09: Black Friday-file your rebates immediately

Rebates are great, and the reason that companies think they're great is that many people don't bother to file them. With more and more online filing of rebates (I've done Staples and RiteAid recently) it's so easy--DO IT. I mean as soon as you get home tomorrow, go online and file all your rebates. The way I do it, I put the item on my credit card and file the rebate immediately, so I get the money back before I pay my credit card bill. So I actually don't spend any of my own money and it functions exactly like a coupon.