I recently received a $3 postcard check for a Lysol rebate that I did so long ago I thought for sure it wasn’t coming. Then, this week I received a $10 Publix gift card from the Kimberly Clark rebate (see HERE) and I heard back from the Tyson’s rebate (see HERE)  which I apparently didn’t qualify for but they sent me a coupon for a free item anyways.

I  have mixed feelings when it comes to rebates. I don’t like the idea of buying something just because I will get the money back in a few months. I never consider rebates a guarantee, an example being the Tyson rebate above, because rebates often take a long time and usually it is hard, if not impossible, to track them.

That being said, there are some cases where I will do rebates-

1) If a rebate lines up with a deal I am already doing, as was the case with the Tyson rebate HERE

2) If it is for something I already needed to buy anyways

3) If I really, really want to try the product, usually because it’s something I will use

In these cases, I will do the rebate because I already feel that I have gotten a good deal or bought something I needed and then the rebate is just the icing on the cake. That way if it doesn’t work out I don’t feel like I wasted my money.