Got one, thanks OP!

titewad said:Rebate goes to City of Industry, CA. Nothing but trouble with rebates going to that city. I'm out."Where rebates go to die".

I've done many hundreds of rebates over the last 15 years, and quite a few have been to the City of Industry, while many others were also with some of the worst rebate clearing houses where even the mention of their name strikes fear into the hearts of seasoned bargain site members ... yet I have only ever been denied ONE stinking $10 rebate!!!

I care more about whether this transmitter is actually any good than I do about which clearing house the rebate is being paid; so, anyone with any direct experience using this particular transmitter, I would greatly appreciate your insight, thank you!

A free after rebate transmitter, regardless of the rebate risk according to the nay sayers, is worth it if the product is any good at all, GREEN for the deal from me OP!

same here. got one. never dealt with these guys before though. Cant be that bad, are they ? anyway, how good is this trasmitter ?

gocint said:same here. got one. never dealt with these guys before though. Cant be that bad, are they ? anyway, how good is this trasmitter ?Well as you can see, this deal is being rated for the rebate rather than the actual item even being worth anything. Over the many prior years the City of Industry clearing rebate houses (as well as other well known poorly handled systems) have had their share of complaints, lawsuits, etc., but with those problems came a more watchful eye from the government over them, which IMO has led to successful efforts in improving the experience with many of the same poorly run clearing houses of the past! Some people just won't ever get over the fact that they may have had a bad experience with a certain clearing house, regardless of how well the same rebate house may now handle the rebate process .... it's a similar concept to how people constantly bash a company like TigerDirect, BestBuy, CompUSA, etc., and won't buy products from an "XYZ" company, regardless of the merits of the deal at hand.

As with ANY product with a rebate ... YMMV!!!

Apparently this product is so new that the major sites which I checked don't have any reviews of it yet. Appears to have hit the market in the spring of this year. Some sellers are still pricing this between $65 and $70, while others are at the $15 to $20 mark. Strange to see such a huge price difference when it's still so new on the market.

So, I see one of two reasons for the big price difference:

1) Crappy product and retailers are already heavily discounting it to move it out. Noticed that it's powered by the ipod/iphone. Battery drain?

2) Good product but the market won't support $70 for this particular accessory. Price reduction is a temporary marketing tool to stir interest.

I'm personally leaning toward reason #1, but for FAR I'm willing to try it out. If it is crappy it will always make a nice gift for nephew/niece.

Good find, OP.

Thanks, need one, too expensive to upgrade the hd unit.

Dead??? I just try to order, it became unavailable.

WooHoo bought mine right before unavailable. Thanks Op. Hope the best for rebate.
Looks dead now