This is one of these things that sounds to good to be true. My buddy bought a Yami and got 4500 back in 36 mounths, has to send a vouicher withing 30 days and receive a 4500 check. Frankly I didn't believe him, thought it was BS. So I go to this dealer, been there maybe 10 years, nice big place, sells Yami motorcycles, ATV's and snowmobiles.

I bought a $7000 machine and got the rebate of $4500. The dealer claims that it's a legit program and has been doing it 7 years and says that 60 to 70% of people forget to send in the rebate.

Has anyone heard of this and is this a scam?

Bill

 

Theres a dealer north of me that does this. The voucher ammount on his, depends on the ammount of the machine you buy. Is it a scam? I sure don't know. I've always heard that if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is. This will be interesting to see how many people know about this, and their feelings about it.

 

I want the rebate..How do you get it? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

 

Yeah, how do you get the rebate? Wish I would have known about it when we got my Bruin!

 

I have some beach front property in Florida I will sell you.

 

haha, I know it sounds too good to be true, but it would be cool if it was.

 

That sounds better than the bridge in California. The dealer near me that offers this only does so on machines listed in a local trader paper. While the price is higher than anywhere else, the voucher makes up for about 75% of the price. It sure looks like a scam, but like roundtail said, these guys have been in bussiness for some time now. I wish I lived closer to them, then I would get the low down on this! It sure makes it tempting when you can get a 4500 machine for about 2000.

 

I agree with you guys it would be nice if it was true. I do hope it is true, so you guys can get some $$ back, but it does make me a little suspicious to say the least.

 

Well who is the dealer.... I'd like to research this....

 

Vouchers "R" us...some more info

I dug a little into this recently...I too almost bought on this risk/reward. The deal around here was this; buy a machine, and in 36 months, exchange your voucher, within a 7 day window and get a rebate of up to $4000 (after buying a Kodiak @ list price). The catch was a rebate of "up to" $4000. The actual dollar value is mostly dependent upon this; whoever doesn't file a claim properly from purchases that week then forfeits their monies to those that do. It's run by lawyers and accountants out of Kansas City, MO. I checked the BBB over the internet and it appears to be a legit operation; BUT It is mostly a marketing ploy to get people to buy...and it's working. Not really any different than a rebate for a PC that makes people buy because of it, just at a larger scale.

I got the brochure and it says just that - UP TO $xxxx. "redeem for payment of a sum equal in true perenctage terms up to the amount of the voucher as it relates to the value of the weekly fund based on the percentage of claims for that week.

It's issued by "The consumers trust" and their website is www.cashablevouchers.com. I saw some commentary on the California BBB site.

The dealer does make a deposit based on the value of the rebate to their firm. (that's why they were selling kodiaks at list price around here)

best of luck, and don't forget your rebates...I'm still shopping (the dealer uses this in Jan / Feb during slow sales periods and isn't available to me any more)