Clark is disgusted by retailers that don’t honor their rebate offers. Often times, people buy a product based on a good rebate deal, fill out the paperwork and they never receive their money. The retailer is responsible for those rebates and should pay people the money they deserve. Well, finally the FTC has weighed in on this matter and retailers are now responsible for fulfilling their rebate requests. From now on, if you don’t get a rebate from a retailer, you can take it up with the FTC. Just remember that you’ve sent in everything you are supposed to and you follow the rebate instructions to a tee. There are two pioneers in the rebate industry that others should try to emulate. Costco and Staples have very easy, very responsive rebate programs. Getting a rebate should not require hours of work. So how many people actually redeem rebates? One in four of us do. When the amount crosses the $50 mark, two-thirds of people file.