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Microsoft has for some time offered a $400 rebate at stores including Best Buy, Office Depot and Staples to customers signing up for three years of Microsoft Network Internet service. But through a quirk of commercial law, California residents can cancel the service at any time—and keep...
After the story was published Wednesday morning in the San Jose Mercury News, mobs of Silicon Valleyites left their monitors and lined up to receive $400 of Microsoft's money. At one Best Buy store in Milpitas, Calif., more than 125 customers lined up to get the rebate, and some...
Microsoft, surprisingly, did not immediately cancel the deal. Spokesperson Tom Pilla said that he expected few customers to cancel the $21.95-a-month Internet service "because we think the value that we're offering customers, as we've seen from the many sign-ups, is tremendous." However, one ungrateful shopper...
The cause of the free-for-all was a five-year-old California law prohibiting companies from requiring customers to purchase anything when they take out a loan. Initially designed to shield consumers financing a car or home purchase, the law applies because Microsoft's rebate agreement is structured as...
Regardless of the outcome, Dartboard wishes to commend Microsoft for its generosity and encourage the residents of California and Oregon to profit by it. Giving $400 to every person in California would cost Microsoft more than $12 billion; but then again, with a $500 billion market value, Microsoft can afford...