http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20060126/tc_zd/170077

Retailer Best Buy said this week that it will electronically process rebates for notebook PCs and PC accessories, eliminating the mail-in rebate.

"We realized that mail-in rebates were a source of frustration with consumers, and something worth taking on," said Brian Lucas, a spokesman with the Minneapolis, Minn. retailer. The two-year process has necessitated explaining and working with vendors, and implementing a back-end IT process to handle the flow of rebates, he said.

Score one for Best Buy! MIRs are the biggest scam on the face of the earth, and it's good to see that at least one major chain has realized this. Personally, I think stores should sell the product for the discounted price and have to submit the MIR themselves. I doubt that any vendor would shaft BB like they do the customer.