Corsair Hydro H55 120mm AIO $30 shipped after rebate

Tristerin · August 16, 2019

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16835181029?Item=N82E16835181029

I haven't seen that low of a price on an AIO (name brand) since 2017 Black Friday when I picked up to CM 120 lites for $24 shipped.

I have no use for AIO's anymore as I have built loops or have extra AIO's in the parts piles now or I would absolutely be buying this (if I was in need of an AIO).

LukeSavenije · August 16, 2019

18 minutes ago, Tristerin said:

AIO

seriously though, not bad for an asetek

nick name · August 16, 2019

Booooooo! Rebate card. I hate those things.

Tristerin · August 16, 2019

2 hours ago, nick name said:

Booooooo! Rebate card. I hate those things.

Agree on this, Ive honestly never received a Newegg rebate back. I half suspect they don't send them, and the other half is the wife throws the mail away addressed to me from Newegg so I don't buy something else LOL (her not knowing I had a rebate coming back lol)

Paul Rudd · August 16, 2019

4 hours ago, Tristerin said:

I haven't seen that low of a price on an AIO (name brand) since 2017 Black Friday when I picked up to CM 120 lites for $24 shipped.

It hit $34.00 for one day back on June 30th but this $29.99 you've found is it's historic low as it rarely hits under $39.99, let alone it's usual $49.99 to $54.99. You know it's a great find when you have literally 15 hours left to snag it at this price. It's a 24 hour deal.

3 hours ago, nick name said:

Booooooo! Rebate card. I hate those things.

52 minutes ago, Tristerin said:

Agree on this, Ive honestly never received a Newegg rebate back. I half suspect they don't send them, and the other half is the wife throws the mail away addressed to me from Newegg so I don't buy something else LOL (her not knowing I had a rebate coming back lol)

I'm not a big fan of rebate cards either. Fortunately the last couple that I sent in did arrive. Sent them both out on the same day to both Corsair and Thermaltake. The Thermaltake one arrived 80 days later and the Corsair one arrived 90 days later. That's an insane amount of time to wait for a couple of rebates.

The only positive news is that I used the $30.00 rebate to take care of half the price of a $60.00 desk chair. In which I've been using for the past 4 months. It's not the greatest chair but it has sufficed fairly decently is how I'll put it. As for the $20.00 rebate, I put that towards a $35.00 mechanical keyboard which I've also been using the past 4 months. And I must say that I absolutely love this keyboard. It's the Redragon K552 Red LED mechanical keyboard. And if anyone is looking for a cheap mechanical keyboard I highly recommend it. It's super sturdy, perfect in size and the keys work great. A tad loud but I can't complain because that's what I wanted.

Will I ever use rebates again? To be honest, I really don't know. That wait is just so long. I will say it's not that enticing but it is patiently rewarding. Especially if you have things that you really want or need that are valued very near that said rebate price. That is probably another positive aspect to it. The worst part is by far the rebate process. Omg, it's a pain when you don't have access to a printer and having to pay to ship them off. It's also a total risk shipping them via letter because there's no tracking. Companies can literally throw these letters away and there's no proof they were shipped without tracking. Luckily they didn't do that to me and I suspect they certainly do this to some people(i.e. lots of people saying they never arrived).

If somehow anyone ever gets a higher priced rebate like say $50.00, it's then definitely worth a few dollars to pay for tracking. This might speed up the process altogether too because with tracking you also get faster shipping.