It's been a rough month

I've been a bit upset recently.
A couple of rebates / discounts didn't work as it should and I had to make additional effort to call / email those places to try to make them work. I don't really like doing that. Cos it's like I become at their mercy cos there's nothing I can do if they just decide to deny me. 

CIMB is still giving me headache for the remaining $25.
UOB One card has some issue on my card so waiting for $50.
UOB One card has some issue on my wife's card so waiting for $50 x 2.
Esso petrol has some issue on my discount voucher for $5. 
Shopback has some issue on the rebate for $5. 

It just gives me unnecessary stress having to follow up on all these, but that's just part of the whole game. You win some you lose some. Most of the times, these rebates come in fine. And every once in a while, there's issues. It's not that there's no cost to all of this. The cost is the monitoring and headache when things don't turn out perfectly. I'm usually quite ok with 1 or 2 issues. But this month, I've got 6 issues pending so it's a bit more headache than normal.

Overall, I've still gained. I'm just grumbling a little today...

Would you guys follow up on rebates and discounts that don't work out? Or do you just let it go if it doesn't work out?
I think most normal people would just let it go. But I think people in the frugal community might be more proactive to follow up on them.


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