My favorite deal site, www.slickdeals.net, recently posted a deal for a Belkin wireless router that ended up being free after two different rebates. I couldn't pass up a deal that good and, hey, you never know when you might need a spare wireless router. ;) Anyway, I was going through the rebate instructions when I came across something I'd never seen before: "Click here if you do not have a printer"

I wanted to try it out, since I figured Staples.com must have some way to submit the rebate information online for people without printers. No matter what it was, I figured it couldn't be worse than the usual rebate process of printing out all the info, meticulously filling out the forms, copying the receipt, finding a stamp, and mailing it in all in -- but I was quite mistaken! It was worse.

Yes, that's right. Writing out the rebate form information on a sheet of paper is the amazing technology that enables the printer-less to submit their claims. Nevermind that steps 2 and 3 say to submit the rebate form along with your sheet of paper.

I'm sure someone at Staples.com got a good laugh out of this one. I sure did.