Syndicated consumer columnist Humberto Cruz joins me as a consumer lab rat in what should be called the "mail-in rebate offer rat-maze." Here's his column Hassle of getting a mail-in rebate will try your patience as it appeared in the Florida Sun-Sentinel. The good news: Cruz says "Luckily some stores and merchants, among them OfficeMax and Best Buy, have discontinued or are phasing out rebates in favor of store discounts." My previous blog on my own adventure.