Free DVR for new customers? (Circuit City Rebate & Directv Rebate)

[Wannabe]

Circuit City is offering a $50 rebate on the DVR40. Directv is also offering a rebate to new residential customers who purchase any DIRECTV® DVR between September 12, 2004 and January 9, 2005. There's nothing on Directv's website that indicates that the equipment has to be purchased from Directv.

Does anyone know if in order to get the Directv rebate if you need to order directly from them? I called Directv, but customer-no-service seemed pretty clueless.

Here's the deal from Directv: http://www.directv.com/see/landing/dvr_offer.html

 

[*mad_professor*]

The DirecTV rebate form comes in the first bill and says nothing about where you bought it. They only ask for the serial number from the unit and the account number it bills to.

 

[kif]

Are you sure the rebate that Circuit City is offering isnt the Directv rebating, meaning that they are just advertising what Directv is offering?