
Retailer Best Buy said that it will electronically process rebates for notebook PCs and PC accessories, eliminating the mail-in rebate. The two-year process, began in April 2005, is already in place with some desktop PCs. Since the beginning of 2006, the policy has been categorically extended to all notebook computers sold by Best Buy, and will be extended to computer accessories in early February. For now, however, the electronic rebate program for laptops will apply just to rebates Best Buy itself offers, and not third-party suppliers.