Earth Day Rebates for appliances? What a joke, Mass.

[Paper Roses]

Sold out after 2 hours. In response to this mess, the state is thinking of a Tax Free day sometime as said on NECN. My daughter was going to buy a dishwasher and refrigerator and get the rebate. Hardly any comparison.

Dishwashers (.PDF or .XLS) $250
Refrigerators (.PDF or .XLS) $200
Clothes Washers (.PDF or .XLS) $175
Freezers (.PDF or .XLS) $50

Big difference between the $250.00 and $200 and a tax free 6% 'sometime'.

I think there was some poor planning here.

How about a coupon for the rebate to be used in the next 2 months or something like that. Lots of people lost out on this. The system crashed after the first 2 hours.

[No Elephants]

1. The system crash was poor planning, but not selling out after 2 hours. Funds were not unlimited and

the "First come, first served" is the way it is.