I personally ordered this product on 12/27/14. I registered for the rebate online and printed documents on 1/11/15. Rebate was processed and approved by McAfee on 1/21/15. Received rebate card 2/13/15. Cancelled auto-renewal 2/14/15. Obviously they're counting on people forgetting to cancel the auto-renewal. If you live in the modern world you can set a calendar reminder in about 12 seconds or just cancel as soon as you receive your rebate card. As long as you are diligent with sending the proper documents IN THE SPECIFIED TIME FRAME you shouldn't have a problem with rebate offers like these. I have submitted about 10 rebates in the past 6 months and have not had a single issue. That being said, i do scan all of my documents before i send them just for insurance.