Sony Visa card now offers $150 statement credit with $299 purchase on Sonystyle.

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=8198552921644574407

not a bad deal for those still looking to buy a PS3... it used to be a $100 credit, but I guess they upped it. Too bad no systems are currently in stock though...

if they stay conviently out of stock throughoutr this promo I wouldn't be surprised but I'm interested if they do come back.

you could probably pre-order a PS3 now and still get the credit...

you could probably pre-order a PS3 now and still get the credit...

interesting I will indeed consider it.

I have a Sony card, and here are my complaints about it:
1) The rewards store does not have nearly has many items as the Sony Styles store. Because of the limited items at the rewards store, I have yet to make any purchases, but I've been told that tax and shipping are free.
2) If you decide to go through Sony Styles, the reward points are applied retroactively, and ONLY if you call them first regarding the purchase. Then, it takes another month before you are credited back the money. Oh, and the refunded points do not include tax and shipping.

I have almost $400 in points, but am not planning on purchasing anything more until Sony changes the way that you can redeem points or add more items in the Sony rewards site.

I took advantage of this same deal back in January 2007... for people with no credit issues or spending problems, it's a free $150. As soon as I used it for it's purpose, I cut up the card (leaving the account open of course) and haven't looked back.

I have a Sony card, and here are my complaints about it:
1) The rewards store does not have nearly has many items as the Sony Styles store. Because of the limited items at the rewards store, I have yet to make any purchases, but I've been told that tax and shipping are free.
2) If you decide to go through Sony Styles, the reward points are applied retroactively, and ONLY if you call them first regarding the purchase. Then, it takes another month before you are credited back the money. Oh, and the refunded points do not include tax and shipping.

I have almost $400 in points, but am not planning on purchasing anything more until Sony changes the way that you can redeem points or add more items in the Sony rewards site.

The real problem is taht the rewards site charges horrific prices. You should get a bonus for Sony loyalty, instead they "charge" you full MSRP or more. For instance, the "greatest hits" PS3 games are still on there for 60000 points!

It's kind of a rip compared to other rewards programs out there, IMO.

The real problem is taht the rewards site charges horrific prices. You should get a bonus for Sony loyalty, instead they "charge" you full MSRP or more. For instance, the "greatest hits" PS3 games are still on there for 60000 points!

It's kind of a rip compared to other rewards programs out there, IMO.
Yeah, that's a total rip. Kind of forces you to go the roundabout way of ordering the items from the Sony Styles store, and you get charged for taxes and shipping.

Assuming that the store has the items in stock. I waited a month for Rock Band to restock on the Sony Styles store. Waiting just as long for Uncharted. I ended up getting RB from Best Buy and haven't picked up Uncharted yet.

I took advantage of this same deal back in January 2007... for people with no credit issues or spending problems, it's a free $150. As soon as I used it for it's purpose, I cut up the card (leaving the account open of course) and haven't looked back.

You really should close the account -- open accounts with no activity will eventually effect your credit score. I have to idea how, but for some reason it does. (maybe if there are multiple ones).

Generally companies will close accounts that show no use over a long period of time and closed accounts also damage your credit score .

- Jason

you could probably pre-order a PS3 now and still get the credit...

Thats what I am trying for.

You really should close the account -- open accounts with no activity will eventually effect your credit score. I have to idea how, but for some reason it does. (maybe if there are multiple ones).

FYI - closing a credit account is a big mistake. The formulas used by the three credit bureaus calculate your score based not only on your percentage of credit used on individual cards, but also on all of your cards collectively.

Closing an account reduces your total credit available and thus decreases your beacon score.

http://www.credit.com/credit_information/credit_help/The-Top-10-Credit-Mistakes.jsp

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665361523

Would this be a decent pick-up for a apartment set-up I have a PS3, non HDMI 360, Dish Network 711 HD-DVR, and a A-3 HD-DVD Player. After the $150.00 promo it would be only $150.00 plus I think it would qualify for 12 months no interest.

I did the $100 credit on the sony card about 1.5 months ago. Got the credit in about 5 days.

For those of you not happy with the sonystyle points, I completely agree. The good news is that you can turn those points directly into cash and and receive a credit on your sonycard account. You should look into that if you have points just sitting there.

I was thinking about ordering some games to get this deal and something I noticed when i looked at Fallout was that they had the release as 9/15. Thought that was weird, was that a planned release date that got pushed back?

I did the $100 credit on the sony card about 1.5 months ago. Got the credit in about 5 days.

For those of you not happy with the sonystyle points, I completely agree. The good news is that you can turn those points directly into cash and and receive a credit on your sonycard account. You should look into that if you have points just sitting there.
Thanks for the info. I really only use the Sony card as an emergency card, since it has a slightly higher limit than my current credit card. The only thing being charged to it, is my monthly parking payment.

I'd rather use the points to get free stuff or free cash.

I did the $100 credit on the sony card about 1.5 months ago. Got the credit in about 5 days.


I never got mine, it's been about 8 weeks. I need to call...

If anyone already has the Sony Card I got a thing in the mail that says spend $100 between Aug 15 and Sept 15 and get $25 back. If you are interested just call them up and see if this offer can be applied to your card as well.

FYI - closing a credit account is a big mistake. The formulas used by the three credit bureaus calculate your score based not only on your percentage of credit used on individual cards, but also on all of your cards collectively.

Closing an account reduces your total credit available and thus decreases your beacon score.

http://www.credit.com/credit_information/credit_help/The-Top-10-Credit-Mistakes.jsp

The two reasons cited for not closing a credit card are very poor arguments. The basis behind both arguments is that you need the available credit to reduce your debt to credit ratio. You can achieve the same thing by calling your preferred credit card company and ask for a credit increase. The argument also assumes that you available debt to credit ratio is already very high, and that by closing an existing card that you will increase your debt to credit ratio to a level that will lower your credit score. Not everyone is in that position. When we last checked into this, the credit score people wanted to see the revolving debt to credit ratio below 50%. That's it. So by opening and closing a store card like this you may never affect your credit score.

My wife and I did have a credit score problem although it did not affect our ability to get the best rate on a loan. Our credit score is just over 800. However, there's this new insurance credit score thing and our debt to credit ratio was too high so we had our credit card limit increased to bring the debt to credit ratio below 50%. We open and close store cards all of the time. It has never once caused us problems when buying a home, on obtaining good interest rates, or obtaining a good rate on auto insurance (believe it or not, but auto insurance is now looking at credit score).

Cheers,
Scott

The two reasons cited for not closing a credit card are very poor arguments. No, they're not.
You can achieve the same thing by calling your preferred credit card company and ask for a credit increase. Not closing the accounts takes zero effort and cannot detract from your score. Requesting a credit limit increase takes something above zero effort and, depending on the credit provider, can result in a hard pull which does lower your score up to five points.
The argument also assumes that you available debt to credit ratio is already very high, and that by closing an existing card that you will increase your debt to credit ratio to a level that will lower your credit score. Not everyone is in that position. Of course not. Everybody's situation is different :confused:

When we last checked into this, the credit score people wanted to see the revolving debt to credit ratio below 50%. That's it. So by opening and closing a store card like this you may never affect your credit score. Perhaps not. Again, it depends on an individual's situation. I've got a simple Best Buy "store card" with a 15k limit that reports to all three bureaus. Say I have $5,000 in revolving credit debt and total credit available of $25,000. Closing that account pulls the ratio up from 20% usage to 50%.

Now, I've no idea what kind of limits Sony is giving out with these cards, but common sense suggests that if they're selling some big ticket items on the Sony Style stores, you can get quite a large limit with an appropriate credit score.

Anyhow, what it boils down to is that it's not going to do you any good to close a credit account; unless you don't trust yourself with an open revolving line. Just cut it up and call it a day.

Thanks for the random comments! :D

No, they're not.
Not closing the accounts takes zero effort and cannot detract from your score. Requesting a credit limit increase takes something above zero effort and, depending on the credit provider, can result in a hard pull which does lower your score up to five points.
Of course not. Everybody's situation is different :confused:

Perhaps not. Again, it depends on an individual's situation. I've got a simple Best Buy "store card" with a 15k limit that reports to all three bureaus. Closing that account would have a negative effect on my FICO scores. There are plenty of "store cards" out there that offer huge credit limits.

Now, I've no idea what kind of limits Sony is giving out with these cards, but common sense suggests that if they're selling some big ticket items on the Sony Style stores, you can get quite a large limit with an appropriate credit score.

Anyhow, what it boils down to is that it's not going to do you any good to close a credit account; unless you don't trust yourself with an open revolving line. Just cut it up and call it a day.

Thanks for the random comments! :D


Your arguments are based on people with already piss poor credit, and being lazy. I'm sure those things go together very well, but most people on AVS Forums are not in that category. This forum is not exactly for the slackers in our society that don't even know how to balance a checkbook.

Did you read that it depends on the ratio of revolving debt to credit? If you do the math you will see why it doesn't matter, and why you are applying that URL the wrong way. Let's do the math....

Let's say you have three credit cards today with the following balance and credit limits:
Card 1: $500 balance w/ $2000 limit
Card 2: $1200 balance w/ $5000 limit
Card 3: $0 balance w/ $2000 limit
TOTAL: $1700 balance w/ $9000 limit

Now let's add this fourth Sony Style card. The fine print reads a $2000 credit limit and we are talking about this to purchase a $400 PS3. Add this to your existing pool of cards and it brings your totals to $2100 balance w/ $11000 limit.

Now let's pay off that PS3 a year from now and subtract Sony Style card from our pool of credit cards and see what we have.... $1700 balance w/ $9000 limit. NOTHING HAS CHANGED! Do you see why it doesn't matter now? You're applying the advice in that URL you sent incorrectly. The advice in that article isn't about the act of closing a credit card causing you credit problems, it's about the false perception that reducing the number of cards you use will help you. Getting rid of a card you never use is good advice. Getting rid of cards you do use is bad advice which is the point of the article.

Now let's go one step further. An open account that you never use is an excellent candidate for fraudulent charges that you will never catch because you are sitting on the card thinking you're elevating your credit score and what happens.. you just TANKED your credit score by racking up tons of fraudulent charges you weren't even aware of raising your revolving debt to credit ratio even further.

Scott

Your arguments are based on people with already piss poor credit, and being lazy.

*rubs eyes* :eek:

Dumb comments get dumb looks.

Scott, you're falling victim to the idiots on TV who tell you to do things that aren't helpful to your score. Closing the account means that for seven years, you'll have an account with a low age, reducing the average age of your accounts, which also affects your score. (The total length of time you've been reported on is more important, but average age is also used)

Additionally, it never hurts to have the extra credit available unless either a) you have an income that doesn't support it and you want to get an increase from a different issuer, in which case you're better off asking for a credit line decrease from Chase/Sony than closing the account or b) you're trying to buy a house and your lender is one of those idiots who wants to see you have only 2 or 3 revolving accounts with relatively low credit lines.

And fraud, that's why I keep them sending me paper. If someone charges something to an account I don't use (which hasn't happened yet, maybe because the card is in my sock drawer, not my wallet where it's prone to being lost, and not used anywhere where somebody could get ahold of the number) I'll get an unexpected paper invoice, look at it, and say "oh, I didn't make those charges."

Fraudulent charges do not reduce your score. You call, they're gone. You're back to a zero balance.

If, and only if, the card issuer happened to report the balance based on the fraudulent charges would your score be affected in any way, and even then only until the charges were removed and the correct balance reported.

And one card at 100% utilization won't tank your score anyway. Not paying on it will, but you do check your statements every month (when you get them), right?

*rubs eyes* :eek:

Dumb comments get dumb looks.

Your deductive reasoning and argumentative skills are impressive.

Scott, you're falling victim to the idiots on TV who tell you to do things that aren't helpful to your score. Closing the account means that for seven years, you'll have an account with a low age, reducing the average age of your accounts, which also affects your score. (The total length of time you've been reported on is more important, but average age is also used)

Additionally, it never hurts to have the extra credit available unless either a) you have an income that doesn't support it and you want to get an increase from a different issuer, in which case you're better off asking for a credit line decrease from Chase/Sony than closing the account or b) you're trying to buy a house and your lender is one of those idiots who wants to see you have only 2 or 3 revolving accounts with relatively low credit lines.

And fraud, that's why I keep them sending me paper. If someone charges something to an account I don't use (which hasn't happened yet, maybe because the card is in my sock drawer, not my wallet where it's prone to being lost, and not used anywhere where somebody could get ahold of the number) I'll get an unexpected paper invoice, look at it, and say "oh, I didn't make those charges."

Fraudulent charges do not reduce your score. You call, they're gone. You're back to a zero balance.

If, and only if, the card issuer happened to report the balance based on the fraudulent charges would your score be affected in any way, and even then only until the charges were removed and the correct balance reported.

And one card at 100% utilization won't tank your score anyway. Not paying on it will, but you do check your statements every month (when you get them), right?

You need to follow the thread better.

Your deductive reasoning and argumentative skills are impressive.

Thank you :)

You need to follow the thread better.
I guess I was supposed to go with the "WTF are you talking about? :eek:" response?

I took advantage of this same deal back in January 2007... for people with no credit issues or spending problems, it's a free $150. As soon as I used it for it's purpose, I cut up the card (leaving the account open of course) and haven't looked back.

+1. Awesome deal.

The real problem is taht the rewards site charges horrific prices. You should get a bonus for Sony loyalty, instead they "charge" you full MSRP or more. For instance, the "greatest hits" PS3 games are still on there for 60000 points!

It's kind of a rip compared to other rewards programs out there, IMO.

You don't have to buy products from Sony Style to get the credit. I've claimed multiple things bought from Best Buy, using % off coupons etc. and then redeemed my points with the mail-in form and a copy of the receipt. True it takes a month or more (they ensure you don't return it) and true it doesn't cover taxes. But long story short I've gotten quite a few "less than MSRP" sony products for free... example, free PSP and free PS3 Yay!

They still offering this deal? I couldn't find it on the site, only a note on 24 months interest free.

Couple friends in the market for PS3's and this could help them out.

It's back to a $100 credit...

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=8198552921644595898

I jumped on the deal when it was $150 credit back, overall I'm glad I did. Now that it is $100 it's not that appealing to me. I really don't like to open a new credit card up, because it hits my credit score. But I'll do it for $150 credit on a $399 PS3. Now that it is back to $100 off, I probably wouldn't open a new credit card for that.

Just thought I'd pop in and let you new sony card owners (or past ones who are not getting the full sony card experience) some tips, however I think the best info can be found over at the cag forum, (cheap ass gamers).

If you take some time and read through the sony card thread you'll be glad you did.

Go ahead and log into the cag site and just do an advanced search for posts with my user name: rushisrighton and you can read through and I give some detailed explanations on the sony card as well as direct links to where to go.

The sony card is probably the best credit card out there, except for the interest, which you can call at any time and get a better % rate, mine is a fixed 11% not too bad but not the best but at least I've gotten a free ps3, psp, rumble controller, psp game, bluray remote and scored some sweet deals when they have had specials.

To the outsider looking in, the sony rewards card and website look like not such a great deal, but if you take a small amount of time and read through this thread and check out my posts, you'll be well on your way to easily getting some sweet sony stuff:)

So we can save 100.00 on the new 5000ES? :eek: :D

Just thought I'd pop in and let you new sony card owners (or past ones who are not getting the full sony card experience) some tips, however I think the best info can be found over at the cag forum, (cheap ass gamers).

If you take some time and read through the sony card thread you'll be glad you did.

Go ahead and log into the cag site and just do an advanced search for posts with my user name: rushisrighton and you can read through and I give some detailed explanations on the sony card as well as direct links to where to go.

The sony card is probably the best credit card out there, except for the interest, which you can call at any time and get a better % rate, mine is a fixed 11% not too bad but not the best but at least I've gotten a free ps3, psp, rumble controller, psp game, bluray remote and scored some sweet deals when they have had specials.

To the outsider looking in, the sony rewards card and website look like not such a great deal, but if you take a small amount of time and read through this thread and check out my posts, you'll be well on your way to easily getting some sweet sony stuff:)

cag site?

www.cheapassgamer.com

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178010

This is the thread on the sony rewards stratagies on the cag site.

I guess the party is over...

I just went to the sonystyle website. No more credit - $0. They still have free shipping and 24 months not interest. But with ZERO credit back, that's a deal breaker.

I'm glad I jumped on it when it was $150 credit.

I also see that it is not "SonyCard" anymore. It is a "Sony Financial Services" card now.

The old SonyCard was affiliated with Chase. The new Sony Financial Services card is now affiliated with GE Money.

I guess with all the restructuring and problems in the credit/financial market right now, they must have gotten rid of the old affiliation with Chase and the $100/$150 credit back offer. I would bet that the credit back offer had nothing to do with Sony. I'll bet that Chase was eating the cost of that, so they could get people to sign up for a Chase credit card. Now that GE Money is doing it, I guess they aren't willing to do that anymore.

Holly crap...

I just noticed that the APR on the new card is 23.99%. The old sonycard was 10.99%.

Screw that. This is no longer a good deal.

They had a 250 point bonus for registering with SonyRewards.

You can do that at www.sonyrewards.com/offers/welcome

Once I did that, my points rolled over from my PS3 purchase on my SonyCard. With the total points I bought a Sony blu-ray remote control. I was short 110 points, so I bought those points for $1.10.

So, bottom line I have an 80 GB PS3 with a blu-ray remote for $251.09.

Now, I'm going to just pay off the card over maybe three months, and cut it up. Can't go wrong with that deal.

WHY would any of you cut up your cards and throw them away right away!!

1. It's better to leave them alone for a while even if not using them before closing them out / credit score reasons.

2. IF and I say IF you plan on entering the numerous daily giveaways and monthly grand prizes not to mention the 50,000 dollar wheel of fortune prizes associated with this card and the fact that you can rack up points for free redemptions without EVER purchasing anything on the card, plus you can buy anything sony (any ps3 game title or any sony branded electronics) at any authorized dealer walmart/target/bestbuy etc. and just send in your redemption form and use your points on it, you do NOT have to get things off of the rewards site.

BAH, this is such a no brainer awesome deal that sony has put together with their credit card if people would just take the time to actually look at what the site offers you'd be hard pressed to find anything any other credit card offers that is anywheres close to offering.

Seriously check out the cag thread this is a gem of a credit card and the sony site is awesome, it takes me about one minute a day to get a FREE 20 points a day gauranteed, and they also offer quite a few other free points incentives, like 25 points a month for updating your wish list, 10 points for there surveys (litereally under 2 seconds to do) 100 free points for every blu ray disc registered, 10 points for the wheel of fortune bonus questions, awesome daily giveaways, 3 people a day win something, and if you own the sony card you can pick anything sony up to 1,000 dollars, if you check your spin ID daily for wheel of fortune on the sony site and yours comes up and you own the sony card - BAM instant 50 grand! Plus they have blowout sales all the time, I just pick up a sweet ipod dock for 50 bucks shipped, EVERY website I checked had it for over 100.00

That's just the tip of it, if this stuff sounds good, check out the cag thread so I don't have to explain it all over again here.

I know people who sit for hours playing stupid microsoft live search games to win a stupid prize, where I can go to my sony website for less than one minute a day and after a short while walk away with something I actually want, sure it's not INSTANT gratification but it's cheaper than playing the lottery with a lot better odds, and I'm gauranteed to win at least something sony by using my bonus points that cost me nothing.

Guys I can't say enough about the sony card, sure the interest rate is crappy, but the website perks are sweet.

If I bought two 52" Sony Bravias from Costco two months ago, before I opened the sonycard and the sonyrewards accounts. Can I submit those for points? That would be some serious points I could rack up.

No. You have to purchase the sony products with the sony card in order to request double points. Maybe you could take them back and re-purchase with the sony card.

Good advice Rushisrighton. I just went and did what you said. Signed up for the clubs, created a wish list, filled out the questionaire, etc. I racked up a quick 250 points just for doing that stuff. To bad I didn't do that before, because then I wouldn't have had to pay to buy the 110 points I needed.

Even if you don't use the card, and just go in and do their silly games a few times a month, you can accumulate points and get some free stuff like cables or extra controllers. And you might win one of the daily or monthly prices.

I also see that if you register blu-ray movies, you get 100 points for each movie instantly. Then after 10 movies registered, you get a coupon for $10 off.

I want to get one of the new PS3 keypads (thumbpad) that is coming out. Maybe I'll try and rack up as many points as I can, and get that for free or at a steep discount from sonyrewards.

I do see that even though they don't have the Sonycard $100 or $150 credit anymore, you can still apply directly for the Sonycard. The new deal is five free blu-ray movies for new applicants. So that is worth between $100-$150 dollars, depending on how you look at it. And the 5 free blu-ray movies are for any movies in the catalog. Not just certain left over movies, it is for any movies you want.

I got the Sony Visa card when the $150 discount on PS3 was offered. This is the reason I applied for the card. I called Sony Style, whose name was on my credit card materials, to get the details on how to obtain my discount. I was told, and the conversation was recorded, to charge my purchase at Amazon.com and to use my Sony Visa card. The $150 would be credited on my statement. All this was done well before the offer expired.

I'm now told that this advice I received from Sony Style was not correct. I am also told that Sony Style is not part of Sony and that Sony has no responsibility for what they do. Why is the Sony Style phone number on the materials given out with new Sony Visa credit card applications? I'm told by the Sony Visa credit card people I cannot receive my $150 credit. I went to supervisors and all told me I am SOL. I will never buy a Sony product again.

I got the Sony Visa card when the $150 discount on PS3 was offered. This is the reason I applied for the card. I called Sony Style, whose name was on my credit card materials, to get the details on how to obtain my discount. I was told, and the conversation was recorded, to charge my purchase at Amazon.com and to use my Sony Visa card. The $150 would be credited on my statement. All this was done well before the offer expired.

I'm now told that this advice I received from Sony Style was not correct. I am also told that Sony Style is not part of Sony and that Sony has no responsibility for what they do. Why is the Sony Style phone number on the materials given out with new Sony Visa credit card applications? I'm told by the Sony Visa credit card people I cannot receive my $150 credit. I went to supervisors and all told me I am SOL. I will never buy a Sony product again.

That sucks, man. Also strange to hear after so many reports of people doing this and getting the discount.

very strange indeed...

I did the deal on Amazon with the credit card. You have to register with the sony rewards site and then print out a rebate form. Then you send in the rebate form and get the credit in like 8 weeks. Mine is still being processed. If I would have known that in the beginning I probably would have just paid the extra shipping and gone with SonyStyle from the beginning.

I got the Sony Visa card when the $150 discount on PS3 was offered. This is the reason I applied for the card. I called Sony Style, whose name was on my credit card materials, to get the details on how to obtain my discount. I was told, and the conversation was recorded, to charge my purchase at Amazon.com and to use my Sony Visa card. The $150 would be credited on my statement. All this was done well before the offer expired.

I'm now told that this advice I received from Sony Style was not correct. I am also told that Sony Style is not part of Sony and that Sony has no responsibility for what they do. Why is the Sony Style phone number on the materials given out with new Sony Visa credit card applications? I'm told by the Sony Visa credit card people I cannot receive my $150 credit. I went to supervisors and all told me I am SOL. I will never buy a Sony product again.

Not to question your situation or make light of your problem but I too took advantage of the $150 offer and I thought the "process" was plainly spelled out as to what, where and how the promo worked. I will say that I would have assumed that amazon would be an authorized reseller, so why Sony would reject your inquire is a bit puzzling.

This link (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/11/24/get-your-own-playstation-credit-card/) from the PS blog had the information on the offer.

Sorry to hear of the issue, if I was you I'd continue to pressure as many Sony reps. as possible - don't take no for an answer, good luck.

I applied for and was approved for a Sonystyle Visa. After a purchase of $399.00 + tax for a Sony Bluray player I was to get a credit of $150.00. I have paid the balance down to $150.00 but Chase will not issue me the credit. I followed through with all requirements of the promotion and now I'm getting screwed. I have talked to Chase Visa 4 times about this over the last two months and three times I was assured I would get the ctedit in a few weeks.
Tonight I checked my balance and it showed I owed $150.00 with a payment due Feb. 16th. I called Chase only to be told that I was not eligible for the credit but that they issued me 5,000 Sony Style points because i was upset.
Has anyone else run into this problem and how was it resolved?
I need help please!

^^^Sorry to hear of your troubles...I'm still in the "waiting" period so I hope all is well with my rebate. Here's the info I received pertaining to the rebate. Did you follow all of these steps? I did speak with a rep at Sony Rewards a few weeks back, they'd received my electronic submittal and he then asked if I mailed in the form with my receipt. I replied yes and he said that it would be processed and credited in 8 weeks or so...that was about 4 weeks ago now.


Welcome Valued PlayStation® Card member:

You now qualify to receive $150 rebate when you purchase your PLAYSTATION® 3 system (PS3?) at an authorized Sony retailer with your new PlayStation Card.

To claim your $150 card credit:

1. Register your new PlayStation Card - at sonyrewards.com
2. Complete the Rebate Form, under Your Account

-- Rebate Name must include 'PS-PS3 $150 Rebate'

3. Submit Rebate Form online

4. Print out and mail the completed Rebate Form with copy of your PS3 sales receipt to the address as indicated within 60 days from date of purchase

Your PlayStation Card account will be credited $150 within 8-12 weeks of receiving the Rebate Form and copy of the sales receipt.

I'm in the "waiting" period, too. I completed my form and mailed it in. I talked to someone from Sonyrewards last week and they told me everything was received but it just takes some time to process. Hopefully everything goes smoothly.

I'm sorry to hear about these problems. I got the SonyCard a couple months ago, and received $100 credit on my PS3 purchase with no problem. I didn't even have to submit a rebate form; I just asked about the rebate when I activated the card, and the credit appeared on my very first statement.

(The only difficulty I've encountered is that when I registered my PS3's model and serial number at the website, I didn't get 500 reward points as advertised.)

Did anyone try to get the $150 discount on a PS3 when you sign up for the Sony Visa card. I was told by the Sonystyle store that I could come in and apply in their store and if you have good credit you will be instantly approved. Not so much. I drove into the Seattle store and filled out the application online and was notified "We are currently reviewing your application. You will be notified in writing about the status of your application within 30 days. 30 days!! My credit score is over 800 and was expecting to be bringing one home that day for a Christmas present for my kids. I think Sony started back peddling on their offer. Earlier they stopped taking applications over the phone. The offer ended Dec. 31st and I got my card Jan. 2nd.

Interesting. when I did the $100 deal, they sent me a temporary card number to use for one purchase on SonyStyle until I got my card. I got it the same day.

Yes, I received something like that also, but it was like Dec. 28th when I got it and I had already purchased our PS3 from "Gamestop". The "instant approval" thing is what upset me the most. I have the triple advantage credit monitoring and there wasn't a hit or inquiry on any of the three for about a week. Once I pushed the button on the credit application the only thing that was instant was the Sony's/Chase's message that it wasn't going to happen. I called both companies and ran it up as high as I could get and they could only tell me I had to wait.

I applied online back in September, I think. I was not automatically approved but I assumed that was because I had a Fraud Alert on my credit report. I got the card a few weeks later and purchased a PS3 from the online Sony Style store. One interesting thing is that when I applied for the card the credit was $150. But when I got the card and bought the PS3 the advertised deal was down to a $100 credit. So I wasn't sure which credit amount to expect. But my PS3 arrived no problems and I got the $150 credit on my first statement. Everything turned out fine for me.

There is also some way fill out some form and send it in to get the rewards points for the purchase of a Sony item credited as a cash rebate to your account. So I did that and got another approximately twenty dollars off.

FYI - closing a credit account is a big mistake. The formulas used by the three credit bureaus calculate your score based not only on your percentage of credit used on individual cards, but also on all of your cards collectively.

DOH! Why didn't you tell me before I closed my Capital One card two weeks ago? Ah well...

I finally got through to someone at Sony Rewards who admitted that I had done everything 100% according to their instructions and was deserving of the $150 credit I was promised when I bought the PS3. It was supposed to be on my first statement. I bought the PS3 in early December.
The woman I spoke to said there were many, many people in the same boat I am in. She promised to move this up to the highest levels of Sony. I was told I'd hear back from them in 3 or 4 days. When I didn't hear anything two weeks later I called back. They said my $150 refund was still being processed. This person said she gets many dozens of calls just like mine per day.
I'll let you know if and when I get my promised $150. Until then, I won't purchase any Sony product nor use its credit card.

Just wanted to let you all know that I applied for the card and was instantly approved end of december. i recieved an email with a temporary number to use and i purchased a ps3 via sonystyle.com. I had to mail in a paper rebate form and reciept. I've also contacted sonyrewards and have been told that my stuff is recieved and in good order and I am just waiting for this credit....

its been weeks...

Looks like many are having problems with this promotion.

I finally received my $150 credit today for a rebate that was sent in on Dec 15th. So, anyone that is still waiting, the credit should be showing up soon if it has not already.

Anyone else purchase end of Dec and recieved their credit yet? I'm still waiting.

Yes, I received an e-mail confirmation on 02-21-09 for the $150.00 credit.
It stated that it should show on the account in 5 business days

when did you make the original purchase and submit the rebate?

It appeared on my first billing statement the month after purchase, September purchase/October billing statement.

For those still waiting for their rebate....I received an email from Sony Rewards this AM:


Thank you for your recent qualifying Sony purchase! Your request for a rebate has been approved for processing.

Please allow approximately 5 business days for a credit to be applied to your Sony Card account.

I mailed the form to Sony on 12/29/08 - so it looks as if it took roughly 10 weeks for the process to be completed, at least that's how long it took for mine to be complete.