I'm not sure anyone else noticed, but Clarks pricing is essentially what it is at Home Depot after the pro-rated prices ("hack") on a BOGO promos, but separated already.
There would be zero reason for Milwaukee to fulfill rebates thru them under this pricing structure with them. The reason for the rebates to begin with, is each retailer can be setup with different deals, or at least how the customer obtains. Some are all in one bundle on online retailers (Acme, OPT), others pro-rated like Home Depot, and then some are rebates.
Clarks is quite unique in its pricing.
Yep.
That's why Clark's prices + rebate was such a good deal.
Went back and checked my orders.
Back in August Clark's had been removed from the drop down distributor list on the rebate submission page.
I emailed Milwaukee asking if Clark's (full co. name & address) was still a qualifying distributor in the rebate program, and received this reply "They qualify for the Plumbing, HVAC or Electrical Distributor channel rebates."
I then went ahead and placed a Clark's order and submitted a rebate request for a few tools.
I was prepared to use that email from MilwaukeeCX if they denied the rebates, but they all went through with no problems.
If I wanted to do it again now I'd email Milwaukee CX first and see what they say.
YMMV