Rebates going fast | The Columbus Dispatch

Walter McMasters logged on to Ohio's appliance-rebate Web site at 12:01 a.m. yesterday to reserve a rebate to buy a new dishwasher for his Westerville home. When that didn't work, he tried again at 8:01 a.m. McMasters kept refreshing the Web site page until finally, at 9:30 a.m., he'd gotten his rebate reservation number.

"All I heard was him shouting downstairs to me, 'I got through, I got through,'" his wife, Rita McMasters, said with a laugh as the couple completed their purchase at the Easton area Lowe's. "We came shopping as soon as he got the reservation so we could avoid all the crowds we know are going to be shopping for appliances this weekend..."