ecoAUTO rebate programme

[brioboy]

Am I the only one in Canada complaining to the feds about the lack of action on the rebate programme announced with the budget on March 20? I have written to the PM and every Minister available asking for an application form and after more than 5 months, there is still no action. If every buyer of an eligible vehicle wrote to the PM, maybe we will get some action.

[woohoo!]

The rebate forms are now available for 2007 models on the canadian government's site:

http://www.ecoaction.gc.ca/news-nouvelles/20071001-eng.cfm

[brioboy]

I don't know where Whohoo gets the information but up to Friday 12 October, I was advised by e-mail that applications were not available, then on Monday 15 October, the forms were available on the ecoAUTO website. I had my form in the mail that afternoon. I wonder how long it will take to get my rebate?? Another 6 or 7 months?? And by the way, I paid tax, both provincial and federal, on the amount of the rebate. Thats the friggin government for you!

[brioboy]

I got a letter in the mail acknowledging receipt of my application about a week and a half ago on Friday. It asked me to phone a 1-800 number to confirm there was no change in the information I had submitted 5 weeks earlier. So I phoned, naturally, it was too late, offices closed, only open for business 9 - 4 Ottawa time, I am in Whistler, B.C. On Monday, I phoned again and was advised that I would expect to receive a cheque, after all the "investigation", in about 3 months. With any luck, I should receive my cheque about a year after the government's first announcement of the programme! And they keep sending me pleas for contributions to the Party. With this sort of record, all talk and no action, I am changing my mind.