I was so busted.

Even though the store clerk said it'd be OK to put in for two rebates, it really wasn't.

I thought I had it all figured out: I would fill out the rebate forms, using my home address and e-mail for one entry, and my work address and e-mail for the other.

Unfortunately, I slipped them in the mail at the same time. In identical envelopes. With identical stamps. And identical return address labels.

Whoever was entering the information into the computer database must have seen them both, and invalidated one of them right on the spot.

So much for beating the system. I guess this means I'm just not cut out to be a criminal.