I seem to remember a lot of similar complaints when the n900 first became available from Nokia. Lots of complaints that card didn't go through because of bank suspicions, but when that got cleared up, Nokia canceled orders because card company declined.

Maybe you missed them among all the complaints about Nokia's definition of "shipped" and all the "lost" orders that got cancelled once they were "found". Or the Amazon debacle where "date of purchase" was defined by Nokia to be when Amazon shipped, but Amazon was given a first date allowed to ship after rebate expiration date, but Amazon prominently advertised the rebate.

I didn't bother to apply for rebate, but it was fun reading all the sad stories from people that had been absolutely certain that rebates are great.