A third party rebate company responsible for issuing rebate checks filed bankruptcy. The official notice is on the Canon website. People are asked not to cash their rebate checks. I'm posting it here because it affects companies other than Canon. Here is the link to the announcement on the Canon website - followed by a copy/post of the first paragraph of the announcement.

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/co...nt_rebate_info

This is an official message from Canon U.S.A., Inc.

The third-party rebate processing company that was responsible for processing rebate claims and issuing mail-in rebate checks for Canon-brand printer and video products (along with many other products from a number of other companies) filed a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy petition on Friday, November 14. The funds provided to them by Canon U.S.A., Inc. (and other companies) apparently are no longer available to satisfy the rebate checks such company issued on behalf of Canon and other companies. Regrettably, as a result, you should not cash the rebate check you recently received for such products, as it may bounce. We apologize for any inconvenience, delay or confusion this may cause. We are doing everything in our power to promptly rectify the situation.
Liz