Mail-in rebates are all well and good, but companies often have a fair amount invested in the fact that many of their customers will never make the effort to redeem them. After all, in the excitement of purchasing a new gadget, it's pretty easy to skip that last important step. In conjunction with yesterday's Palm Pre launch news, Best Buy Mobile announced yesterday that it would be offering an in-store rebated on the long-awaited handset.

Best Buy Mobile has 1,067 locations through the US located both within Best Buy stores and standalone storefront sin some locations. The Palm Pre, available on June 6th, will be priced at $199 with Sprint contract.