Best Buy has a new sale this week....

Too bad they don't have any 8GB units.

idencustom said:

Why do people keep saying that?

Here is the DIRECT link to their 8GB units:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olstemp...uterSP&sp=-displaydate+skuid&usc=abcat0500000

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However, they don't have any MBA's with 8gb. Those are just MBP's.

idencustom said:

Why do people keep saying that?

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Sorry. I should have said "Too bad they don't have any 8GB MacBook Air units."

I don't see where it says they are giving $150 dollars back in gift cards.

idencustom said:

For all that's interested... all Apple computers are $50.00 less than the Apple MSRP.... PLUS you still get $150.00 Best Buy gift card for students.


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Laptop-Computers/MacBooks/pcmcat247400050001.c?id=pcmcat247400050001

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ppone said:

I don't see where it says they are giving $150 dollars back in gift cards.

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It's inside deal, they don't advertise it anywhere.

idencustom said:

For all that's interested... all Apple computers are $50.00 less than the Apple MSRP.... PLUS you still get $150.00 Best Buy gift card for students.


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Laptop-Computers/MacBooks/pcmcat247400050001.c?id=pcmcat247400050001

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Most folks aren't students though.....so that deal doesn't go far for a lot of us.

Moshe1010 said:

It's inside deal, they don't advertise it anywhere.

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So how do you get it?

I actually went to my local BestBuy today, and all they could offer me was the $100 off for the student discount. I also asked about the $150 gift card, but they said that they couldn't offer that either.

ugahairydawgs said:

Most folks aren't students though.....so that deal doesn't go far for a lot of us.

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You ask for that. Different BB branches have different rules, so you may want to try go to another one if you can't get the deal in your local BB.

I git an email offer of 10 percent off from bb. Thats $120. But my state sales tax is 6.5 percent. I got mine from amazon with no tax. So the savings came to about $45.

I went to two BB in the Tampa Bay Area this weekend, and neither would do any more than $100 off for the educational price. They aren't matching the iTunes offer. It was still worth it to me to get the financing and I had a deal for 3X reward points.

DDGator said:

I went to two BB in the Tampa Bay Area this weekend, and neither would do any more than $100 off for the educational price. They aren't matching the iTunes offer. It was still worth it to me to get the financing and I had a deal for 3X reward points.

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Was this just $100 off offer, or was it $100 off after the $50 discount?

I was offered only a $100 discount off the regular price. To get it, you have to register with Best Buy with a .edu e-mail address and bring in the single-use coupon that is emailed to you.

Are you talking about the gift card or the 100 dollar discount?

DDGator said:

I was offered only a $100 discount off the regular price. To get it, you have to register with Best Buy with a .edu e-mail address and bring in the single-use coupon that is emailed to you.

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idencustom said:

For all that's interested... all Apple computers are $50.00 less than the Apple MSRP.... PLUS you still get $150.00 Best Buy gift card for students.


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Laptop-Computers/MacBooks/pcmcat247400050001.c?id=pcmcat247400050001

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Apple is 50$ off MacBook air an 100$ iTunes gift card, for edu plan. So best buy is 150$ off an 100$ iTunes card or no?

Moshe1010 said:

You ask for that. Different BB branches have different rules, so you may want to try go to another one if you can't get the deal in your local BB.

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Like I said...I'm not a student. No amount of driving around from Best Buy to Best Buy is going to change that.

worth getting the 13" 4GB 256flash for $1424

vs the 8GB at apple for $1599?

I will run safari, final cut, imovie and photoshop not all at once though

I asked at two BB stores. All I could get was $100 off (discount) the retail MBA price. No gift card, nothing else. And yes, it is less than what you currently get at Apple EXCEPT you get a cash discount, not an iTunes card.

However, with this new sale, I bet I can get them to price match on the lower price.

MacMall plus Apple Insider 3% discount is a great way to go! I paid 1645 for a MBA 13in, i7, 8gb RAM model. That included no tax. They told me it would take two weeks to ship, but I got an email saying it was shipping the next day.

Nychot said:

I git an email offer of 10 percent off from bb. Thats $120. But my state sales tax is 6.5 percent. I got mine from amazon with no tax. So the savings came to about $45.

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But...but....ROADS!!!
and children!
someone please think of the children!!!!
(but mostly old people who don't need any help)

Just to clarify -- I went back this week and also got the BB "sale price" differential credited back.

So, the price for a 13/256/4 MBA was:

$1,499 MSRP
-$75 (Sale price for everyone)
-$100 (Educational discount with coupon)
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$1,324 before tax

However, I also used a 3X rewards points coupon I had recieved by mail as a "Silver" rewards zone member. At $5 per $250 (with the triple points), I will get about $80 back in Rewards Certificates.

So, if you count that, the next price to me is about $1,244 without tax. Plus, I financed the balance with zero interest for 18 months.

Not bad.

Discover Card

Don't forget. Discover Card has a 5.0% cashback for purchases at Apple on their shopdiscover site. It's a good deal if you have a discover card. In addition, they have the double warranty feature as other cards like Amex and Visa Signatures..

When I went to best buy, they gave me $100 off and a $150 gift card (all before tax). It was $1300 plus tax, essentially.