how to get edu price, but not a student/

[Voltes V]

as the title goes, is there a way to get the imac 20" in an educ. discount, but am not a student or faculty. can i get a friend (attending univ) to get it for me?

[WildCowboy]

Don't try to beat the system. If you're not eligible for the discount, you shouldn't get to use it.

[gauchogolfer]

They could purchase it for you, but then everything will be in their name for warranty claims, etc. I suppose that they could then 'sell' it to you and transfer the warranty...

It ultimately comes down to your conscience, I guess.

[Macnoviz]

as the title goes, is there a way to get the imac 20" in an educ. discount, but am not a student or faculty. can i get a friend (attending univ) to get it for me?

I don't think we can discuss these kind of things on the forums

[peas]

negative ghostrider. the pattern is full. all birds return to nest

[meepm00pmeep]

trying to beat the system is not good for the valid students & faculty members if Apple ever was to discontinue it's discounts for education purposes because of fraudulant persons cheating the system ;)

[balamw]

is there a way to get the imac 20" in an educ. discount, but am not a student or faculty.
Besides the obvious? Become a student or faculty member. No.

IIRC EDU purchased computers are not supposed to be sold for 12 mo after purchase so don't think about transferring it to your name after s/o else bought it.

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[slackersonly]

a better/legal way would be to get a refurb iMac (new iMacs not available as refurbs just yet).

[shecky]

or, if its a stock machine, go to amazon.com and between rebates + no tax its about the same as the edu discount.

[mrgreen4242]

Well, here's how I figure it. Students are allowed to buy one discounted system per year, and they are allowed to sell it if they want. A student could buy it for you, and then sell it to you, and there really wouldn't be anything explicitly against the rules going on... is it a bit shady? Ya, but the reason Apple limits EDU purchases to one per year is so that someone couldn't just keep buying and reselling the computers at a profit, so in a way they've made it OK to do this, but just once a year...

The student would be giving up their once a year purchase as a favor/gift to you.

[mrgreen4242]

or, if its a stock machine, go to amazon.com and between rebates + no tax its about the same as the edu discount.

Probably better, actually... I think the Amazon rebate is $150, the EDU price is $100 off, plus you have to pay tax.

I prefer to buy from Apple direct though, even tif I can get a better deal elsewhere - I don't trust other places with such large purchases, especially Amazon.

[bearbo]

as the title goes, is there a way to get the imac 20" in an educ. discount, but am not a student or faculty. can i get a friend (attending univ) to get it for me?
you can't. end of story.