Does anybody remember how Apple's Black Friday deals last year compared to Edu?

Makosuke · Nov 20, 2009, 04:52 PM

Actually managed to talk my wife into an i7 iMac, so now I'm faced with the gut-reaction decision of ordering one RIGHT NOW or waiting until Black Friday on the off chance that the discounts then will be better than my standard Higher Education staff discount (which isn't bad).

Ignoring the rumors of massive 25% discounts this year, does anybody remember if last year the Holiday Binge discounts were any better than edu? The Edu discounts are currently $100 (5%) off the quad core, and $20 (10%) off the i7 upgrade, for reference.

thegoldenmackid · Nov 20, 2009, 04:54 PM

The Black Friday discounts are normally $101, EDU discounts normally result in $100.

We do have a guide chronicling the history of Apple's Black Friday.

This has also been discussed, a couple of times.

Makosuke · Nov 20, 2009, 05:39 PM

Sorry about the duplicate posting. Reading this site daily for years and it never even occurred to me that one of the guides would include past Black Friday sales.

Live and learn, and it sounds like drooling gun-jumping is the order of the day.

Wonder if the 14-day price protection works on sales.

Badger^2 · Nov 20, 2009, 06:29 PM

http://www.macconnection.com/IPA/Sho...m?sku=10776996

since you are in CA, figure tax, so from the Apple store:

$2199 + $200 tax = $2400 - $120 discount = $2280, or $80 more...

txguy977 · Nov 21, 2009, 05:26 PM

I saw one from Powermax, and they do not charge tax, Is that means this is better than buying the i7 from apple?

http://www.powermax.com/parts/show/c...een_in_section

Nov 20, 2009, 04:52 PM	#1
Makosuke macrumors 68040 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Cool Part of CA, USA	Does anybody remember how Apple's Black Friday deals last year compared to Edu? Actually managed to talk my wife into an i7 iMac, so now I'm faced with the gut-reaction decision of ordering one RIGHT NOW or waiting until Black Friday on the off chance that the discounts then will be better than my standard Higher Education staff discount (which isn't bad). Ignoring the rumors of massive 25% discounts this year, does anybody remember if last year the Holiday Binge discounts were any better than edu? The Edu discounts are currently $100 (5%) off the quad core, and $20 (10%) off the i7 upgrade, for reference.

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thegoldenmackid macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Plano, TX/Winston-Salem, NC	The Black Friday discounts are normally $101, EDU discounts normally result in $100. We do have a guide chronicling the history of Apple's Black Friday. This has also been discussed, a couple of times. __________________ themacfeed.com/forums KRK Powered peace[darfur Help my external hard drive guide.

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Badger^2 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sacramento	$2199 no tax, free shipping http://www.macconnection.com/IPA/Sho...m?sku=10776996 since you are in CA, figure tax, so from the Apple store: $2199 + $200 tax = $2400 - $120 discount = $2280, or $80 more... __________________ 24" 2.4 iMac/4 gigs/640 gig+20" Dell 2001 20" 2.4 iMac/4 gigs/640 gig+24" Dell 2405 20" 2.0 iMac/4 gigs/320 gig+20" Dell 2001 20" 2.13 iMac/3 gigs/320 gig+20" Dell 2007

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Nov 20, 2009, 05:39 PM	#3
Makosuke Thread Starter macrumors 68040 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Cool Part of CA, USA	Sorry about the duplicate posting. Reading this site daily for years and it never even occurred to me that one of the guides would include past Black Friday sales. Live and learn, and it sounds like drooling gun-jumping is the order of the day. Wonder if the 14-day price protection works on sales.

Nov 21, 2009, 05:26 PM	#5
txguy977 macrumors newbie Join Date: May 2008	I saw one from Powermax, and they do not charge tax, Is that means this is better than buying the i7 from apple? http://www.powermax.com/parts/show/c...een_in_section