Can retail Apple stores do educational discounts?

iBighouse said:

I want to order my riMac tomorrow at my local Apple Store. Can all Apple stores do educational discounts?

I will be ordering riMac i7, 1TB, M295, 16GB, AppleCare...and I may pick up a trackpad though I won't be able to use it for a month while I await delivery...

(I don't want to order online as I want to split my payment between a debit card and cash.)

Also, this will be my first Mac buy...so I want to enjoy the buying processing let the salesman, who has typically helped me with my iOS purchases, see that I'm making good on my promise of getting more deeply into the apple ecosystem!

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rdewey said:

Yes. I have bought many macs at the local retail store using my educational discount. You just have to tell them what school/university you study or teach at and they give you the discount. I have not had to show school identification.

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iBighouse said:

I want to order my riMac tomorrow at my local Apple Store. Can all Apple stores do educational discounts?

I will be ordering riMac i7, 1TB, M295, 16GB, AppleCare...and I may pick up a trackpad though I won't be able to use it for a month while I await delivery...

(I don't want to order online as I want to split my payment between a debit card and cash.)

Also, this will be my first Mac buy...so I want to enjoy the buying processing let the salesman, who has typically helped me with my iOS purchases, see that I'm making good on my promise of getting more deeply into the apple ecosystem!

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iBighouse said:

California. I am adjunct faculty at a local community college. We have no such uni page.

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iBighouse said:

Well, I ordered today from the store. They sold it to me through Apple Business and I got a combined discount for my edu and a business discount. My hardware + AppleCare cost was $400 less than had i paid full retail from the website.

I did find out that they are not able to accept split payment through the business program. Oddly their payment system won't allow a credit/debit card to be combined with cash. Here's what I got!

27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display
• 4.0GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz
• 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x8GB
• 1TB Flash Storage
• AMD Radeon R9 M295X 4GB GDDR5
• Apple Magic Mouse + Magic Trackpad
• Apple Wireless Keyboard (English) & User's Guide
• Accessory Kit

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iBighouse said:

Well, I ordered today from the store. They sold it to me through Apple Business and I got a combined discount for my edu and a business discount. My hardware + AppleCare cost was $400 less than had i paid full retail from the website.

I did find out that they are not able to accept split payment through the business program. Oddly their payment system won't allow a credit/debit card to be combined with cash. Here's what I got!

27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display
• 4.0GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz
• 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x8GB
• 1TB Flash Storage
• AMD Radeon R9 M295X 4GB GDDR5
• Apple Magic Mouse + Magic Trackpad
• Apple Wireless Keyboard (English) & User's Guide
• Accessory Kit

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