.Mac for $20 off?

MacRumors · Aug 13, 2007, 12:12 PM

cowm007 let us know that he found that Amazon is offering the "old" version of .Mac for almost $20 off, while the "new" version of .Mac is about $5 off.

Since the .Mac box simply contains a pre-paid activation code for one year of .Mac service, it seems likely that the "old" version of the .Mac retail box should be the same as the new one, and cheaper.

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Twinkie · Aug 13, 2007, 12:18 PM

Amazon usually charges $79 for .Mac -- so if nothing else, this shows that they've (at least, temporarily) raised the price.

danny_w · Aug 13, 2007, 12:28 PM

The best place for family packs is eBay. I just bought a 4.0 family pack from megawatts for $90 (plus $10 shipping). Compare this $100 to Apple's $179 plus tax.

grovey · Aug 13, 2007, 05:09 PM

Hi:

For the amazon keys, or the eBay keys, are they giving full access to .Mac 5.0, as in the one with 10 GB of online storage, etc., or is Apple only giving you an older .Mac with 1 GB, etc.

Can someone who has bought the older 4.0 keys please confirm this?

Thanks very much

kingtj · Aug 13, 2007, 05:19 PM

Apple offered the additional storage space to existing .Mac users as a free upgrade, across the board. At worst, you might sign on with an old 4.0 package and initally only get the 1GB of space, but Apple would then send you an email notice that you were being upgraded for free - and it would be changed to the 10GB.....

Quote:

Originally Posted by grovey

Hi:

For the amazon keys, or the eBay keys, are they giving full access to .Mac 5.0, as in the one with 10 GB of online storage, etc., or is Apple only giving you an older .Mac with 1 GB, etc.

Can someone who has bought the older 4.0 keys please confirm this?

Thanks very much

danny_w · Aug 13, 2007, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grovey

Hi:

For the amazon keys, or the eBay keys, are they giving full access to .Mac 5.0, as in the one with 10 GB of online storage, etc., or is Apple only giving you an older .Mac with 1 GB, etc.

Can someone who has bought the older 4.0 keys please confirm this?

Thanks very much

I had a .mac trial account with 50MB storage and bought a .mac 4.0 package family pack from eBay. When I activated it immediately showed the master account with 10GB and the sub accounts with 2.5GB. And it was only $100 and arrived in 2 days! I would highly recommend megawatts.

kbmb · Aug 13, 2007, 08:46 PM

From those links provided, the 4.0 version is sold by Amazon and is $79.99. The 5.0 version is sold by J&R Music World and you have to click the price to see it. When I click the price...it is also $79.99.

Not sure if it's region specific.

-Kevin

twocargar · Aug 14, 2007, 11:17 AM

Walk into any Apple retail store and you can prolly get .Mac for $69.95. The employees there are usually worried about making their .Mac sales numbers, so they'll gladly sell you one for the $30 off. That's how I buy mine every year!

VoodooDaddy · Aug 14, 2007, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by twocargar

Walk into any Apple retail store and you can prolly get .Mac for $69.95. The employees there are usually worried about making their .Mac sales numbers, so they'll gladly sell you one for the $30 off. That's how I buy mine every year!

Is this true? I wondered why they push .mac SOOOOOO hard when you buy a new mac. I remember last year when we bought a macbook this girl must have asked 3 or 4 times "are you sure you dont want .mac?? Its really cool." I think I may have even made a thread about it here, how pushy they were with the add-on stuff.

edit - here was my thread from last year

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=211376

And to add my own personal experience to the thread. Just bought a family pack off Ebay yesterday for $110 (where was the $100 one when I needed it). It was 4.0 but as soon as I registered it showed 10gb available with sub-accounts at 2.5gb. I dont think there is any distiction between 4.0 and 5.0

twocargar · Aug 14, 2007, 01:09 PM

In my experiences, it is true. There are no distinctions between the revision numbers except for the packaging. If you have a reg.code from long ago it will work as long as it hasn't been used before.

Quote:

Originally Posted by VoodooDaddy

Is this true?

I dont think there is any distiction between 4.0 and 5.0

ejrizo · Aug 14, 2007, 01:14 PM

i have two boxes of .mac and i have had them for about 9 months...

im using one to renew in october... and hoping to keep the other one until the following october...

that should work right?

jellomizer · Aug 14, 2007, 01:53 PM

If One Buys .Mac off Amizon.com and the next year you buy it from them again so you don't pay the full $99 can you keep your account with every new version of .Mac?

FriarTuck · Aug 14, 2007, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jellomizer

If One Buys .Mac off Amizon.com and the next year you buy it from them again so you don't pay the full $99 can you keep your account with every new version of .Mac?

Yes. Never pay full price for a .mac account.

You are buying an activation code that works for new service or a renewal. It's not like buying iLife where '06 and '08 have different capabilities. If you are a member of .mac you have the .mac services as they exist at the time you are a member, regardless of when you signed up or when your renewal date comes around. All that matters is that you are a member right now if you want to use the services that are available right now.

Ish · Aug 14, 2007, 07:08 PM

I bought mine from Apple when they had a Black Friday sale last year. Can't remember how much it was now.

danny_w · Aug 14, 2007, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FriarTuck

Yes. Never pay full price for a .mac account.

You are buying an activation code that works for new service or a renewal. It's not like buying iLife where '06 and '08 have different capabilities. If you are a member of .mac you have the .mac services as they exist at the time you are a member, regardless of when you signed up or when your renewal date comes around. All that matters is that you are a member right now if you want to use the services that are available right now.

Of course if you are not a member right now you can get a free trial membership online and then transfer it with the activation key.

spacefm · Aug 15, 2007, 08:53 PM

to FriarTuk and anyone who knows how,

i have checked everywhere on the pages of my .mac account, and i don't see any place to enter the code from a .mac boxed version bought separately and after a .mac account has been purchased and started.

how do you add codes from boxed versions to existing accounts?

VoodooDaddy · Aug 15, 2007, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spacefm

to FriarTuk and anyone who knows how,

i have checked everywhere on the pages of my .mac account, and i don't see any place to enter the code from a .mac boxed version bought separately and after a .mac account has been purchased and started.

how do you add codes from boxed versions to existing accounts?

When your account is about to expire you should get a warning at the upper left. Click the renew link and on the next page at the bottom it says "I have an activation code." Click that, next page enter the code. Thats it.

Fairly · Aug 18, 2007, 03:38 PM

Couldn't get me to use it if they gave it away. I did have it when they gave it away. It was worthless then and it's not even that good now.

hikeNM · Aug 18, 2007, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fairly

Couldn't get me to use it if they gave it away. I did have it when they gave it away. It was worthless then and it's not even that good now.

lol

j_appel · Aug 22, 2007, 10:58 PM

Just thought I would mention that I bought .Mac from Amazon for $79 and entered the code and it worked just as expected. Didn't have any problems and it says my account will renew in how ever many days it is.

Kugo · Aug 25, 2007, 02:02 PM

I don't care what .Mac costs. I'd get it if it cost ten times as much! You have to do your part you know! I mean if you really believe in Apple. Otherwise you can run a PC.

AJsAWiz · Aug 28, 2007, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kugo

I don't care what .Mac costs. I'd get it if it cost ten times as much! You have to do your part you know! I mean if you really believe in Apple. Otherwise you can run a PC.

I agree. IMHO .Mac is worth every penny I've paid

billselak · Aug 28, 2007, 06:23 PM

Thanks gang. I just ebayed the family version of .mac for $102. I was disappointed with the free trial (2 years ago), but am excited to start using the gallery! This thread was paramount in my decision making.

Aug 13, 2007, 12:12 PM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	.Mac for $20 off? cowm007 let us know that he found that Amazon is offering the "old" version of .Mac for almost $20 off, while the "new" version of .Mac is about $5 off. Since the .Mac box simply contains a pre-paid activation code for one year of .Mac service, it seems likely that the "old" version of the .Mac retail box should be the same as the new one, and cheaper. Article Link

Aug 13, 2007, 12:28 PM	#3
danny_w macrumors 68040 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Austin, TX	The best place for family packs is eBay. I just bought a 4.0 family pack from megawatts for $90 (plus $10 shipping). Compare this $100 to Apple's $179 plus tax. __________________ iMac Alu 24"/2.4Ghz/4GB RAM/320GB HDD iMac C2D 17"/2.0Ghz/2GB RAM/160GB HDD (wife) iMac G5/iPod 5G

Aug 13, 2007, 05:09 PM	#4
grovey macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2007	eBay .Mac 4.0 activation keys Hi: For the amazon keys, or the eBay keys, are they giving full access to .Mac 5.0, as in the one with 10 GB of online storage, etc., or is Apple only giving you an older .Mac with 1 GB, etc. Can someone who has bought the older 4.0 keys please confirm this? Thanks very much

Aug 13, 2007, 08:46 PM	#7
kbmb macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NH	From those links provided, the 4.0 version is sold by Amazon and is $79.99. The 5.0 version is sold by J&R Music World and you have to click the price to see it. When I click the price...it is also $79.99. Not sure if it's region specific. -Kevin __________________ Mac Pro 2.66 GHz, 23" ACD - MacBook 2.4 GHz

Aug 14, 2007, 11:17 AM	#8
twocargar macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2006	Re: .Mac for $20 off? Walk into any Apple retail store and you can prolly get .Mac for $69.95. The employees there are usually worried about making their .Mac sales numbers, so they'll gladly sell you one for the $30 off. That's how I buy mine every year! __________________ G5 Dual 2GHz, G4 Cube, PB G4 1.25, PB G3 Pismo, Snow iMac G3, PM6400, PM 5500 w/G3 Card, SE/30, SE, iPhone, various Newtons, QuickTake 200

Aug 13, 2007, 12:18 PM	#2
Twinkie macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Milford, MI	Amazon usually charges $79 for .Mac -- so if nothing else, this shows that they've (at least, temporarily) raised the price.

Aug 14, 2007, 01:14 PM	#11
ejrizo macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: South El Monte, CA (Los Angeles)	i have two boxes of .mac and i have had them for about 9 months... im using one to renew in october... and hoping to keep the other one until the following october... that should work right?

Aug 14, 2007, 01:53 PM	#12
jellomizer macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Upstate NY	.MAC Question. If One Buys .Mac off Amizon.com and the next year you buy it from them again so you don't pay the full $99 can you keep your account with every new version of .Mac? __________________ 17" Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro 3GB of RAM, 100GB 7200 RPM, Glossy

Aug 14, 2007, 07:08 PM	#14
Ish macrumors 6502a Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: UK	I bought mine from Apple when they had a Black Friday sale last year. Can't remember how much it was now.

Aug 15, 2007, 08:53 PM	#16
spacefm macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2007	How does one enter a new code to an existing account...? to FriarTuk and anyone who knows how, i have checked everywhere on the pages of my .mac account, and i don't see any place to enter the code from a .mac boxed version bought separately and after a .mac account has been purchased and started. how do you add codes from boxed versions to existing accounts?

Aug 18, 2007, 03:38 PM	#18
Fairly macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cambridge UK	Couldn't get me to use it if they gave it away. I did have it when they gave it away. It was worthless then and it's not even that good now.

Aug 22, 2007, 10:58 PM	#20
j_appel macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Southern Illinois	Just thought I would mention that I bought .Mac from Amazon for $79 and entered the code and it worked just as expected. Didn't have any problems and it says my account will renew in how ever many days it is. __________________ 20" Aluminum iMac, 2.4GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB HD; 32GB iPod Touch

Aug 25, 2007, 02:02 PM	#21
Kugo macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2007	I don't care what .Mac costs. I'd get it if it cost ten times as much! You have to do your part you know! I mean if you really believe in Apple. Otherwise you can run a PC.

Aug 28, 2007, 06:23 PM	#23
billselak macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2007	Thanks! Thanks gang. I just ebayed the family version of .mac for $102. I was disappointed with the free trial (2 years ago), but am excited to start using the gallery! This thread was paramount in my decision making.

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