Apple's Black Friday Sales Begin Around the World

[MacRumors]

Apple's Black Friday sales have begun around the world in their New Zealand store and Australia stores. The sales show modest discounts similar to previous years.

The only Macs that are on sale include the iMac and the MacBook. When translated to U.S. dollars, the discounts appear to be about $100 for mid-to-high end MacBooks and iMacs and about $50 for the entry level models. These discounts are consistent with last year's Black Friday sale and also consistent with whispers we've heard. If it holds true for U.S. pricing, it also dashes unfounded analyst predictions that Apple would offer 15% discounts.

Apple is also providing discounts on the iPod nano, iPod classic and iPod touch as well as discounts on a number of accessories.

We previously detailed sales at online retailers on Macs, and will post an update with more Black Friday deals tonight.

Article Link: Apple's Black Friday Sales Begin Around the World

[arn]

seriously, these analysts bug me.

"Apple's stocking up on Macs, so we think they are going to discount more than usual... um, let's say 15%". An out of nowhere guess, which is (apparently) wrong.

arn

[bryan1884]

anybody know if they will let you combine this sale with the education discount as well?

[dannyboxer]

Originally Posted by bryan1884

anybody know if they will let you combine this sale with the education discount as well?

I hope so, I asked an Apple Genius and she said yes, but other people are telling me that she was misinformed and that in the past they was not able to stack the discounts. So, I don't really know, but I hope so, that would bring the price of a 2.8Ghz iMac down to below £1000

[Foxglove9]

I didn't think they would offer discounts any different than last year or the year before. Apple is pretty content on their current business model and whatever state the economy is in, is not effecting their business.

[Philsy]

What is Black Friday?

[japanime]

Originally Posted by Foxglove9

Apple is pretty content on their current business model and whatever state the economy is in, is not effecting their business.

The state of the economy is affecting everyone's business. Apple is not immune to this crisis.

[ditzy]

Originally Posted by dannyboxer

I hope so, I asked an Apple Genius and she said yes, but other people are telling me that she was misinformed and that in the past they was not able to stack the discounts. So, I don't really know, but I hope so, that would bring the price of a 2.8Ghz iMac down to below £1000

You still wouldn't be under £1000. The discount is going to be less than £70.

[Mac Brown]

[quote=bryan1884;6675349]anybody know if they will let you combine this sale with the education discount as well?[/QUOTE

Nope, at least not through the online store. Already asked one of the salespeople.

[synth3tik]

Originally Posted by bryan1884

anybody know if they will let you combine this sale with the education discount as well?

They never have done anything similar before.

Also I would not be surprised if their new "price matching" does not apply to Black Friday discounts.

Price matching, yeah pretty awesome when Apple has price controls on everything.

[Ryox]

Well I just bought an incase slider case and a screen protector, cost me £8.90 Less than what it usually would. Thats not too bad.

[heisetax]

Originally Posted by bryan1884

anybody know if they will let you combine this sale with the education discount as well?

Generally they do not.

[Auzburner]

Why do the analysts make all these crazy predictions? What rewards do they receive? What they really need is a little more punishment and embarrassment when they make a false prediction so they aren't just throwing numbers out there anymore...

These deals are not good enough to get me to buy this generation of iMac's. I will be waiting for the next generation and hopefully the Nvidia chipsets.

[goulwen]

stupid analysts.. yes it works on the EDU store but calm down U're ****ed: price with discount remains the same exact price as the normal store
how mean is that?

[Mykbibby]

Lame. At least the stores are going to price match!

[svndmvn]

why the negative ratings? do people not like discounts?

[ditzy]

Originally Posted by svndmvn

why the negative ratings? do people not like discounts?

I think people just don't think that they are high enough.
When will they understand apple just don't do cheap

[heisetax]

Originally Posted by svndmvn

why the negative ratings? do people not like discounts?

these discounts are not really very big. Not even as big as the lowered education store discount. MacMall, Amazon, BestBuy & others already do better. That means that this is a non-event for anyone that can use a student-teacher discount or those that choose to use non Apple-direct sources. This can be a very big percentage of the total. Others in the US see that their federal income taxes will go up, thus there will be less money to spend, that is if their job does not get killed to meet the tax, tax,tax, spend, stax & spend of the newly elected socialists group. Anyway these Macs are all made in China & would help their economy more than ours anyway.

[ChrisA]

Originally Posted by svndmvn

why the negative ratings? do people not like discounts?

Ii's Apple's right to not discount, heck they couldrise the price if they want but when they make a stament like "Special one day shopping event" and then take a wopping $50 off all they are doing is making a joke of them selves.

Some people feel they are insulting their customers, do they think we are so dumb that $50 discount would make us buy a $2,000 computer?

My opinion is that this kind of non-discount could cost them more in good will then they will make in extra sales and is just a bad business decision.

[synth3tik]

Originally Posted by Bubba Satori

And the jobs of the people who make, distribute and sell those things ? Will they share in your contentment in their unemployment ?

I would highly doubt that (even in this economy) that companies would find themselves in bankruptcy because a few people decided they did not want to give money to large corporations one day out of the year. Really.

The only thing I really plan on doing tomorrow is to spend some time in my friend's coffee shop, supporting her. I would have no reason to want to go out and spend money. Mainly because I am currently living off my severance from work. Also because I really don't want all this crap stores try pushing off on people.

[DYER]

Im sorry guys but this has got to be the woerst sale ever... I own a MBP and I do understand why apple products cost more (BECAUSE THEY ARE WORTH IT) however this is just a joke...
£5 off ipods isnt exactly huge is it... I don;t know why but I just expect a company to either have a decent sale or no sale at all then again i guess for those of you that are buying it is £5-£60 saved so who am i to talk

[spencerwatts]

I don't know if the Educational Discount is in the same category as the Military/US Gov't discount.

Can the Military/US Gov't discount be stacked on top of these sale prices? That'd be a huge breath of fresh air if so.

[iOrlando]

Originally Posted by arn

seriously, these analysts bug me.

"Apple's stocking up on Macs, so we think they are going to discount more than usual... um, let's say 15%". An out of nowhere guess, which is (apparently) wrong.

arn

yeah but the way they are looking at it is 1) apple's input costs have fallen off a cliff (aluminum) and why else would they being building up so much inventory.

Lets wait to see more countries pricing before drawing a conclusion. I wouldnt put New Zeland up there as being a litmus test for how apple will price its sales in the US haha... I still expect a pretty good sale in U.S. only. black friday means more to US then Europe or New Zeland and apple knows this.

[Stuipdboy1000]

Apple store UK is down. I reckon it's just for updating the product prices and stuff for tomorrows event. Although I'm hoping we see the new In-Ear Headphones (I can dream, can't I?).

[majordude]

Originally Posted by arn

seriously, these analysts bug me... An out of nowhere guess, which is (apparently) wrong.

Everyone has an opinion... stupidly, some companies making waaay too much money pay for them.