Yeah yeah yeah, then Boxing Day should be extended to the U.S. and your longer warranties should be extended to the U.S. You're taking this very personally. It's not about what "I" want in terms of keeping it in the US. It's about the UK people here on this forum continually complaining and whining about something they can't get the U.S has. And thank you for making my point. Black Friday is an after Thanksgiving sale. If it's irrelevant to you about being after Thanksgiving then you shouldn't have the benefit of the sales.
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Yeah yeah yeah, then Boxing Day should be extended to the U.S. and your longer warranties should be extended to the U.S. You're taking this very personally. It's not about what "I" want in terms of keeping it in the US. It's about the UK people here on this forum continually complaining and whining about something they can't get the U.S has. And thank you for making my point. Black Friday is an after Thanksgiving sale. If it's irrelevant to you about being after Thanksgiving then you shouldn't have the benefit of the sales.
Canada, hell yeah! We get the best of all worlds, like "tires" and "colour"!
We get black Friday and boxing day... That said, I don't go because I'm a bit of an agoraphobe...
I didn't realize that Apple had extended discounts in prior years in the UK. While not doing so this year is obviously their prerogative, it is rather lame. I wonder if it's some kind of general northern European retaliation for Ireland's crackdown on the tax haven Apple has been enjoying.
As for Guinness; bad comparison. We enjoy it all year, it's available all year, not just at St. Pat's, and it doesn't get some special sale anywhere ever.
As for Guinness; bad comparison. We enjoy it all year, it's available all year, not just at St. Pat's, and it doesn't get some special sale anywhere ever.
Once again: no discounts in Europe...
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say what? In Europe there are no discounts either. And believe me: we are paying apple products with an enormous apple tax compared to the USA.
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say what? In Europe there are no discounts either. And believe me: we are paying apple products with an enormous apple tax compared to the USA.
It was the best I could come up with at short notice
Yeah, pretty easy to detect that. Hellen Keller could've figured that nonsense out in under 5 minutes.
I thought you did have Boxing Day sales actually (never been to the US at Christmas to find out). And we don't complain about not having all the same sales. I've been in the US at Independence Day before and got some great deals on stuff, but we don't do anything here. Nobody is bothered by that fact.
A sale does not have to be linked to a holiday. In the US it is an after-Thanksgiving sale. In the UK it is a start-of-Christmas-season sale. We can have sales on the same dates for different reasons. I don't see the problem. The complaints are only because one of the major retailers and originator of the sales has decided this year to not participate, even though more retailers are joining in.
As for warranties, meh. It's a European law thing and doesn't mean we automatically get hassle-free 7 year warranties. We get 1 year proper warranty usually (apologies I don't know what you guys get). You guys seem to have better returns policies, and often get the stuff cheaper in the first place. Remember our sales tax is 20%!
Article about it on Time:
http://time.com/3607305/black-friday-uk-thanksgiving/?xid=newsletter-brief
http://time.com/3607305/black-friday-uk-thanksgiving/?xid=newsletter-brief
the Germans responded "We are not Americans". Well they seem to have forgotten the American flag got planted twice on their capital. Wishing for deals...
Uh, Independence Day is not considered a shopping type of "holiday" in the United States. While US banks are closed there are no special deals for us here. It's about people Barbecuing.
The problem is it's because an "After Thanksgiving" sale, not just a "Christmas Shopping Season" sale. We wouldn't be having this argument if that was the situation. And we do not get anything of the sort in regards to Boxing Day.
Oh really, you sure about that? The "UK Christmas shopping season" just happens to fall the day after Thanksgiving in the US, or are you saying that because companies began to extend their Black Friday deals to the UK over the past few years?
And as far as whining and complaining on this forum, the majority (if not all of it) comes from the UK people.
Here's a few examples:
UK People- "WTF, Apple isn't offering the iPhone, iPad, iMac, etc...in the UK? We pay the Apple Tax and we can't get it now like they do for the US customers"
UK People- "WTF, xxx-app is not on the UK store, but only in the US?"
UK People- "WTF, we can't watch the live keynote just because Apple's broadcast is in the US?"
I can go on. It never ends. Just check out this very forum. This is suppose to be about Black Friday deals and the UK people are yet again complaining because they can't get the direct Apple deals.
Is there something wrong with just getting the deals available from 3rd party Apple retailers in the UK? It's not like Apple's BF deals are ever all that good in the first place......or are you UK people just arguing for the sake of arguing?
lol well even the Europeans are thinking about kicking them out of the European Union as they argue too much. Then again nagging works in their case. And for once they are right!Uh, Independence Day is not considered a shopping type of "holiday" in the United States. While US banks are closed there are no special deals for us here. It's about people Barbecuing.
The problem is it's because an "After Thanksgiving" sale, not just a "Christmas Shopping Season" sale. We wouldn't be having this argument if that was the situation. And we do not get anything of the sort in regards to Boxing Day.
Oh really, you sure about that? The "UK Christmas shopping season" just happens to fall the day after Thanksgiving in the US, or are you saying that because companies began to extend their Black Friday deals to the UK over the past few years?
And as far as whining and complaining on this forum, the majority (if not all of it) comes from the UK people.
Here's a few examples:
UK People- "WTF, Apple isn't offering the iPhone, iPad, iMac, etc...in the UK? We pay the Apple Tax and we can't get it now like they do for the US customers"
UK People- "WTF, xxx-app is not on the UK store, but only in the US?"
UK People- "WTF, we can't watch the live keynote just because Apple's broadcast is in the US?"
I can go on. It never ends. Just check out this very forum. This is suppose to be about Black Friday deals and the UK people are yet again complaining because they can't get the direct Apple deals.
Is there something wrong with just getting the deals available from 3rd party Apple retailers in the UK? It's not like Apple's BF deals are ever all that good in the first place......or are you UK people just arguing for the sake of arguing?
Well I definitely got some good deals that day. Maybe not as widespread. And I do envy you for having a day for barbequing. Frankly that's an idea I can get behind! Maybe we should adopt it...
I'm saying that's the UK justification for it. Frankly, Thanksgiving has nothing to do with Sales when you think about it. "I'm thankful for $150 off an iPad Air" probably isn't in the spirit of the holiday any more than the Boxing Day sales here are. Christmas as a holiday has been around longer in the world than Thanksgiving anyway. We can't help it if you guys over there decided to plonk a holiday 1 month before it
Plus, for most of us, it's payday today. Last payday before Xmas. Good reason for a sale if you ask me!
No nothing wrong with it really, just odd that they didn't participate.Is there something wrong with just getting the deals available from 3rd party Apple retailers in the UK? It's not like Apple's BF deals are ever all that good in the first place......or are you UK people just arguing for the sake of arguing?
And yes, we like arguing. Arguing and queueing.
I have to agree with you 1000% about this. I'm totally frustrated that the US has turned a celebration of a historical event into a shopping frenzy. All the retail stores opened on Thanksgiving day. They used to be closed to allow families to gather together for dinner and time together. Now it's all just about sales and people have given up their Thanksgiving just to go shopping and employers are forcing people to work on what's suppose to be a day of rest. Sad.
Yeah we have the same with Boxing Day. I spend it with my family, and I hate that a) People get up at 6am to go shopping, and b) Workers are made to come in and work.
Anyway I've enjoyed our little argument/discussion but I've got to leave now. Happy holidays to you!
This is the second time I agree entirely with a Brit!
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Yeah we have the same with Boxing Day. I spend it with my family, and I hate that a) People get up at 6am to go shopping, and b) Workers are made to come in and work.
Anyway I've enjoyed our little argument/discussion but I've got to leave now. Happy holidays to you!
This is true. Family values are gone. Then again with all the divorces many families have broken up over here. Most of us are glad not to see their own father or mother. Not necessarily because of the parent but because of the new partner...
Yeah we have the same with Boxing Day. I spend it with my family, and I hate that a) People get up at 6am to go shopping, and b) Workers are made to come in and work.
Anyway I've enjoyed our little argument/discussion but I've got to leave now. Happy holidays to you!
Haha, I enjoyed it too. You have a wonderful holiday as well.
Bestbuy Student Discount
Was thinking about going to best buy to pick up an iPad Air 2. I was curious if anyone has been able to access the student discounts page for best buy. It won't let me get to that site anymore, they usually have like 50 dollars off an iPad purchase and I wanted to combine that with the sale today, and a movers coupon. I did that when I bought my iMac over the summer. Anyone have any advice if the student discount page is still up or did best buy take it down?
Was thinking about going to best buy to pick up an iPad Air 2. I was curious if anyone has been able to access the student discounts page for best buy. It won't let me get to that site anymore, they usually have like 50 dollars off an iPad purchase and I wanted to combine that with the sale today, and a movers coupon. I did that when I bought my iMac over the summer. Anyone have any advice if the student discount page is still up or did best buy take it down?
Few additional good discounts from B&H Photo added to the main post:
Newest generation machines:
- 13.3" MacBook Air 4GB/128GB - $889 ($110 off)
- 15" Retina MacBook Pro 2.2/16GB/256GB - $1699 ($300 off)
- 3.5GHz Mac Pro 16GB/256GB - $3,499 ($500 off)
Newest generation machines:
- 13.3" MacBook Air 4GB/128GB - $889 ($110 off)
- 15" Retina MacBook Pro 2.2/16GB/256GB - $1699 ($300 off)
- 3.5GHz Mac Pro 16GB/256GB - $3,499 ($500 off)
Best Buy's iPhone 6 promo is the biggest gimmick.
Their ad says $99 for the 16GB with 2 year activation AND a trade-in gift card. Meaning you only get $99 if you trade in a working iPhone for $100.
That's not even a deal. That can be had on any day at Best Buy
Their ad says $99 for the 16GB with 2 year activation AND a trade-in gift card. Meaning you only get $99 if you trade in a working iPhone for $100.
That's not even a deal. That can be had on any day at Best Buy
I'm still seeing $1749 on that particular machine at Best Buy, is there a different price in store?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-m...56gb-flash-storage/6238612.p?id=1218721469552
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No problem for me. Picked up a 64gb iPad 2 air for the wife and went right through.