http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-MacBook-1...286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66:2|65:15|39:1|240:1318
$1,103.08 after cashback.
Hopefully the cashback percentage goes back up to 20-30% soon.
it's the long road, but you could do what i did:
1. own or know someone who owns a small business (or self employed) who makes lots of money and is taxed accordingly.
2. buy refurbished as a business expense.
3. remit the tax.
4. reduce your taxable income.
after the taxes are done i will have spent about $650 CAD for the 2.4GHz MacBook (which costs $1449 CAD before taxes for the refurbished model).
I think thats something not to say as it incites a felony or federal class offense here in the US. We've learned not to mess with the Internal Rape Service, I mean... Revenue
and that my friend is a felony..... unless of course it actually is a business expense