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Administrator - Education Discount

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J.McM

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Apr 14, 2010
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Let me start by saying I'm not 100% sure that this the right section for this, feel free to move this if necessary.

I am a chartered accountant and work for Churchill College (Cambridge University). I am part of the administrative team of the college and am confused as to whether or not I am entitled to the education discount.

If you are a student, teacher, lecturer, administrator or other staff member in education you qualify for special discounted pricing on Apple computers, software and select third party products. Quantity limits apply. See terms and conditions.
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To place an Order you must be 18 years of age or over and be accessible by non cellular telephone. In order to be entitled to benefit from the special discounts on the Apple Store for Education you must be either a registered student and possess a valid student I.D. or accepted into an educational establishment or you must be engaged as a teacher or lecturer at an education institution and must require the Product for your own use or for your classes or for research. Apple is entitled at any time to require that you produce evidence of your entitlement to purchase under this provision. Apple reserves the right to cancel your order in its absolute discretion if we should determine that you are not a student, teacher or lecturer and/or that you do not require the Product for your own use or for teaching or research purposes. We will inform you if we cancel your order on the above basis. Any payments you have made will be refunded to you.
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If anyone can clarify the matter i will be most appreciative,
James.
 
Agreed. The US has the same lack of consistency for admin-types in the fine print, but happily sells to those who make the place run.
 
Thank you for your fast replies, and for clearing up the matter :)
 
You should be fine. The Apple Store employees aren't told to scrutinize anyone that has a valid I.D., I imagine it's something like: do they have an I.D. - good.

If not just call Apple, what's the worst that can happen?
 
First off, that would be fraud, and I don't think this board supports those talks.

On the flip side, I got my government discount (legally) but I wasn't pressed to hard for details.
 
OP- you most certainly can get a discount. My mother works in the Careers service for Cambridge University, and gets an apple discount as an administrative worker.
 
They asked my friend for his school ID, which he doesn't have. So they had him log into his online grade thing, I guess they also could have you check your school email.. Just log in that's it.
 
I know here in the UK, when I got my MBP on a Family Member's education discount, they wanted a photograph of their Student ID before they would sell me it. They did however say they would place the order, have it shipped and then give me 30 days to submit the ID, otherwise I'd be charged the rest of the money.
 
edtorious said:
Has anybody gotten an education discount even though not really qualified? Do they really check I.D.s?:cool: Is it worth it?
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I am a college administrator and recently purchased my iMac from the Apple Store. Even thought I'm entitled to the education discount, I was never asked to prove it. Odd.
 
How much is the Discount in the UK

Anyone have any idea if there is a (consistent) discount on the MBP? And how much would it be?

Thanks
 
I've purchased a few Macs in the physical and online Apple store and have received my educators discount. I am an administrator/staff at a college and it is absolutely true that we qualify for this discount. Sometimes they have asked me for proof, other times they haven't asked at all. It seems that the discount in the US seems to always be $100 on the MBP. You can always see the discount by clicking the Education Store option and all prices shown will include the discount. You also can check on education discounts on some other Apple products as well (some software, AppleCare and some accessories).

My question is, how does Apple enforce their stated policy of only allowing an individual to purchase one notebook using the educator's discount per academic year? Has anyone ever run into a problem with this before?
 
edtorious said:
Has anybody gotten an education discount even though not really qualified? Do they really check I.D.s?:cool: Is it worth it?
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I'm a qualified college student. I just ordered online and all I had to do was:

1. know my school's zip code
2. check a box saying that I've read the terms and conditions of that discount.

Nothing else. But it's the first time I use the discount. I don't think they'll try to verify anything. Weird, I know.
 
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