No you won't.So here's what I'm going to do: I have a $150 Apple Gift Card left over from buying a MBA last year...on this upcoming Black Friday event I will go to the Education site and buy the new Ipad Air 12" 512GB for $999 ($100 off which is same price other stores are offering)...use my $150 gift card to bring it down to $849...get my $75 Apple Gift Card due to the purchase on Black Friday...and likely use that $75 a few days later to buy the new Airpods 4 (not available on Education site) which then in turn gives me another $25 Apple Gift Card.
You do not get the gift card when purchasing on the Education Store.The offers will be available on Apple's online store, in the Apple Store app, and at physical Apple Store locations. As usual, refurbished products are not eligible for a gift card, and the offer cannot be combined with educational pricing.
That's a bummer. I will try, however. The Terms & Conditions don't explicitly say the Education Store...it says "Resellers, public entities, government entities, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, education purchasers, enterprise purchasers, and business purchasers do not qualify..." To me, "education purchasers" is more like a Purchasing Department at a school...not consumers like me trying to buy 1 item. But again, I will try and see what the shopping cart does.No you won't.
You do not get the gift card when purchasing on the Education Store.
iPhone deals are becoming harder to find too..Not impressed with the offers. Better offers can be had with other retailers.
There are websites for exactly that. Nothing “black market” about it though. Well… I know there are black market sites out there (people doing gift card scams and whatnot), but there are also legitimate sites for selling legitimately-obtained gift cards.How generous. Buy our older stuff and get a gift card that you likely would've rather used towards your actual purchase. Now you'll be forced to buy more crap to use it.
Someone should setup a black market for these cards. If you get a $200 gift card, sell it for like $100. That way you get $100 off your computer, and someone else gets $100 off their next purchase, effectively creating their own sales.
That's a good deal ($100 lower than the Apple Education Store price) - if you live in MissouriFYI... MicroCenter has the new Mac mini M4 Pro model $200 off today ($1,199 instead of $1,399). I am going to get pick one up. Also you get an additional instant 5% off if using the Wells Fargo Micro Center credit card to make the purchase, making the M4 Pro Mac mini $1,139.99 before sales tax.
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That’s my point as to why it isn’t a good analogy. Apple also offers discounts to the third party retailers for these sales (which is why they all magically have the same or similar sales at the same time). Apple doesn’t do it directly so they can maintain the luxury appearance of the brand.Yes, but the incentives are factory incentives. My point was that being a luxury widget doesn't mean you cannot lower prices to incentivize sales.
It specifies in the Terms that it cannot be combined with Veterans/Military store pricing.They weren't last year so I doubt it.
It worked for AirTags for Black Friday 2021 and a MacBook Air for back to school 2022.Does anybody know if you can buy these products with a pre-existing gift card balance, and still get the promotional gift card? There is a Black Friday deal for Best Buy and Target where $100 Apple Gift Cards come with $15 BB/Target gift cards.
Hmm, just noticed in the fine print of the UK Apple Store at least, that they can offer a discount equal to the value of the gift card. Anyone else seen this?
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If you decide to return the item, then you only get back the discounted value, since you've paid for the gift card and it is non-refundable.All items will be charged at checkout, including the eligible Apple Gift Card.