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Apple Announces Black Friday Event on November 28th
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Article Link: Apple Announces Black Friday Event on November 28th
10% max? maybe enough or a little more to cover the sales tax.
no one should hold their breath about it being higher than IMO.
And New Zealand doesn't have a Thanksgiving, much less a Black Friday...
US customers should be smarting.
US customers should be smarting.
Are black friday specials ever better than the education discount? I'll cancel and reorder the 24" LED cinema display if they are.
Again, expect nothing in a sale from Apple. When you can get $300 off a typical $700-$800 PC this Black Friday, these types of Mac discounts are worth nothing. Puny 10% Apple discounts are just not good enough when you're seeing 30%-50% off PC laptops this Friday.
student discount?
anyone know/remember if apple also allowed the student discount in addition to the black friday discounts? being apple i doubt it, but it would add up to a decent amount.
anyone know/remember if apple also allowed the student discount in addition to the black friday discounts? being apple i doubt it, but it would add up to a decent amount.
Ah Apple, at the spearhead of forcing every American holiday down the throats of the rest of the world..... and at up to 10% off their products I couldn't care less, wonder if the native americans get a further discount for old times sake.
Twas the midnight after Thanksgiving,
and all through the house,
everyone was shopping,
for their new mighty mouse.
They'll purchase a new MacBook,
single-piece aluminum,
then have it gift wrapped,
and sent straight to them.
Paying the bill
for a new Cinema Display,
they'll say, "that's not so bad,
that price is ok!"
Continuing on
with a Thanksgiving tradition,
they'll be done Christmas shopping-
they'll be done with their mission.
and all through the house,
everyone was shopping,
for their new mighty mouse.
They'll purchase a new MacBook,
single-piece aluminum,
then have it gift wrapped,
and sent straight to them.
Paying the bill
for a new Cinema Display,
they'll say, "that's not so bad,
that price is ok!"
Continuing on
with a Thanksgiving tradition,
they'll be done Christmas shopping-
they'll be done with their mission.
What is it about, then?
Clearing out of old stock?It's obviously about money, but I'm wondering if your intentions were otherwise.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if Apple gets no new customers from their puny "sales", and yet loses potential money from customers who were going to buy from Apple anyway, isn't that only hurting Apple?
i guess that's one way to look at it. could argue that i don't stop being a student just because it's the day after thanksgiving, but i guess profit outweighs logic. it's too bad, a black friday sale price in addition to student discount would actually bring macbook pricing more in touch with reality. oh well, at least i'll get to sleep in then.
What is it about, then?
It's obviously about money, but I'm wondering if your intentions were otherwise.
It's about clearing stock and getting more traffic than they would without such an event and having those customers often buy things they wouldn't otherwise.
What I meant by my comment was that it isn't a day when companies are generous towards consumers. It's nothing more than a lure to get people spending and Apple obviously know what sort of discounts they need to offer to make Black Friday work for them.
To say a 10% discount isn't good enough because other computers can be had for less (often end of line or poor quality) stinks to me of entitlement. I'm sure someone will quote me (well maybe not now) of being a fanboi, but there are a lot of people on this forum that ignore logic and expect Apple to bend over backwards for them when it isn't in Apple's interests at all.
They're not calling it a Black Friday sale - it's just a one day sale, they have them every year. Last year in Aus it was December 1st.
They must just want to synchronise them this year - no harm done.
How are they forcing an American holiday? There's no mention of Thanksgiving at all. NZ doesn't celebrate it, neither do we and the rest of the world - doesn't mean we can't get a sale too.