Apple Beginning Back-To-School Promotion Monday?

[mattcube64]

Students have things such as a college id, tuition bill, etc.

Oh, I know. I'm asking what the rebate form asks for. A photocopy of ID or something, I assume?

 

[Multimedia]

Mac Pro Doesn't Exist Yet? I Did Not Know That.

The Mac Pro doesnt exist (atleast not yet) why would you expect it to be included? Even if they were going to be announced tomorrow, they still wouldnt be in the promotion today, thats the way secrecy works.

Wow you are really on the ball Core Trio. I never thought of that when I wrote it. I am such a dork.

Did I say I expected it to be included? Where did I write that? So that's how secrecy works. Thanks for the heads up.

My brain must be Out Of Service. You Rock Brian or Teebs!!

Looks like jb84 is having trouble understanding the english language. Must be an Ausie thing.

 

[jb84]

Wow you are really on the ball Core Trio. I never thought of that when I wrote it. I am such a dork.

Did I say I expected it to be included? Where did I write that? So that's how secrecy works. Thanks for the heads up.

Forgotten already? Right here:

Yes and Mac Pros are conspicuously EXcluded.

 

[DTphonehome]

Nope. I just read the rebate form and it specifically excludes all Apple Resellers from qualifying for this rebate. "Reseller purchases do not qualify." it says. Only online Apple Store, a retail Apple Store, or through Apple Telesales located in 50 US States & DC.

Yup, you're right.

 

[Koree]

AH! Bought my macbook pro 2 weeks early. *slapping self*

aw well, i needed it before the summer anyways. but still, GRR!!!!

 

[CommodityFetish]

Perhaps most interesting is that this makes it look like the Apple line-up is locked in until after September 16, 2006. So whatever Steve shows us August 7 may not ship before September 17th. Those are the tea leaves I'm reading here. Anyone care to agree or not? I suppose the Mac Pros could just not be included in this offer and ship sooner. Oh well. T-Minus 63 Days and counting...

I bet that the Mac Pro will be announced on Aug 7. When it will ship is anyone's guess. When I did one of these rebates a couple years back it was when you placed the order, not when it shipped that counted. So if this is still the case, delaying shipping wouldn't make any sense (unless they didn't offer pre-sales which would make even less sense )

I bet they will just leave the Mac Pro off the list of macs that qualify for this deal.

What all this does suggest to me is that the MB & MBP will see their (Merom) upgrade after Sept 16...
just in time for the holidays...

 

[alec]

Question: can educational discounts be combined with refurbished computers?

 

[Multimedia]

Educational Discounts Cannot Be Combined With Refurbished Computers

Question: can educational discounts be combined with refurbished computers?

No. But go to the educational store first then to the refurb page where you will find the refurbs are priced the same as the regular store but AppleCare costs less.

 

[milozauckerman]

My last mail-in rebate came from Apple within a couple of weeks, to anyone worried about long waits.

I've opened my MBP without doing anything major to it (turn it on, register), so I'm going to hit the Dallas store where I purchased it and try to exchange/re-purchase immediately with an iPod.

 

[Danksi]

What all this does suggest to me is that the MB & MBP will see their (Merom) upgrade after Sept 16...
just in time for the holidays...

Yes, the rebate form appears very specific about which MBook & MBP spec's are included. So either any speed bump/updates are not included or not planned until after Sept 16.

 

[celebrian23]

I'm not as worried about my ipod rebate check- my mom's buying my ipod anyways. I'm doing the printer thing too though, and I'm using my own money so I hope I actually get the check!

 

[dontmatter]

You're being sarcastic, right? Please? Say it ain't so, AidenShaw. Say you weren't fooled by a ****** corporate shill website.

This whole anti-iPod "you're all sheep" ******** has gone far enough. It's completely retarded. I'm not in much (if any) danger of being labeled a conformist. My idea of fun is getting high and reading Wikipedia while listening to obscure bootlegs of the Doors that I've arranged at great pains in chronological order. My toenails are roughly as long as John Holmes' penis, my favorite TV show is still Twin Peaks (and I have watched less than 24 hours total of cable television in the past 15 years -- I would bet $100 on this), and I refuse to get a driver's license because I believe that 93% of the drivers out there are deranged cretins, and I simply won't inch it any closer toward 94%. I voted Democrat in the last election, even though I loathe John Kerry for his actions while on the POW/MIA committee (yes, as much as I loathe John McCain's related actions).

Yes, I use iTunes, and my preferred mp3 player is the iPod. My songs are all mp3s, AAC, or ALAC. I don't have any Ogg, WMA, FLAC, Monkey, Wavpack, or Shorten files. I don't feel the need to transfer songs to my iPod from the Finder or Explorer. I don't even feel the need to use my iPod as a portable hard drive -- that's why God provided the miracle of FTP servers, one of which is installed on my utilitarian and un-hip B&W G3.

An iPod doesn't make you a conformist. That is, if you have a double-digit (or, God willing, triple-digit) IQ and don't define yourself in terms of your posessions and purchases. All that these whiny Gen X-inspired wails of outrage inspire in me is the urge to commit mass anal rape with a nail-studded broomstick. Great. Another ****ing marketing ploy for the dismayingly credulous. Just what this country (in general, and the tech industry in particular) needed.

Congratulations; you've made some capitalist somewhere very happy. Evolved beings, however, are crying real tears at this display of shameless idiocy.

wow dude. CHILL.

Looks like you've got something to prove? Why?

 

[crazyarlo]

Darn!!!!!!

My daughter's new MacBook Pro just shipped! DARN IT!!!! I am going to complain, but I doubt if it will do any good ... when her iPod died, it was only one week out of warranty and they didn't care!

 

[DTphonehome]

My daughter's new MacBook Pro just shipped! DARN IT!!!! I am going to complain, but I doubt if it will do any good ... when her iPod died, it was only one week out of warranty and they didn't care!

Such is the nature of warranties. I like to buy with my Amex, because they extend the manufacturer's warranty for another year. So I think that when I take advantage of this promo, I'll skip the AppleCare and just lean on Amex if the need arises.

 

[matticus008]

My daughter's new MacBook Pro just shipped! DARN IT!!!! I am going to complain, but I doubt if it will do any good ... when her iPod died, it was only one week out of warranty and they didn't care!

The line has to be drawn somewhere, and people are always going to fall just past that line, which is unfortunate and frustrating, but that's life. Sometimes they make an exception and help you out, but the key word is exception. I don't know where people get their sense of entitlement these days.

 

[sahree]

About the $179 rebate. Is this only good towards an iPod? Or is it a cash back rebate?

 

[milo]

(In short, pretty much every Mac and iPod qualifies, but you do have to order from Apple retail, telesales, or online stores, or from an authorized Apple campus store.)

That would be every mac but the mini.

And that sheep thing is awful.

 

[mulletman13]

Well...

I was going to wait for the MacBooks to get in stock at the refurb store...... butttttttt......... this is too good of a deal to pass up.

*Orders a MacBook he won't need until August*

 

[Zman5225]

About the $179 rebate. Is this only good towards an iPod? Or is it a cash back rebate?

It comes in the form of a check, but to qualify you HAVE to purchase one of the iPods.

 

[Eidorian]

My last mail-in rebate came from Apple within a couple of weeks, to anyone worried about long waits.

I got my $100 back last year in less than two weeks. Then again, the rebate center was instate. It looks like it's instate again this year too.

 

[milo]

Why do Apple have to do this cheap mail-in rebate sale tactic? Going down the path of Dell and Best Buy, Ford etc. You know what this tells me as well as a lot of other people? Gee, I have to mail in a rebate coupon abiding to its legalistic rules and wait a year before I will get anything. Why bother? And of course a few people at the sales department is hoping that I won't go through with this, thus, buying the MacBook and Nano at regular price (student price). Enough with the mail in rebate gimmick. Sell your product for what it is worth, and people will buy it. Don't resort to this cheap sales tactic.

I generally agree that rebates are lame, just give me the cheaper price in the first place. But in this case we're talking about a free ipod. I'd be willing to jump through the rebate hoop for that.

wow dude. CHILL.

Looks like you've got something to prove? Why?

You're telling him to chill, the rest of us think that's the awesomest post ever. Really, it is. Read it again. Hilarious.

 

[Dale_Nx26]

checking

Does Apple even check if you are a student or not? I heard "no" before.

 

[mach1andy]

Student discount elligibility-- does anyone know?

A buddy of mine got the student discount at an apple store with an old student ID. I'm not attempting this myself but I was wondering how apple checks the validity of the students college attendence.

 

[milozauckerman]

Two online orders (G4 tower circa 2001-2, G5 tower last year) went through EDU without any questions, two in-store purchases they just asked to see my student ID (undated).

(I am a student, actually - the eight-year plan.)

 

[milozauckerman]

Just got off the phone with my nearest Apple Store - they told me I didn't have to bring in my MBP, I could just come by with the receipt, they'll do an even exchange and add whichever iPod I want so I qualify for the rebate.