Apple Debuts Online Store With 10 Percent Discount for Veterans and Active Military

[Enclavean]

There’s no discount for students on iPhones and for all products that have an education discount, it’s not a percentage but a fixed amount per product.
Shows how little you know about the subject!

In Norway the official Apple reseller is called "Epplehuset", (literally means "Apple House") and their discount is flat 5% on all iPads and Macs. They´re pretty much who represents Apple here as even calling in to Apple themselves refer me to them. I can´t vouch for the discount being different elsewhere.

 

[notabadname]

Bizarre move from apple. From a fairly hippy pacifist founder to discounts for the army, not exactly expected, doubt Jobs would appove at all.

Killer discounts.

Hippy? Pacifist? Because he embraced the sexual revolution? used drugs such as marijuana, LSD, peyote and psilocybin mushrooms to explore altered states of consciousness? Tim Cook has publicly supported Veterans Day, pursued wearables for service members. Has certainly NOT actively protested against the military or the use of military. Nor did Steve Jobs. Since he was a friend of Steve Jobs, and personally selected by Steve Jobs, perhaps YOU shouldn’t take your guesses as to what Jobs would, or would not, approve of in his friend, Tim Cook.

 

[1madman1]

Would be nice if they extended it to those of us who serve for Canada. We have an existing verification system for retailers in place with the CF Appreciate program.

 

[BeforeTheMeds]

Not expected but appreciated. I’m also tax exempt in this stare as I am 100% service disabled. I can typically buy cheaper from other places such as B&H but that may be ending.

Thank you Apple, very much.
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95% of the Apple fanboys can't do five pushups.

Their pants are too tight and their man buns would come loose.
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Good grief people, a discount for veterans isn't "pro-war." It is a discount to those who signed up to defend your self-indulgent hipster attitudes. Most soldiers want peace (we don't like being shot at).

If you haven't served, you have no idea how much a veteran has sacrificed for you, even in peacetime.

Give it up. I have gotten hate from a certain
segment since vietnam. Haters raising kids and grandkids to be haters. Cowards that think slinging **** on people that were drafted as they come home makes them brave. The hate hasn’t died out.

Ignoring them is best.

 

[Enygmatic]

As an Active Duty serviceman, this was nice to come across. Not required or “entitled”, but definitely welcome and appreciated. I’m also grateful that this comment section hasn’t devolved the way it did over at *another* Apple-centric site did. Well done, MR.

 

[BeforeTheMeds]

Hippy? Pacifist? Because he embraced the sexual revolution? used drugs such as marijuana, LSD, peyote and psilocybin mushrooms to explore altered states of consciousness? Tim Cook has publicly supported Veterans Day, pursued wearables for service members. Has certainly NOT actively protested against the military or the use of military. Nor did Steve Jobs. Since he was a friend of Steve Jobs, and personally selected by Steve Jobs, perhaps YOU shouldn’t take your guesses as to what Jobs would, or would not, approve of in his friend, Tim Cook.

It doesn’t matter Tim. Let it roll off your back as we veterans have to do with we hate we get. I know you were already selling to us, DAV members, at a 10% didcount but now that its in the open a segment of the left will hate you nearly as much as they hate us.

You will become numb to it, if needed you can call our veterans crisis line until you learn to ignore them. Think of them as a bigoted group wearing tie dye sheets.

 

[drumcat]

Subsidise the military. Lovely.

No, I don't hate those enlisted. I don't hate veterans. I hate that we have demographic discounts.

Does the Salvation Army get 10%? Or is it only those with guns?

 

[BeforeTheMeds]

Subsidise the military. Lovely.

No, I don't hate those enlisted. I don't hate veterans. I hate that we have demographic discounts.

Does the Salvation Army get 10%? Or is it only those with guns?

You must really hate public funded institutions giving quotas based on race. A purchase discount doesn’t bump anyone out of a job or school for being born a certain color. A non public funded like apple giving a discount doesn’t hurt anything other than the feelings of whiners.

Seriously funny since they have been giving government employees, education, DAV members and who knows who else discounts all along.

How does this hurt you again? Its not like it’s welfare or anything like that.

Giving veterans and military is also in lo way subsidizing the military. I hate it when people have to lie to try and make a point.
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Getting a 10% discount is no different then buying an Apple product from an out of state vendor and not paying sales tax on it. Kind of pointless.

Not for me, being tax exempt.

 

[AgustoPinochet]

Oh hey there veteran "who fought for our freedoms", here's a 10% discount.

I'm sure you'll enjoy the new App Store where we've banned anything Tim Cook doesn't agree with politically for you!

 

[BeforeTheMeds]

Have to check what prices are on Exchange. Recently all veterans were granted benefit to shop at Military Exchange stores. Usually exchange prices are little cheaper plus by law, state tax is not collected. The only downside is that veterans don't have access to physical stores, can only do shopping online, but with free shipping and no tax it might be worth it.

Just 100% service disabled veterans like me, I have on base access. Plus have a Military star card.

For me this will beat the exchange. I am tax exempt. The exchange has good prices, and no taxes, but 5% is figured into all of the prices that goes back into the exchanges.

Also free shipping from the exchanges when using the star card.

Star card deals are great. Got 2 nest indoor cameras for 80.00 each.

 

[coachgq]

Exactly. Brave enough to sacrifice their time, energy, blood, sweat, tears, family, and freedom to travel all over the world to fight our enemies, so you can sit in your moms basement, and write stupid crap like that on the internet.

There is probably a line you were supposed to read between somewhere in there.

 

[Starship67]

Ive been getting a 10% discount through my employer for many years. About time for the military as well.

 

[Morgenland]

How many Apple fanboys will enlist to get this discount?

Chris: If you hate Apple fanboys, you're welcome to leave the site and stay where you feel more comfortable.

 

[tony1984]

Apple today launched a new online store in the U.S. that's designed to provide a 10 percent discount on select products for both activity military and veterans, along with members of their households.

With the discount, the iPhone XS is available priced starting at $899, while the iPhone XR is available priced starting at $674. These devices are priced at $999 and $749, respectively, in Apple's standard online store.

Discounted prices are available on iPhones, Macs, Apple Watch models, iPads, the Apple TV, HomePod, AirPods, and accessories like cases, Apple Watch bands, and even third-party items that include speakers, drones, and more.

Apple told TechCrunch that it is "proud" to offer the discount to active military and veterans.Apple has offered educational discounts to students, teachers, and faculty members for quite some time, along with discounted pricing for military and federal government employees.

The 10 percent discount being provided to active military and veterans exceeds the discounts that Apple offers via its educational store.

Article Link: Apple Debuts Online Store With 10 Percent Discount for Veterans and Active Military

They should the website www.id.me to use as a verification. This site partners with tons of other business to make sure us military are verified and not letting anyone just use a discount

 

[Xenden]

I’ve never understood why having a job for two to four years means they should receive all of these fringe benefits and discounts from companies.

That being said, they should make the student discount just as generous. They are the ones who need it.

At least there is no verification portal. So anyone can use the discount.

 

[troy14]

I’ve never understood why having a job for two to four years means they should receive all of these fringe benefits and discounts from companies.

That being said, they should make the student discount just as generous. They are the ones who need it.

At least there is no verification portal. So anyone can use the discount.

Honestly I am Active Duty and not justifying / glorifying my service for these discounts but our job goes well beyond "just a job." I can't speak for the entire military since I am only in a small part of it, but the amount of time and freedom I give up is not small. One could argue that's what I signed up for and I would agree...but unless you go through it then you just can't really understand. There's a reason why retirement is at "only" 20 years.

 

[MacManiac1]

This is because Apple needs to sell more phones. They don’t care that you will cheat at this point. They want to save face by officially not lowering the price but yet give you the loophole to buy the iPhone at a lower price.

Exactly

Watch for refurbs too that are probably brand new, just different box.

 

[Xenden]

Honestly I am Active Duty and not justifying / glorifying my service for these discounts but our job goes well beyond "just a job." I can't speak for the entire military since I am only in a small part of it, but the amount of time and freedom I give up is not small. One could argue that's what I signed up for and I would agree...but unless you go through it then you just can't really understand. There's a reason why retirement is at "only" 20 years.

I have total respect for those in the military who work 20+ years as their career. I also think those who are in active combat and the like deserve all the the help and support they need.

But I’ve seen one to many people do a 2-4 year stint in the military, be declared 90% disabled, receive a large (in the $2k a month area) disability payment, and they are still athletic and play sports.

It just bugs me when you get life time benefits for a job you do for a few years.

 

[BGPL]

There’s no discount for students on iPhones and for all products that have an education discount, it’s not a percentage but a fixed amount per product.
Shows how little you know about the subject!

Did you get picked on in school? Like Cook said, this type of hate doesn't belong on this platform. Be cool, people will like you more.

 

[synergize]

I have total respect for those in the military who work 20+ years as their career. I also think those who are in active combat and the like deserve all the the help and support they need.

But I’ve seen one to many people do a 2-4 year stint in the military, be declared 90% disabled, receive a large (in the $2k a month area) disability payment, and they are still athletic and play sports.

It just bugs me when you get life time benefits for a job you do for a few years.

You should see what senators and congressmen get, and they don't do anything but argue with each other.

 

[jwm]

Forget about the politics and rationale for Apple extending this discount. Our veterans and serving members of the armed forces deserve this respect regardless of where and how they served their country. It’s a selfless act of courage and we should be grateful for it. Thank you for this . Hope you extend this to the UK too.

 

[JobsIsMyHomie]

I have total respect for those in the military who work 20+ years as their career. I also think those who are in active combat and the like deserve all the the help and support they need.

But I’ve seen one to many people do a 2-4 year stint in the military, be declared 90% disabled, receive a large (in the $2k a month area) disability payment, and they are still athletic and play sports.

It just bugs me when you get life time benefits for a job you do for a few years.

So you are saying that the military shouldn’t compensate service related disabilities if said person can still be athletic and play sports? That seems rather narrow considering the many “jobs” service members perform regardless of the amount of time they performed that job.

Or is it the time factor that gets at you more? Because someone didn’t decide to serve 20+ years as opposed to the person who decided a single enlistment was sufficient service to their country. What about the person that was medically discharged before their enlistment was up due to disability. I hope you are aware that medical discharges are rarely a choice by the service member. Are you comparing them to the 93% of Americans that chose not to serve at all?

I personally have never met a veteran who enlisted in the hopes of getting a disibility check for the rest of their life or enlisted to occasionally save 10% on purchases for their lifetime.

If it bothers you so much you should probably spend some time volunteering with many of the non profit veterans organizations that are out there. Get to know more and more veterans and if they are so inclined they just might share what they’ve gone through in service of their country. Perhaps that might change your view on these “benefits” that we get that you don’t feel some of us deserve.

 

[NerdsLTD]

15% off and I guarantee the public will still complain instead of buying  stock.

15% off and apple is still making a profit.

 

[nostresshere]

Some very, very pathetic posts here.

And this is America? Wow!

 

[coolfactor]

Ignorant comment. I am a vet and was proud to serve my country and had nothing to do about war! Obviously, anyone that joins the military is joining to protect our freedoms and liberties that so many take for granted....

But that's a shallow view of the situation, and Apple has always aimed to see beyond. This new incentive is a direct contradiction of their own values. Nobody is ignoring or overlooking the sacrifice that vets have made, and active personnel are making. But Apple has always been about leaving the world better than it found it. Apple _should_ be putting their money into efforts that help to create a world without the need for a military. See the difference? Feed the machine, or help create a world that doesn't need the machine.

I take issue with this because it's clearly aimed to selling more product, not trying to help the world. If they were truly serious about this, it would be a global program, but it's US-only. What about the sacrifice that the Canadian military makes? Are they less valuable to the peace effort?

Don't be so quick to take offense. Nobody is devaluing your contribution.