Was always curious about this, cannot recall US focused metals if only available to US icloud accounts?
I'll guess I'll find out as a Canadian. I do respect the effort art and service of veterans of the US military.
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I'll guess I'll find out as a Canadian. I do respect the effort art and service of veterans of the US military.
Are you referring to the Apple Store? Or Lowe's and Home Depot?
The last time I checked, both Lowe's and Home Depot can verify status for the discount, but not at the register. Lowe's can be done at customer service using a DD214 or online, and Home Depot can only be done online, via the app.
Lowe's Vet status will be linked to your phone number, you ask for the discount and give them the phone number at check out. Home Depot can only get the discount if they scan the Vet status section on the Home Depot app.
Both work online, which is nice considering the discount online is a new feature recently added.
It would be nice is Apple allowed the discounts in the retail stores. If Lowe's and Home Depot figured out a way to verify status, I am sure Apple could.
Air Force has the highest minimum Armed Forces Qualifications Test score requirement on the ASVAB of all the branches @36, followed by the Navy @35, and then Army and Marines @31.
While the minimum is technically 36, almost all Air Force enlisted come in with an AFQT score of at least 50, due to recruiters turning away potential recruits with lower scores. The other branches sometimes offer enlistment bonuses for AFQT scores of 50+.
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Close those rings with the Murph!
The Murph: (weight vest optional -- 20#)
The Murph: (weight vest optional -- 20#)
- Run one mile
- 100 pull-ups
- 200 push-ups
- 300 squats
- Run one mile
They do and are very generous. I really appreciate they do that. Way to the extra mile Apple!
At our local store the give the military discounts on accessories only. Anything else you have to do a web order for pickup. Now if I goto say NJ or VA I can walk into any apple store and get my Military discount with proof of course.
I wrote to Apple asking about this and have not gotten a reply.
Just like hours open is totally different.
Looks like it will be US only. The stickers look good.
I’m not sure what you mean by fleecing people. Maximizing your discount with Apple’s military discount and the tax free benefit of shipping at an exchange has nothing to do “fleecing” service members. I care very little about using these types of benefits to save a few dollars when I see record profits in companies like Apple and executives get bonuses more than their workers make. Please take your veterans using their benefit shaming elsewhere.
It would be pretty neat if Apple used country colors for the icon and made them available for the countries for their veterans or remembrance day.
That did not come out right...
Did not mean any offense or shaming anyone.
But the Exchange is also a business that hires a lot of our family members.
If we make them price match to a veteran discounted price, I am not sure where they can even cover the cost of getting the merchandise.
Perhaps it is just my personal choice of never using their price match policy. 😓
Same here. It is a great way to keep people engaged.
I don't know if "National Parks Challenge" is considered US-focused, but it shows up in my account.
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I know as I am a Air Force Veteran. I did 7 active and 7 in the reserves before being medically disqualified for stress fractures in my feet. If I remember correctly the scores I had for the ASVAB back in the mid 1970's were scored differently and I had rather high scores in general and still I wanted to a mechanical career and ended up doing aircraft.
It is annoying that Apple still has not got it that in store discount for veterans as I found my former employers EFF page discount is not as good as the veterans discount. Since I am fully retired I can use either the former employees discount that can be used in store for the discount or order online and get the veteran discount and pickup in the store. The biggest issue I have is I live over a hundred miles from the Base Exchange and authorized as being medically retired and collecting a VA pension and I waste more money just on fuel then just going to the nearest Apple store
Ouch dude, did you look before you leapt?
Veterans and Military Store
Veterans and Military personnel receive a 10% discount on Apple products. You may also purchase for immediate family who live in the same household.
www.apple.com
I guess we can thank all the fake vets out there for spoiling it(non-vet here but they still disgust me).
