Apple Walks Back UNiDAYS Verification Requirement for U.S. Education Store

[suns93]

I think supporting education is an important legacy of Apple’s and they should preserve that and not place undue burden on those using the discount legitimately. Will some take advantage? Of course, but even as an investor I think it remains a net positive.

Perhaps Apple should just go down the behavioral psychology route and simply require the purchaser type out some phrase like “I, [purchaser full name] attest that I am a current student/teacher and will be using this purchase in my coursework/teaching.”

That’s it. Followed by a quick blurb that says “Apple reserves the right to verify education status” but never actually pursues anything outside the most egregious suspected abuses.

 

[ScholarsInk]

I looked into UNiDAYS and you have to be at least 16 to get a verified account. I'm fine if that's the requirement and expectation for Apple's discount, but I was planning to get a Mac this year through the Education Store for my kids who are in K-12 still. I thought their student status would be enough.

K-12 students are not eligible for the Apple education discount. Student eligibility is only for higher education, whereas staff eligibility is across the board.

 

[joemolomo]

It’s the same issue in uk by the sound of it. It seemed to break a few years back I log in as staff, goto apple link on the Unidays site, and it says “account restricted”. The only way round it is to make sure your logged in onunidays, then goto to apple site and click shop for university on the site map at the bottom, this then verified on unidays and let’s you in.

 

[Mr. Chewbacca]

I have not always been a teacher but I have pretty much always used the discount.. Sorry, not sorry. Kinda small discount anyway. I feel like if they make people prove it they can afford to make it a little better discount. Not that they have to but it would be nice.

 

[VulchR]

How so more complex? because to me the rudementals are the same. The UK has or did have nursery, primary then secondary school, college (various types but still come under the same banner of 'college') then University. You then have pupil/student (take your pick) and staff. Obviously prices will be in pounds sterling and have sales tax add accordingly.

So, from how I see it, to adapt it to the US version, just change the types of school to that of the US system, change the currency to dollars and change the sales tax acordingly. I don't know anything about the US education system so please could someone enlighten me as to how given the above, the US system is more complex than the UK system. What have I missed out?

The US system has a greater mix of public, religious and private educational institutions, plus there is additional layer of bureaucracy by state. There are 50 states and literally 50 different school and university systems (more if you consider DC, various territories, and schools associated with the military overseas - not to mention each county if you go to the K-12 level). The US's educational system is like the US health care 'system' - it's not really a system, but an amalgam of a huge number of different systems each with its own rules. No doubt that makes verification difficult, but I think we both agree that Apple should have tested the system better. I, for one, would like to see Apple going back to their 'it just works' roots.

 

[the8thark]

I am not sure streamlined handouts equate to better respect, but we should probably include them when we agree to respect everyone better.

I talked about veterans deserving respect. Not handouts. Note well the big difference there.

Do you think respect only equates to a handout? Do you realise that you can respect a group without resorting to handouts which are quite disrespectful.

 

[4jasontv]

I talked about veterans deserving respect. Not handouts. Note well the big difference there.

Do you think respect only equates to a handout? Do you realise that you can respect a group without resorting to handouts which are quite disrespectful.

I guess I was confused why you mentioned respect when the OP was talking about the process of receiving a discount. Sounded like you were saying veterans deserved easier handouts. My mistake.

 

[Eso]

Many, many people use email. 95% of all communication in my office and industry require email. I'm an attorney, there are a lot of us, and most of my colleagues' practices are similar. You can't even file court documents without using email.

Just a terrible take by you.

My god, I don’t even have words. See ya later.

 

[IllinoisCorn]

My god, I don’t even have words. See ya later.

Bye