Apple's Annual Back to School Promotion Still Nowhere to Be Found

[dannys1]

I'm still getting 5% cashback from my Discover card

1. Thats from a card, different thing. 2. Thats in the US.

When I say cutback sites, what they essentially doing is giving you the cut of any affiliate commission a site might give. Topcashback.com does exist in the UK have a look at it. Any cash back you get with AMEX etc is totally unrelated and is based on the fees they charge retailers with the card.

 

[HarleyG]

Apple offers those deals year-round if you just go to the apple education store. For students, like myself, they just verify with a .edu email address. I've purchased an iPad and a Macbook Pro w/ Retina outside of their promotions and still received the discount.

 

[HowEver]

I guess you have no use for $100 in Apple Gift Cards. Got it.

Apple offers those deals year-round if you just go to the apple education store. For students, like myself, they just verify with a .edu email address. I've purchased an iPad and a Macbook Pro w/ Retina outside of their promotions and still received the discount.

 

[michpen]

For many years running, Apple has offered a Back to School promotion for students and educators, providing discounts on Apple products ahead of the coming school year. Back to School promotions have kicked off on the first Tuesday of July for the last two years, so when July 6 came and went without a Back to School announcement, many people began wondering when Apple would launch the 2015 promotion.

We've been receiving questions about the Back to School program for several weeks now, and in mid-July, there's still no sign of an imminent launch. Some have wondered whether Apple is canceling the program all together, but it's too early to say. It may be late in the month, but there are still several weeks to go before kids and teachers begin returning to classrooms.

Apple's 2014 Back to School Promotion​

Historically, the latest Apple has launched a previous Back to School program was July 2, and that was in 2013. From 2006 to 2012, Back to School kicked off in May or early June, while it launched in July in 2013 and 2014. It's entirely possible that Apple has simply decided to launch the promotion a bit later in the year, once again adjusting the dates as it did in 2013.

MacRumors has spoken to several retail employees who often hear word on Back to School a few days ahead of its debut, but so far, no one we've contacted has heard anything from Apple. The last Back to School promotion Apple introduced was for Australian customers in January of 2015.

Apple's Back to School promotion is highly anticipated because it's one of the few times a year that Apple offers deals to customers, and many hold off on summer purchases until the event begins. Last year, Apple's Back to School offer included a $50 to $100 Apple Store Gift Card with the purchase of a Mac, iPhone, or iPad, while years past included a $50 to $100 App Store Gift Card.

In the early days of the Back to School promotion, deals were offered in the form of rebates that provided a free iPod with the purchase of a Mac, but Apple has offered gift cards instead of iPods since 2011.

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[michpen]

Apple has never been good at juggling two things at once. Now it seems focused on the slow sales of the Watch, and perhaps feels a need to recoup its losses by withholding discounts from students (and recently, not even full $ discounts, but the less valuable/less expensive Apple Store Gift Cards). The program was on time and in effect in January of this year for Australia and New Zealand. It has never been this late in the U.S. I fear this is just another illustration of how Apple has ignored its traditions, and is losing its way, in service to one of the biggest bottom lines in the world. A sad state of affairs, all the more so for those of us who have been with Apple from the very beginning.

 

[HowEver]

Sure, the most valued company in the world can't do two things at once, and has no clue about announcing a back to school promotion while it's selling watches. Got it. They've lost their way.

Sad.

Apple has never been good at juggling two things at once. Now it seems focused on the slow sales of the Watch, and perhaps feels a need to recoup its losses by withholding discounts from students (and recently, not even full $ discounts, but the less valuable/less expensive Apple Store Gift Cards). The program was on time and in effect in January of this year for Australia and New Zealand. It has never been this late in the U.S. I fear this is just another illustration of how Apple has ignored its traditions, and is losing its way, in service to one of the biggest bottom lines in the world. A sad state of affairs, all the more so for those of us who have been with Apple from the very beginning.