back to school in may/june is just a marketing opportunity to sell more products, get foot traffic increased, and move outdated items that will be replaced with the next generation over the summer/fall. i read there is a lot of "wink wink nudge nudge" that goes on over the question of what is a student.
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does that mean if i have a child in 8th grade, and want to get them a macbook, i as a parent cannot purchase one with an educational discount?
This is what I've been waiting for. My MacBook is three years old and I've been looking at getting an iMac.
no Mac Mini for BTS?
Oh well.
If I buy another MBA to replace the iMac I'm selling, maybe I will get an iPod this time around since my 5th Gen is a little wonky in the playback department.
Oh well.
If I buy another MBA to replace the iMac I'm selling, maybe I will get an iPod this time around since my 5th Gen is a little wonky in the playback department.
Well, if you bought it a few days ago... it might be a little hassle but maybe it's worth it to you?
You could return it and rebuy it when the program starts even if Apple won't let you participate.
Actually it could hurt to try if he doesn't have a good story prepared. Apple does have in the clause somewhere that if they find you lied about educational status with the education discount, they can charge you the difference that you should have paid. So if you get a different sales clerk who is feeling snarky (or doesn't believe you that the Apple staff gave you that as a concession), you might find you're paying the difference.
So the worst case scenario is that they pay the sticker price. How does that contradict anything I said?
You said it wouldn't hurt. I would say having to pay more than he already has does constitute as "hurting" or rather being worse off than he was before.
If one goes into a store ineligible for the student discount they "should" expect to pay the full price. If they get the student discount they do not pay the full price. If at a later date Apple determines ineligibility for the discount, the most they can charge is the difference to bring the cost up to the full price.
Thus, nothing is lost past the undiscounted value. I don't see how this is disputable.
Look, at this point he *already got* the discounted price. So we can just take it for granted he paid the lower price. So if he goes back and brings it to some one else's attention who didn't give him that discount, that guy could go about trying to get him to pay the difference.
And therefore, he pays more than he already paid that he *would not have paid if he didn't go back*. <- There is the important part.
So by going back, he could cause himself to pay more than *he already did*. It's not much more, but still, that is making his price worse. Therefore, "hurting".
Yes, one could argue he should have paid the higher price (though he could have gotten the computer for even cheaper going elsewhere which is why they gave him that discount at least), but he *didn't*. So that point is totally *moot*!
Anyways, I don't even understand why you are making a big deal about this. All I did was point out that he could possibly end up paying more if he does go back (hopefully not, but what I'm saying is there is that risk).
Judging by the length of our respective responses, I'm not the one making a big deal about it. The argument that asking someone to pay the list price for something "hurts" them makes no sense to me, but different strokes for different folks.
No, if you look at most of my posts, I'm a wordy person. That's just my personality.
Secondly, when I see it doesn't hurt, to me that means that at most nothing will change or at least change for the worse. And sorry, even if it's not that much, I do consider having to pay more meaning that something did change for the worse.
So why is this even a news story then? Clearly people care about the discount. Yes, students are poor, etc, etc, but it's nice to save anything on hardcore MSRP AAPL prices.
Hi everyone,I'm in VietNam. They also have Apple Store VN. Will my children receive Back To School promotion like in US?
Does the rebate and student pricing only apply if you buy it at the Apple Store (or online Apple Store) or can you buy it from any other reseller and get the student discount and $199 rebate on the iPod?
As in, can I buy it from B&H Photo at the, and an iPod from B&H and use that receipt to get my $199 rebate?
As in, can I buy it from B&H Photo at the, and an iPod from B&H and use that receipt to get my $199 rebate?
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Hard to beat Microsoft
Buy a $700 pc anc get an xbox 360 (4 GB).
http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2011/may11/05-19MSPCXBOXPR.mspx
$200 worth xbox any you only have to buy a $700 computer
Buy a $700 pc anc get an xbox 360 (4 GB).
http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2011/may11/05-19MSPCXBOXPR.mspx
$200 worth xbox any you only have to buy a $700 computer
