I just forward my Uni emails to my private account and was able to use Unidays even years later. Guess the university never bothered to deactivate my account after graduation
Exactly.My opinions on education discounts have changed over time.
In Apple's case, I don't think it's a big deal because the price differences aren't huge, but I've noticed healthcare providers giving discounts to students as well.
I'm not sure why they should prioritize one form of investment over another. If a person is starting a small business, it's just a different type of investment than education. Both are financial investments in something you are building.
In some countries outside the US, it makes even less sense, as people not only don't have to pay to attend college but are paid to attend high school and college (only familiar with Sweden in that regard where you get a salary to attend high school and college, but I imagine it's the same in other countries).
It makes me wonder if education discounts are more of a way for companies to attract a young, valuable demographic.
From Apple: “Available to current and newly accepted college students and their parents, as well as faculty, staff, and homeschool teachers of all grade levels.”
I’m not sure how they verify though.
True, though you can't get BTO through those groups. Though that only impacts a very small percentage of buyers. Yes, people nerdy enough to go on a Mac site and talk about Macs have a far higher percentage of BTO buyers but Apple generally sells less than 5% of product as BTO. The vast majority of buyers take the base model.BTW regarding educational discounts. I've been in academia for a long time, and I've almost never used the educational discounts. Most often you can get similar discounts by just buying from Amazon or other retailers (never Apple of course). For example, last year I bought an iPad Air and saved $80 on RRP from Amazon. This Unidays thing looks like a pain, I'm not rushing to sign up for it.
From Apple: “Available to current and newly accepted college students and their parents, as well as faculty, staff, and homeschool teachers of all grade levels.”
I’m not sure how they verify though.
Looks like it includes homeschoolers in the new t&c.Wonder how they are going to handle homeschoolers or if we are going to get the short end of the stick like always.
Good point, Texas Gov. Greg Abbot. I'm sure all of the homeschooled kids will have no problem getting their "Mom and Dad High School" recognized by some 3rd-party website.Really, Apple is making things more difficult? How about simply stating that Apple is doing what it should have been doing in the first place: vetting and qualifying people who are qualified to get an Educator/Student discount?
Apple's only fault here is that they made it too easy for too long.
I homeschooled my three kids at the beginning of the pandemic and bought 3 iPads for them for schoolwork and Zoom. I used the discount because I had to unenroll them from school and I became their sole educator, so I had no problem using the discount and never once felt I was cheating the system. There should be a way to give homeschooling parents a chance to prove they homeschool. Maybe a letter from the school district?.Wonder how they are going to handle homeschoolers or if we are going to get the short end of the stick like always.
Agreed, sounds like something they should be able to figure out.There should be a way to give homeschooling parents a chance to prove they homeschool. Maybe a letter from the school district?.
Those snitches get stitches.It was only a question of time for it to happen. If you go searching on the internet you will find websites, fourm posts and youtube vidoes of people providing tips and tricks on how to cheat the system.
I just forward my Uni emails to my private account and was able to use Unidays even years later. Guess the university never bothered to deactivate my account after graduation
True, though you can't get BTO through those groups. Though that only impacts a very small percentage of buyers. Yes, people nerdy enough to go on a Mac site and talk about Macs have a far higher percentage of BTO buyers but Apple generally sells less than 5% of product as BTO. The vast majority of buyers take the base model.
actually business,
Back when I was in university, Apple's educational 'discounts' were $100.00.
Both my undergrad and my grad institutions provide perpetual forwarding of my old university email address. It is stated as being a "perk" for alumni. Perhaps yours is similar.
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I'm curious how much this will help. I've been out of college for quite some time, and my school gave us a lifetime .edu email address. I actually just signed up for UNiDAYS a couple months ago to see if it would work, and it did... Have not used it yet though since most things seemed to be geared for college kids.