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Back to School to Start Tomorrow - $100 App Store Gift Card Confirmed

This is sad. Not because of what they announced, but the sense of entitlement people think they deserve. Look, when you buy a Mac, you're probably gonna need to buy Word or iWork, that costs near 100 dollars doesn't it? This community is acting completely self centered, as they are disregarding a huge portion of people who buy or want to buy Apple products. I am going to need to buy Word or iWork, which will cost around 100 dollars, therefore I am thankful for this Back to School promotion?

Don't like my post? Well I'll sleep tonight regardless of what you think :)
 
My soon-to-buy iMac will be my first Mac. I'm actually pleased with this $100 Mac App Store gift card. I have several apps in mind that I already planned on purchasing, so this means most (or probably all) will be free now.

It doesn't matter if Apple takes back a cut of the $100. It's still worth $100 to us!

I would have liked an iPod Touch, but I'll be fine with just getting an iPhone 4S/5 when the time comes.

Thanks Apple!
 
Minor point, but please stop the stupid "it's only costing Apple $70 now vs $200 before" argument as if Apple isn't getting a nice cut from each Ipod Touch and as if the Mac App store doesn't cost anything to run.
 
I have NO use at all for the gift card as I dont own and dont plan on owning an iphone, ipod OR an ipad.

What good is this 'bonus' to me? Why don't they just slash $100 bucks off my next purchase...?
 
mr_matalino said:
$100 gift card in which Apple gets a 30% cut on apps so Apple is only giving out $70 instead of $200. A bit too steep of a cut for those students...

I guess iTunes would be different though.
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Apple make a profit on a $200 iPod Touch too, so they were never 'giving out' $200 if you're going to look at it based on what it actually costs them.
 
Eduardo1971 said:
I don't understand all this anger as Apple doesn't have to provide buyers with any bonus or incentive. :confused:
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Not to you, or me, or anyone who might consider registering with a site that follows every bit of mac related gossip, but it would be terribly naive to think that incentives have no impact on a significant proportion of their potential student market.
 
I would have taken $200 towards an iPad as I plan to buy one as a gift, would have been a nice break there. But I can always use the iTunes/App Store money. Now all I need to do is start my MBA program so that I can get the discount on a new Mac.
 
So what if Apple keeps 30%? You're getting 100%, who gives a **** what Apple can and cannot afford to lose. They're a business. Anything free is a bonus.
 
iMerik said:
My soon-to-buy iMac will be my first Mac. I'm actually pleased with this $100 Mac App Store gift card. I have several apps in mind that I already planned on purchasing, so this means most (or probably all) will be free now.

It doesn't matter if Apple takes back a cut of the $100. It's still worth $100 to us!

I would have liked an iPod Touch, but I'll be fine with just getting an iPhone 4S/5 when the time comes.

Thanks Apple!
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Want another? I'll sell you my gift card when I get it.
 
Most people I know that took advantage of the deal already had an iPod/iPhone so they sold them to someone else.

I have a feeling Apple knew this, hence only a GC from now on...

Good for Apple - not letting anybody push them around!!!

:D
 
I bet most of the people complaing right now weren't even planning on buying a MacBook during the promotion anyway.

There are thousands of people that buy Macs with ZERO free add-ons the other 8 months out of the year...

Relax :rolleyes:
 
YumChickens said:
This is sad. Not because of what they announced, but the sense of entitlement people think they deserve. Look, when you buy a Mac, you're probably gonna need to buy Word or iWork, that costs near 100 dollars doesn't it? This community is acting completely self centered, as they are disregarding a huge portion of people who buy or want to buy Apple products. I am going to need to buy Word or iWork, which will cost around 100 dollars, therefore I am thankful for this Back to School promotion?

Don't like my post? Well I'll sleep tonight regardless of what you think :)
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you mean like Apple Entitled to 35% profit margin on all the product ...

they are making enough profits, these not the time cut some promotion, after all the these for the back to school folks not for everyone...
 
People are being ridiculous. I'm buying a new MacBook because that's the computer I want. I'm not going to buy something else because they have a better freebie. I would rather have a gift card to spend on apps and music than on an iPod that I already have. Apple doesn't owe anybody here anything.
 
iPadThai said:
You guys do realize it's FREE right? Free $100 anything is better than Free $0.

Second thought: It is CHEAP of apple to pull this shiznit this time around. Not only do they get 30% cut on the MAC app store apps, but giving back $100 MAC app store specific gift cards is lame. The MAC appstore is not the same as iPod/iPhone/iPad APP STORE - so there aren't that many titles available other than the usual bullshiznit iWork suite.

They (apple) sure know how to cut costs :rolleyes:
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Please note: these are NOT mac app store specific. The back of the card says it can be used in the Mac App Store, iTunes Store, iOS App Store and the iBookstore.
 
Very disappointing. At least an Apple Store gift card would have been better than just an iTunes/App Store gift card. We want hardware, not software!
 
juicedropsdeuce said:
It's called the market leader acting like the market leader. You know what that eventually leads to. For all that Jobs cried like a baby about Gates, looks like he does a great impression of him.
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Latest apple invention "Billions not enough"

where is the updates to Mac Mini, MacBook, Mac Pro ... but there are too many stories about retail stores and apple HQ

i am not sure apple is focusing much on the product aka Mac products.
 
DaGreat01 said:
I bet most of the people complaing right now weren't even planning on buying a MacBook during the promotion anyway.

Relax :rolleyes:
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I was, I've been holding off for a macbook for over a month. This is a huge disappointment. I would have been better off skipping on the gift card and having my macbook in class already as im a summer semester starting student.
 
count me in as 1 of those happy to have bought the 2011 MBP earlier.

While 100$ is better then nothing, it does not compare to an ipod.
 
How many here complaining are actually students?

Title should say it all. I am really curious to know if all the people who are complaining about the $100 gift card are students or have children who are students. Perhaps another iPod is not what people most are looking for. So many people have iPhones and iPods, especially if you are a Mac user. So, the promotion is just different. It helps promote developers, the app store and helps to get those apps on those new computers.

It's funny that Microsoft has to actually give an XBox to promote their OS. As an aside, isn't a game console the last thing a student should be concered about? An entire campus of XBoxes? Not to mention that a game is $60+ dollars. So, if money is tight then getting a console is probably not the best deciding factor for getting a cheap (well, at least $699), low rent, power guzzling notebook with no real software to be used.

Just another opinion, as is with any forum.

And yes, I am a bit of a fanboy (within reason).
 
No longer worth it for some to purchase from apple retail store.

Information on AppleInsider.com suggests you will actually be better off purchasing your MAC from a 3rd party seller than the apple store, even with the new promotion.

I was awaiting the promotion because with the student discount and the BTS promotion I was looking at about a $300.00 discount to the original price of my iMac (27" 2.7 @ $1700). With the student discount you are down to a $1600 price tag, with the free iPod which I would have sold to a friend for $200 ($30 dollars cheaper than retail price), I was looking at paying a total of $1400 for a 27" 2.7 sandy bridge iMac which is the cheapest you can possibly get the price down to no matter where you shop.

Problem is apple retail also adds tax, in Ohio I have a 6.5% sales tax which would add about 103 dollars to my total. Without the Ipod being offered I am now looking at a total price of about $1700. (minus student discount but adding tax). With tax before I would have been at $1500.

3rd party sellers offer this same iMac free shipping and printer rebate that matches apples for $1579. There will be no tax in my situation, so by ordering online I will actually save about $120. PLUS im guessing some of the 3rd party resellers will offer some sort of deal/match for the $100.00 itunes gift card apple is giving (if you handle the sale correctly).

Shopping at apple will actually be more expensive so if you are in the market make sure you check out pricing guides at www.appleinsider.com and consider sales tax into your purchase IF you are choosing to purchase at the physical store and maybe you too will not purchase from apple and save some money by going through macmall or a seller like it! Hope this helps some people!
 
What an injustice!

Haha. These negative reactions really are hilarious. Apple obviously doesn't need to push more iPods into the marketplace. There's enough critical mass of Macs, iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches that it makes a lot more sense to start pushing more software and media consumption.

$100 goes a long way in the iTunes/iBooks/App/Mac App stores.
 
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