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Best Buy Kicks Off 20 Days of Holiday Deals Event With Discounts on MacBook Air and More

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Best Buy's Cyber Monday sale has transitioned into a "Holiday Deals" event that's promising new discounts and offers every day for the next 20 days. For today, the focus is on a few laptop deals, including the 13-inch M2 MacBook Air.

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As with the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals we saw, some of the discounts below require a My Best Buy Plus or My Best Buy Total membership. These start at $49.99/year and grant members early access to sales, exclusive discounts on select products, and more.

MacBook Air

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The highlight of the sale is Apple's 256GB 13.6-inch M2 MacBook Air for $949.00, down from $1,099.00. Best Buy has this sale price in all four colors, and it represents a solid second-best price on the 2022 notebook.



Similarly, the 512GB model of the 13.6-inch M2 MacBook Air is available on sale during Best Buy's Cyber Week event. You can get this version for $1,249.00, down from $1,399.00. Neither of these deals require you to have a My Best Buy Plus/Total membership.

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Best Buy has numerous discounts on LEGO sets this season, including Botanicals, Technic, Architecture, Disney, Icons, and more.
Keep up with all of this week's best discounts on Apple products and related accessories in our dedicated Apple Deals roundup.

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Local Apple store will match Best Buy prices up to 10% of item, provided the exact item is in stock in both places (i.e. at Apple and at a local Best Buy). This means you should be able to get $110 off the 256GB M2 MBA, and $140 off the 512GB M2 MBA at Apple. Best Buy still wins, but if you don't have a membership, buying from Apple will allow you to take advantage of Apple's generous holiday return policy.
 
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ghanwani said:
Local Apple store will match Best Buy prices up to 10% of item, provided the exact item is in stock in both places (i.e. at Apple and at a local Best Buy). This means you should be able to get $110 off the 256GB M2 MBA, and $140 off the 512GB M2 MBA at Apple. Best Buy still wins, but if you don't have a membership, buying from Apple will allow you to take advantage of Apple's generous holiday return policy.
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Didn’t know apple did any kind of price match. Nice local store does.
 
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At this point, they should just make it an entire month long sale everywhere. It's getting to be ridiculous. Then, a few days before Christmas, they should double all of the prices to get the procrastinators.
 
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Harry Haller said:
Everyday a sale. Tragedy of the commons. "Sale" becomes meaningless. Retailers and their media messengers dependent on them for income shooting themselves in the foot.
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It just means they didn’t hit their targets. What are the supposed to do? It hurts their profits but they need to move inventory. I prefer this environment to that of shortages but I fear the next stop will be shortages & inflation as companies pull back on production to maintain pricing power.
 
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Harry Haller said:
Everyday a sale. Tragedy of the commons. "Sale" becomes meaningless. Retailers and their media messengers dependent on them for income shooting themselves in the foot.
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It's been like this for years.... sales, on all year round... the sale really has well and truly become meaningless. Even worse.. you have to do your work to find out if the 'sale' price is actually a good deal compared to the items 'usual' price. This applies to all retailers, everywhere.

Ive seen a few instances where the price, not long after such big 'sales', were actually lower than the 'sale' price.
 
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Fuzzball84 said:
It's been like this for years.... sales, on all year round... the sale really has well and truly become meaningless. Even worse.. you have to do your work to find out if the 'sale' price is actually a good deal compared to the items 'usual' price. This applies to all retailers, everywhere.

Ive seen a few instances where the price, not long after such big 'sales', were actually lower than the 'sale' price.
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There were good old days (around 2010 for sure when I got my first MBP) when Apple products were sold at a fixed price regardless of where you bought it.
 
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When I saw the "20 Days of Holiday Deals" headline, it reminded me of the "12 Days of Christmas App" that Apple used to release each holiday season. I miss that app!
 
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ghanwani said:
There were good old days (around 2010 for sure when I got my first MBP) when Apple products were sold at a fixed price regardless of where you bought it.
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Apple products were being sold at different prices at different retailers back in 2010, as well as years before and years since.
 
webkit said:
Apple products were being sold at different prices at different retailers back in 2010, as well as years before and years since.
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No, there's no comparison, things have deteriorated badly since Tim screwed up their product line and Apple's regressed back into an indistinguishable smear of the bland pre-Jobs return era. No question, its a mess.
 
latweek said:
No, there's no comparison, things have deteriorated badly since Tim screwed up their product line and Apple's regressed back into an indistinguishable smear of the bland pre-Jobs return era. No question, its a mess.
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My comment was about the fact that differing retailers have been offering differing prices on Apple products for many many years. There was no "fixed pricing" regardless of where you bought the item.
 
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blipstutter said:
Would this work with a RAM upgrade? Could you get Apple to match this item for item and then add on the upgrade?
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If it’s a CTO model, then it won’t work. Must be something available to purchase locally in both places at the moment of purchase.
 
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