Best Buy?

[onthecouchagain]

What about giving him the SKU for the giftcard?
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It's okay. I personally don't want to return to that Best Buy. The associates there weren't exactly very nice. When I asked to speak with a manager, she came back and said "the manager's very busy, can you try Rego Park" (another Best Buy location). I said thank you and left.

I found one a little further away which had in stock, offered the discount plus the Best Buy gift card, and are holding it for me. I will swing by tonight to get it there.

 

[radiohead14]

It's okay. I personally don't want to return to that Best Buy. The associates there weren't exactly very nice. When I asked to speak with a manager, she came back and said "the manager's very busy, can you try Rego Park" (another Best Buy location). I said thank you and left.

I found one a little further away which had in stock, offered the discount plus the Best Buy gift card, and are holding it for me. I will swing by tonight to get it there.

haha.. i know that exact Best Buy you're talking about. yea they are terrible. the LIC one is a bit better. try the Chelsea one.. look up the sales guy i had Daniel.. super good experience getting mine there

 

[onthecouchagain]

haha.. i know that exact Best Buy you're talking about. yea they are terrible. the LIC one is a bit better. try the Chelsea one.. look up the sales guy i had Daniel.. super good experience getting mine there

Flushing, right?

I'm going to the Westbury one out in Long Island. Very pleasant conversation with a sales rep over the phone, who put the Air on hold for me.

Which version did you end up getting, RH? (I'm a huge RH fan too, btw).

 

[radiohead14]

Flushing, right?

I'm going to the Westbury one out in Long Island. Very pleasant conversation with a sales rep over the phone, who put the Air on hold for me.

Which version did you end up getting, RH? (I'm a huge RH fan too, btw).

the LIC one is right off Northern Blvd/50th street at that plaza there. i've had better service there than the Rego Park one. I ended up getting the 11" 4GB 128SSD model from 23rd & 6th ave.

you got good taste in tunes

 

[s.hasan546]

i can't wait till i get mine. Mine is on hold at best buy in Levittown. Thanks to the person who put up best buy's private sale event!!!! I called Levittown and they said they will give the education discount + $100 gift card + $60 off a printer. & i have a reward zone certificates built up

So now it's going to cost me:

MBA 11" 128gb- $1140
BB Gift Card- $100
Reward Zone Certificate i alrdy hv- $45
Future Reward zone from this purchase- $87
Free printer ($69.99 printer-$60)- 9.99
No Tax (Business Tax Exemption)

Net- $858

 

[onthecouchagain]

Im at best buy right now and for whatever reason the sales guy says both the air sale and the gift card won't go through. Did any other buyers from best buy experience this?

 

[s.hasan546]

Im at best buy right now and for whatever reason the sales guy says both the air sale and the gift card won't go through. Did any other buyers from best buy experience this?

so tell them to price match the education discount and gift card. It's only $10 more.

 

[onthecouchagain]

Yeah I said that but now they're saying apple doesn't offer a gift card with the air, only for the pro and Imac. Rubbish! Im waiting to speak with manager. Apple website loaded up.

Edit: Got it. : )

 

[green tea]

Best Buy has them on sale and for sale. $65 off 13" with free shipping.

Just ordered, with sale price and tax was only $22 over base.

$100 off the 256GB air!

got this deal too, they even applied the BB $100 gift card to my purchase surprisingly

 

[Spankey]

got this deal too, they even applied the BB $100 gift card to my purchase surprisingly

Was that online or in store? Since the Air is backordered I may call and request it. Is there a place to see where this is offered?

 

[coolbreeze]

In-store, Best Buy already has the new Airs on sale.

$100 off for the 256 13" (what I got)
$70 off for the 128 13"

Similar discounts for the 11", but I dont' remember since I didn't want a netbook.

If you want one today, BB is the best choice. They are on par with Amazon's pricing since the discounts offset sales tax (if you are avoiding that against the better advice of tax law).

 

[ilncc22]

Yeah I said that but now they're saying apple doesn't offer a gift card with the air, only for the pro and Imac. Rubbish! Im waiting to speak with manager. Apple website loaded up.

Edit: Got it. : )

How did you get it? They won't give me my Gift card. I am going to try different store for the gift card.

 

[unagimiyagi]

Here's what I expected before going into Best Buy:

"Hi, I want to buy the new macbook airs. You also have a $100 promo as well."
"Oh, I'm not sure if we have those yet"
"You do. I called and had someone check the SKU"
"Cool"
"Oh wait, we have them. Have no idea what you're talking about regarding the $100 promo."


Here's what actually happened

See above.






Longer version:

I went to two stores. One store had to be alerted to the fact that they had new macbook airs. Par for the course for Best Buy. They had never heard about the $100 gift card. I gave them the sku. Interesting. They saw it but could not add it on to a mac. They tried pretty hard and were running around in circles. Called around, made some calls, nothing. So I left.
Went to another one. They had the macbook airs. They said that the $100 promo was for PCs only. They also then said it was for Broadband service (?!) if I signed up. Clearly a waste of time.

They operate on a 1% profit margin, no doubt in part b/c of operational screwups like this. The funny thing is they always ask to check the website, as in the same bestbuy.com website. And when the employees are checking the same public website that you are, that's a bad sign. If at all possible, just go to the apple store or order online. It's not worth it for me to try to get this deal. Why? B/c the $1234 price may go away after tomorrow, and then the $100 promo will be in effect. It's not worth the aggravation. I'd classify this as a your mileage may vary, not a true deal for the masses. I do want to say that the two reps that I dealt with were nice, and not altogether incompetent. I think that they were not given the tools or training that they need to succeed.

 

[flyingp3nguin]

I got the $100 gift card!

Just got my MBA (first mac, woot woot!) from Best Buy AND the $100 gift card.

Like people have reported, Best Buy isn't doing the $100 gift card for the new MBAs, so the SKU for the gift card being passed around here won't work. What I did was ask for them to price match Apple's deals and had the guy confirm with the Apple employees (via the 1800myapple phone number) that the $100 rebate applies to the new MBAs as well as the old ones.

Luckily I had a regular employee helping me out rather than Best Buy's Apple employees, because the guy helping me out didn't really seem to know what was going on. He just ran the price match as usual by checking with Apple, checking with the manager, and then having the manager credit a gift card manually. As soon as the Apple employee saw what was going on, he tried to come over and mess my deal up by saying that Best Buy doesn't have to match prices and that the company has chosen not to match this price, but the manager had left already and I was ready to sign on the signature pad and there wasn't really anything he could do.

So yeah...that's my story. GL getting your gift cards.

tl;dr...
1. Find a cool employee to help you out.
2. Have them price match apple's deal by confirming that it applies to the new MBAs, and then getting a manager to manually credit a gift card for $100.
3. Watch out for employees who KNOW that Best Buy ISN'T doing the $100 gift card.

 

[s.hasan546]

3. Watch out for employees who KNOW that Best Buy ISN'T doing the $100 gift card.

It's probably depends on the Best Buy b.c all the Best Buy's in my area ARE DOING THIS DEFINITELY.

 

[onthecouchagain]

At the people trying to get the deal:

There's no point in outright asking for it anymore. Best Buy isn't running both the sale and the gift card; it won't work and they're not obligated to give you both, apparently. So what you have to do is you have to ask to price match Apple. They'll say some crap like "The Airs aren't part of the gift card promo at Apple," so then you'll have to go to the Apple website and show them that it is indeed part of the Back to School sale (bring a cellphone that can browse the web!). Once they confirm, they should be able to match it for you.

Of course, YMMV. Good luck, all.

By the way, the sale ends Saturday.

 

[jlc1978]

Question to best buy buyers. How did you provide proof of being a student? The one I went to asked for my .education email address but im attending this fall and don't have my school email yet. Did they ask for confirmation?

Bring a bill or acceptance letter copy.

 

[jlc1978]

One person told me the sale ends Saturday, but then again, he also adamantly denied the $100 dollar Best Buy gift card, so I don't think he knew what he was talking about.

It seems not all Best Buys are offering the gift card, but all of them have the sale going on. This is frustrating.

They are. Here's the email I got from BB corporate CS:


Thank you for your interest in purchasing an Apple Mac Book Pro from your local Best Buy store. I will be more than happy to answer your question about whether Best Buy is price matching Apple's current educational offer.

Best Buy is price matching Apple's offer with a $100 Best Buy gift card. I hope that you will find this information helpful.

Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns.

Sincerely,
Jean
Best Buy Consumer Relations

BB gave me the edu price and GC on my MBP. Since Apple offers it on the Air as well they should do it there.

 

[bigp9998]

I just called my local store (Atlanta) and the employee said he "thought" I could get both the $50 off and the free gift card. I told him to please ask his manager to verify, and he reported back that I can definitely get both. I made sure to write down the employee's name, and I'll be heading over tomorrow night during the reward zone event to get my new computer!

 

[P0stalTek]

Thanks to this thread, I was able to call the local BB and put my base 13 on hold under my name.

They checked the SKU and saw tgat they had 3. They then verified that they actually had one in the back. The rep got back on the phone and confirmed they indeed had them and that he would hold one.

He also said that they literally just pulled them off the truck.

Now let's hope they'll hold it till 6pm *crosses fingers*


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[n8sco]

Just picked mine up from my local store. I was able to change my online backorder to a store pickup. Shoutout to Juanita for all her help lol. About to start playing right now.

 

[IXDoubleDXI]

I ordered the Base 11.6 MBA on 6/18 from BB.com for $938. Called them twice this week for price matching, since now it's down to $834. Got PM'd on Thursday when it went to $899, and again today when it dropped to $834. Since I've got RZ Silver, I guess this holds for 45 days from purchase. No need to upgrade, so i figured i'll just keep any eye on it for another few days. With GC's/RZ points and Price Matching, it'll be right about $650 w/tax. Counted get the Daytona BB to give up the $100 GC to match Apple. Just posting for anyone else that bought just prior to the refresh. If you're w/in 14 days and not RZ silver, they'll still PM.

 

[dibara2003]

They are. Here's the email I got from BB corporate CS:


Thank you for your interest in purchasing an Apple Mac Book Pro from your local Best Buy store. I will be more than happy to answer your question about whether Best Buy is price matching Apple's current educational offer.

Best Buy is price matching Apple's offer with a $100 Best Buy gift card. I hope that you will find this information helpful.

Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns.

Sincerely,
Jean
Best Buy Consumer Relations

BB gave me the edu price and GC on my MBP. Since Apple offers it on the Air as well they should do it there.

Supposedly some of the stores have been denying people specifically on the MBA. Mind PMing me the email to this person? I'll email specifically regarding the Air.

 

[MacbookDO]

I was just turned down on the $100 gift card at best buy. I went in and asked for it, but was told it doesn't apply to macbook airs. They said airs weren't included in the educational promotion. There was even an apple rep at the store, but she didn't seem to care about helping me with the business side, just wanted to convince me to buy a mac over a pc. But I did get it 70$ off. I'm curious to see what corporate best buy has to say about this, because there is a lot of conflicting information going around.

 

[unagimiyagi]

I went to Best Buy, the same one where I was denied.
Today's manager was fine. I called in about it and they actually printed me the internal memo about the price matching policy.

So the $100 Best Buy gift card is absolutely legit. Now, whether you get the $1234.99 price or the $1250 price or the $1299 price I'm less sure about. The memo does not state anything about that.

The $1234.99 price is what I got, but that's b/c I got a manager who was not a robot. The system would not let the cashier ring up the $100 gift card with the macbook air. So what they did was to subtract $100 off the air and then charge me $100 for the gift card. Whatever, this is clearly a your mileage may vary. It shouldn't be, but it is.