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Does Apple check if you are a college student?(online)
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Yes.
I will not commit any FRAUD lol... I will not even attempt it ...
I will order from Amazon.
So just keep calm,you Apple police guys!
It's not fraud.
They only offer that discount to entice students to buy Apple products. They don't give a rats ass if everyone used it, because - believe it or not - everyone does use it.
They have never asked me.
That's how Microsoft does it. Or at least did when Win7 came out and they had a special deal for students. My son had a little trouble because his institution's .edu domain wasn't on Microsoft's official list.
Wow, you guys need to get out more. "commit" fraud haha
They don't care about the loss on the student discount, they assume everyone will try to get it. They HAVE to offer it, it's an image thing. Probably check on it sometimes, but I doubt often.
Nothing will happen if you get "busted" trying to do it, they will just tell you that you can't have it at the discount. COMMIT fraud lol
They don't care about the loss on the student discount, they assume everyone will try to get it. They HAVE to offer it, it's an image thing. Probably check on it sometimes, but I doubt often.
Nothing will happen if you get "busted" trying to do it, they will just tell you that you can't have it at the discount. COMMIT fraud lol
Apple doesn't eat the discount so there is no loss. These are government discount programs so the difference in price is paid for by the taxpayers.
Some people still value things like honor, personal integrity and honesty.
I understand that for some people it can be a difficult concept to grasp, but it is worth becoming familiar with it even if they choose not to practice it themselves. It will help explain the lack of trust from others.
That's not true. The exorbant fees that banks and credit card companies charge, along with some interest rates, are downright fraudulent (where's your moral values here?), but since there's no law against them, they are "legal".
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If you read the terms and conditions, they reserve the right to charge you the difference later if they find out you're not a student.
How will they ever find out if you're not a parent of a student? Or an employee of an approved school? The discount also applies to those conditions.
And because it does, there really is no need for anyone to risk it. I'm sure 99.9% of us knows someone who's in school, or has a kid in school...reach out to family and friends or co-workers, offer them a $10-$20 gift card to their favorite place for their trouble
Easy enough to randomly audit one in fifty or one in a hundred purchases and ask for proof of eligibility. Current transcript or recent paystub (redacted appropriately) would be simple documents to require.
The rest of your post is spot on though -- easy enough to find a student to help you out. An extra $20-30 in beer money can get lots of assistance.
And because it does, there really is no need for anyone to risk it. I'm sure 99.9% of us knows someone who's in school, or has a kid in school...reach out to family and friends or co-workers, offer them a $10-$20 gift card to their favorite place for their trouble
Totally agree here. I was considering just risking it and using a link I found on a webpage that allows you to buy using HE discount as if you were on your university network. However, I think I'd rather not take a chance and instead I'm going to get my cousin who is a uni student to help me out. Simples!
I can tell you that they never check. As a University Professor and dealing with dozens of students who have placed orders, they do not check. I don't know anyone who has ever been checked.
When I bought a MBP at an Apple Store -when I was on vacation- I asked for the educational discount. I reached for my Faculty ID card but the guy just rang me up. I said, "Don't you need to see my Faculty ID card?" He replied, "Meh."
After years of this, I figured out that students who want a MBP for school are better off ordering online via the educational store (you select your school). It is much faster ordering online than placing the order through the bookstore (well here anyway).
Everyone who ordered was legit so nobody worried if Apple came asking...nobody did.
I do not know what the deal is but this has been my experience.
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I have already asked an Apple Genius about this at my local Apple Store. His response: It goes off the honor system. However, if you are purchasing large amounts of Apple products, they will investigate.
Whenever I bought my macbook pro back in 08 I was still in high school and they allowed me to get the student discount in store by showing them my ID. Now that im ordering one from them from the online store I just had to put which school I go to (UNO) and they gave me the discount. Too bad Amazon doesn't offer the student discount Apple does, then I could get $300 ($200 off +$100 gift card) PLUS not having to pay taxes...
Uhhh... No it's not. It's a promotion offered by Apple to students. The government has nothing to do with it. If it did, it wouldn't be offered in every state, and in lots of countries.
I can tell you that they never check. As a University Professor and dealing with dozens of students who have placed orders, they do not check. I don't know anyone who has ever been checked.
When I bought a MBP at an Apple Store -when I was on vacation- I asked for the educational discount. I reached for my Faculty ID card but the guy just rang me up. I said, "Don't you need to see my Faculty ID card?" He replied, "Meh."
After years of this, I figured out that students who want a MBP for school are better off ordering online via the educational store (you select your school). It is much faster ordering online than placing the order through the bookstore (well here anyway).
Everyone who ordered was legit so nobody worried if Apple came asking...nobody did.
I do not know what the deal is but this has been my experience.
-P
Well I am here to tell you I have been checked. I had to email my school schedule and student id
hahaha your joking right? Now I understand those three things quite well but I dont see how saving £200 on a computer breaches any of these? Im pretty sure Apple can afford to lose this seeing as the profits they make on these things? hahaha jesus, what are you an eighteenth century knight or something? Its the 21st century, no one gives a crap about stuff like that anymore!
You will find out over time that being dishonest gets you exactly what you deserve.
Why the hell not...its not like they can do anything other than cancel the order.
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