You're all on drugs (or simply don't know the right person, but I prefer the inflammatory and accusatory former)
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If you're buying a load of stuff, CALL apple sales. Sound professional and like you know what you're doing. Apple phone sales seems to have more latitude than the stores.
If you're buying for a business, you need to find your top-secret Apple SBPro Account Manager. If you are in a large business that does NOT have an Employee Purchase Program with Apple, get on the stick with your EPP person for other computer companies (the Dell EPP rep at your company is in a position to hunt down an Apple EPP agreement).
If you're buying a load of stuff, CALL apple sales. Sound professional and like you know what you're doing. Apple phone sales seems to have more latitude than the stores.
If you're buying for a business, you need to find your top-secret Apple SBPro Account Manager. If you are in a large business that does NOT have an Employee Purchase Program with Apple, get on the stick with your EPP person for other computer companies (the Dell EPP rep at your company is in a position to hunt down an Apple EPP agreement).