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Education Discount...Not Much?!

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agrats84

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I'm a high school teacher and everyone has told me that Apple has some great education discounts. I'm looking to buy a new iMac and online it is only $50 cheaper with no discount for software (Office StudentTeacher Edition & Quicken) or accessories. I thought it would be much greater so is this accurate or should I go to the store to purchase?
 
It won't be better at the store. I saved about $200 when I bought my iMac, applecare, Office in August using my education discount. It's not a lot, but it helps.
 
The baseline mac is only 50 off, the others are 100. As for Office, that is the discount price. The full version is 399.00
 
Wow... in the UK, university students (not sure about staff) get around 14-16% off Apple hardware, software and accessories.
 
buy in the store! Tax free if you buy in the store...not so, online.


In regards to the little discount...I think Apple will be doing away with educational discounts eventually. Over the past few years it has become smaller and smaller.
 
spyderracer393 said:
buy in the store! Tax free if you buy in the store...not so, online.


In regards to the little discount...I think Apple will be doing away with educational discounts eventually. Over the past few years it has become smaller and smaller.
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Refurbs are tax free in store?
 
Educational discounts are small, I'm a student myself and it took me a while to save for my macbook. But keep in mind that a discount is a privilege not a right, Apple isn't obligated to offer these discounts to us at all.
 
The cheapest small dog refurb is $934, and is not as good as Apples $899 one. Not for me...
 
spyderracer393 said:
buy in the store! Tax free if you buy in the store...not so, online.


In regards to the little discount...I think Apple will be doing away with educational discounts eventually. Over the past few years it has become smaller and smaller.
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No tax in store??? Really!?! In the USA?
 
Tax free

The catch to the in-store tax exemption is for educators ONLY. you have to be a teacher AND PRESENT PROOF to get the tax-free purchase. my buddy is a teacher in a master's program so he gets both student and teacher discounts. lucky duck. hope this answers this question.
 
I'm a UK college student. If I order online with my student discount I only get 10% off however if I go into the shop, I get 14% -- not sure why though...I think its because the Apple UK store has no database of colleges, you simply type in the name of it and the town.
 
rmwebs said:
I'm a UK college student. If I order online with my student discount I only get 10% off however if I go into the shop, I get 14% -- not sure why though...I think its because the Apple UK store has no database of colleges, you simply type in the name of it and the town.
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If you go to http://apple.procureweb.ac.uk/ and can actually access it via your college network (almost all can), then you get a list to choose from, and there are colleges in it.

That links to the UK-HE store, which gives the biggest discount.
 
f1 said:
Educational discounts are small, I'm a student myself and it took me a while to save for my macbook. But keep in mind that a discount is a privilege not a right, Apple isn't obligated to offer these discounts to us at all.
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You are totally right. People act like they are obligated for the discount. OP if $100 is nothing to you then why are you complaining about the discount?
 
If you go to the Educational Store you'll only get a small discount, because it isn't verified.

however, if you log on from your universities network, or if you ring up the apple store, you'll get a better discount, because it IS verified.
 
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