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Iphone3gs

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Price with education discount is different from online price to store price to over the telephone price.

Original price : £999
online discount education: £939
Store education discount:£877
Telephone education discount:£852

Are people aware of this?

It would be nice to get it from the store, but over the telephone you have to wait for post.
 
Iphone3gs said:
Price with education discount is different from online price to store price to over the telephone price.

Original price : £999
online discount education: £939
Store education discount:£877
Telephone education discount:£852

Are people aware of this?

It would be nice to get it from the store, but over the telephone you have to wait for post.
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What? Is this only in the Uk? Because I ordered my mbpro last week using the educational price of $1149.99. So you are telling me I can get it cheaper if I call them?
 
Cheaper if u call

Yeap.
I got a better quotation over the Phone.I'll be present mine today as their wasn't any MBA update.
 
This is great to know! I wonder if this is true in the US too. I am about to buy a MBP and find out...
 
Iphone3gs said:
Price with education discount is different from online price to store price to over the telephone price.

Original price : £999
online discount education: £939
Store education discount:£877
Telephone education discount:£852

Are people aware of this?

It would be nice to get it from the store, but over the telephone you have to wait for post.
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This is what I get when I go onto the UK education store. The MBP which starts from £999 on the main store is listed as £858.93. That's around 14% discount which is the same as I have always got online, in store and by phone.
 

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hes talking bollocks... I just rang up the sales team... tried the edu uni discount and rang the local store.... same price everywhere
 
mulo said:
this seems to be hoax
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I'm not sure, I have known there to be pricing errors on the UK education store (they were selling iWork for £15 for a couple of weeks a few years back). Nevertheless, the standard discount has been 14% on laptops and desktops however you buy for as long as I can remember. If they don't offer you that then it's worth checking.
 
Prhymeate said:
My discount was the same, 16% in both the store and over the phone in the UK
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Years ago, it used to be 14%, at least that's what I got as a lecturer and I was told that it was the same as what HE students got.

However, I spent a year in a Russel institution and we got 15% there as far as I can recall. I never heard anyone getting 16% discount.
 
I get the same as Satori but the OP might be at a different level of education and the online prices would change accordingly. I reckon the person on the phone assumed the OP was going to a uni rather than something like a community college where (I'm sure) the discounts are less.
 
Prices are different

ri0ku said:
hes talking bollocks... I just rang up the sales team... tried the edu uni discount and rang the local store.... same price everywhere
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Ask in store they will give you a qoute from their list for about £877 for a mbp 13,3 ".

Online price through education store gives only £939.

This ain't b#####ks check for yourself...not by phoning go have a visit and see the quote they give you.
 
This is what I get,

regular online store UK:
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education store UK:
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Seems to be in line with the 14% discount that's being talked about here.
 
I just got my 13" MBP pro with Uni discount in the UK for £893.00 (i also added a 350gb hard drive which around £35 more so it comes the same as the reply above):)
 
Iphone3gs said:
Ask in store they will give you a qoute from their list for about £877 for a mbp 13,3 ".

Online price through education store gives only £939.

This ain't b#####ks check for yourself...not by phoning go have a visit and see the quote they give you.
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Just got back from the Apple store, again bollocks. Same price showed them my uni papers and ID and was quoted the same price as every other area.
 
kernkraft said:
Years ago, it used to be 14%, at least that's what I got as a lecturer and I was told that it was the same as what HE students got.

However, I spent a year in a Russel institution and we got 15% there as far as I can recall. I never heard anyone getting 16% discount.
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This is only on MBP's if that makes any difference. When I went to the apple store and asked how much the student discount was, I saw the percentages for different discounts on different items when the guy checked them in front of me on his iphone. When I ordered online it worked out at 16% cheaper too. The discount on macbooks, imacs etc is lower.
 
Any recent good prices from education discount anyone's got recently

Well I got receipt showing I paid about £850 less then £855 for the MBP

Paid extra for iPod touch and printer

Got rebate for them both

£130 back for iPod touch
And £70 or so back for the printer it was sept 2010
 
I got my MBP for £936 discounted because I work in education. standard price is £999, not a massive saving and I was told by the school I work for afterwards they could have got the VAT taken off for me but I'll cry about that another day!
 
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