Haggling

[JWFerne]

Ok, so I bought my last iMac about 3-4 months ago over the phone with Apple. The saleswoman was very nice and she actually let me haggle a bit on the price. I ended up saving like 14% due to price matching and lack of tax.

The question i have for you guys, do you think they would do this in the apple store? I want to get a Macbook Pro today/tomorrow, but paying retail + tax seems foolish when I can get one on Amazon for $150 cheaper and no tax... so a large savings. I also like buying in the store, cause it lets me feel all geeky inside.

I've also found someone on Craigslist who's selling a new one for about $400 less than apple + no taxes, but I'm leery of street trades.

Any thoughts or experiences on in-store haggling?

 

[nateharr]

Ok, so I bought my last iMac about 3-4 months ago over the phone with Apple. The saleswoman was very nice and she actually let me haggle a bit on the price. I ended up saving like 14% due to price matching and lack of tax.

The question i have for you guys, do you think they would do this in the apple store? I want to get a Macbook Pro today/tomorrow, but paying retail + tax seems foolish when I can get one on Amazon for $150 cheaper and no tax... so a large savings. I also like buying in the store, cause it lets me feel all geeky inside.

I've also found someone on Craigslist who's selling a new one for about $400 less than apple + no taxes, but I'm leery of street trades.

Any thoughts or experiences on in-store haggling?

You might be able to ask about price matching and similar offers. You will, however, look like an idiot if you walk into Apple and say,"$1199 for the Macbook Pro huh? How about I pay you $999 and we forget about the tax."

Seriously. The sell at MSRP and that's it.

 

[S-Man]

LoL! Apple will laugh in your face and throw feces at you if you try to haggle.
That's why I buy everything online.
I actually lucked out with mine. I purchased a pre-unibody on Amazon back in Feb. Used it for two days and it went out. A week and a half at the Apple store and they concluded it was not cost efficient to repair. (they had replaced the screen, logic board, and a bunch of other stuff to no avail)
Long story short, I got a brand new UMBP with better specs than the one I got from Amazon. I'd rather not tell how much I paid on Amazon, but it was a ridiculous deal considering I got a new UMBP.

Buy online.

 

[JWFerne]

Yeah, I figured as much... ok online it is.

 

[farmermac]

Yeah, I figured as much... ok online it is.

Up to sept 8th was a great time to buy from Apple AND get $150 off. The free ipod deal... I bought 2 macs, got 2 free ipods, dumped them on CL to the first $150 that showed up (same day sales for both ipods). Bam!

 

[alphaod]

Haggling at the Apple Store? I don't see how you managed to do that.