Come on, gang! The Apple Education discount has very specific conditions.
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Apple Education Pricing. Available to current and newly accepted college students and their parents, as well as faculty, staff, and homeschool teachers of all grade levels. Quantity limits apply. Visit
Sales & Refund Policy for full terms and conditions.”
See
https://www.apple.com/us-hed/shop/back-to-school Look for footnote 2 at the bottom of the page.
If you don't meet the conditions, you are NOT eligible. It's that simple. It doesn't matter if you can get away with it — or, that sometimes they don't ask — it's a matter of whom the program is set up for!
These questions always crack me up. “Is it OK for me to pretend to be something I’m not, so that I can save $100?!” “And, sometimes, get a free Beats headphone?”
Using someone else's email address and pretending to be an educator when you are not is unethical — no ifs, ands, or buts.
Here are more specifics at Apple's Sales & Refund Policy link.
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Eligibility
Those eligible to purchase from the Apple Store for Education Individuals include faculty, staff, students and parents as follows:
K12 - Any employee of a public or private K-12 institution in the United States is eligible, including homeschool teachers. In addition, school board members who are currently serving as elected or appointed members are eligible. PTA or PTO executives currently serving as elected or appointed officers are eligible.
Higher Education - Faculty and staff of Higher Education institutions in the United States; and students attending, or accepted into a Higher Education institution in the United States are eligible to purchase. Purchases from the Apple Store for Education Individuals are not for institutional purchase or resale.
Higher Education Parents - Parents purchasing on behalf of their child, who is a student currently attending or accepted into a public or private Higher Education Institution in the United States, are eligible to purchase.”
Sales Policies
www.apple.com
