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Higher Education Discount (UK)

clear things up a little

Hi, I went to the Apple store, Regent Street yesterday, and asked about the Higher Education discount. The bloke went away to check, and said that all i needed was proof of acceptance to university (i.e. acceptance letter). Which is good for me as i don't start uni till October.
He then explained that with the HE discount you get 14% off any macbook, or 15% off any macbook pro.
Also, applecare is available for only £58
And you can get the discount in-store, not just online.
 
tshakey said:
Hi, I went to the Apple store, Regent Street yesterday, and asked about the Higher Education discount. The bloke went away to check, and said that all i needed was proof of acceptance to university (i.e. acceptance letter). Which is good for me as i don't start uni till October.
He then explained that with the HE discount you get 14% off any macbook, or 15% off any macbook pro.
Also, applecare is available for only £58
And you can get the discount in-store, not just online.
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Read the thread, it's 3 years free warranty.
 
tshakey said:
Also, applecare is available for only £58
And you can get the discount in-store, not just online.
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Yeah, quite a few people have said that you can get the discount instore - always nice to hear another confirmation though!

Do you also get the 3-year parts and labour warranty instore too?
 
I think Apple's edu discounts are confusing at best, I bought a macbook about 4 weeks ago, Apple store in manc told me I would get a 12% (may have been 11%) edu discount, I'm not at uni only at a sixth form, apparently some colleges get a full HE discount, was told all I needed was my college ID. That weekend I wanted to order the macbook, the discount online was'nt even close 12%, so I rang them up and they told me that no colleges or sixth forms get that 12% discount, but the guy the at the apple store, who actually went away and checked for my college specifically told me my college would, all very confusing.
 
basskiddanny said:
I'm really tempted to go for the macbook at the £600 price tag. Great!

Out of interest how much is the lower spec Mac Mini with full HE discount? It is £375 with regular discount I think. These look very interesting but are a bit underpowered.

Anybody who can get me the price though....I would REALLY appreciate it :-D
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Great thread, I was very confused about this 3 year warranty as apple don't really advertise it well and makes it all very confusing.

I was in the apple store in Southampton yesterday and asked about getting a Macbook. He talked up applecare that I could get for £50 something. I then remembered about the 3 year warranty that was stated at the bottom of the page before you enter the education store, so I got a screen shot up and asked what the deal was. He was unsure and printed it off and asked a number of his collegues. They all didn't seem to know anything about it. He came back to me telling me it was online only and they didn't have the same policy.

I have my suspicions that you do still get the 3 year warranty if buying instore but they don't know about it, you will just get emailed it. Anyway I decided to walk to uni and purchase it there to make sure I got my 3 years as I didn't want to risk it. I would of much prefered to buy from store as I would have it now and nothing beats the feeling of buying something from a shop and taking it home.
 
sarah3585 said:
I have my suspicions that you do still get the 3 year warranty if buying instore but they don't know about it, you will just get emailed it. Anyway I decided to walk to uni and purchase it there to make sure I got my 3 years as I didn't want to risk it. I would of much prefered to buy from store as I would have it now and nothing beats the feeling of buying something from a shop and taking it home.
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I agree. The 3 yr warranty is only under the HE contract which the stores have nothing to do with.

You did the right thing.
 
I know the difference between The HE 3 year warranty and Applecase is the 90 day phone support only instead of 3 years, but is the rest the same? Can I still take it to the apple store for repair or would I have to contact apple via phone and send it off somewhere?
 
sarah3585 said:
I know the difference between The HE 3 year warranty and Applecase is the 90 day phone support only instead of 3 years, but is the rest the same? Can I still take it to the apple store for repair or would I have to contact apple via phone and send it off somewhere?
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The 50 quid thing is for 'uplift' ie they cover the sending off.

Otherwise just take it to any applestore/centre and they'll do the rest
 
emotion said:
The 50 quid thing is for 'uplift' ie they cover the sending off.

Otherwise just take it to any applestore/centre and they'll do the rest
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Is the HE warranty transferable like applecare? (I mean with the macbook)
 
my mother (who was a university lecturer) bought an ibook and then later an imac. she bought both from the education store. she didn't realise there was a bigger discount at the higher education store. and now from reading this thread it seems she could have got 3 year warranties on both meaning they would both still be under warranty right now. i don't think apple explains the system very well.
 
sananda said:
my mother (who was a university lecturer) bought an ibook and then later an imac. she bought both from the education store. she didn't realise there was a bigger discount at the higher education store. and now from reading this thread it seems she could have got 3 year warranties on both meaning they would both still be under warranty right now. i don't think apple explains the system very well.
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The extended 3 year warranty is fairly new (perhaps about a year old now). If i'm right in thinking that then it wouldn't've been applicable to her iBook anyway.
 
Great!

I had just about resigned myself to the fact that i couldnt afford a 2.2 MBP even with the edu discount and was goin to hold off in hope of a MB X3100 before October, I didnt even realise there was a HE discount!

This drops the MBP (already discounted) price by about 100 pounds! Add in the free 3 year warranty, and you all just saved more than 300!

Just one question, can you use a HE discount in conjunction with the back to school promotion (assuming apple does one in the UK this year)?

Also, whats the HE discount on the new 24" imac (Im not at my Uni just now)? I only ask because the regular educational discount on new macs is a bit crap.

Thanks alot for drawing my attention to this everyone,

Pete
 
Peteypan said:
Just one question, can you use a HE discount in conjunction with the back to school promotion (assuming apple does one in the UK this year)?

Also, whats the HE discount on the new 24" imac (Im not at my Uni just now)? I only ask because the regular educational discount on new macs is a bit crap.
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1.) Yes
2.) 24" 2.4Ghz is £999.93, 24" 2.8Ghz is £1269
 
Its simple really.

The 3yr parts and labour/1yr telephone support...warranty is ONLY available ONLINE.

The 3 yr AppleCare warranty (3yr parts and labor/3yr telephone support) discount is available BOTH online and in-store.

The End.
 
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