Title says it all, ordering a MBA soon, can you let me know if I need any special codes or cards? Thanks
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How do apple verify student discount over the phone?
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NO, you can't. Apple verify it by checking your ip address not by using codes or email addresses.
But you can use VPN to work around it. This was what I did when I got my AIR
But you can use VPN to work around it. This was what I did when I got my AIR
You can also do it by emailing a scan of your acceptance letter to your sales rep. You can't just do it over the phone.
Before now I've ordered over the phone, you just tell them what uni / college or whatever you attend and they apply that institutions discount. It's a lucky dip if afterwards if they request confirmation, but more often don't.
If you order online though, yes you have to be in your campus.
Edit: this is my UK experience anyway
If you order online though, yes you have to be in your campus.
Edit: this is my UK experience anyway
NO, you can't. Apple verify it by checking your ip address not by using codes or email addresses.
But you can use VPN to work around it. This was what I did when I got my AIR
LOL what? 6 years of college, under grad and grad school and many orders through Apple online and none of them were completed while on campus. That is just ********.
In store they wanted ID. Online I was verified once and that was when I ordered my MacPro. Otherwise, they never seemed to care and therefore, people will abuse it as frequently as possible.
I am a faculty member and qualify for the discount with no runaround. That being said, I've never been asked to prove that except at the Apple Store. Online they just ask for the institution, and I pick mine from a list. That's it. My Apple ID that I order with is a gmail account, so that's not it.
Adobe has academic reseller jump through hoops to ensure your legitimacy. doesn't seem to care.
Adobe has academic reseller jump through hoops to ensure your legitimacy. doesn't seem to care.
I ordered mine online from my bedroom and I got the student discount. I just had to put in what school I was going to, no questions asked.
Apple does no verification online. You do not need to be ordering from a campus IP address. The only time you need proof is when buying at a store. Proof = class schedule/acceptance letter/student ID card/etc.
Something with your name and school on it.
Something with your name and school on it.
Same here in the UK. Bought it over the phone, was asked to e-mail a copy of my student card, forgot about it but never heard anything. Checked and I have a three year warranty.
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