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How do they check if you are student?
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Are you sure about this? Doesn't it only say that college students are able to get the discount? I'm planning on buying a macbook soon and if I can qualify for $100 off and a free iPod Touch, that would sure be nice.
I bet they'd give it to you with your grade school ID...why not? I bet Apple would be stoked that they have you interested (and purchasing) so young! They are the kind of company that is interested in creating LONG TIME customers. If you're buying stuff from them in high school, think of how much stuff you'll be buying from them when you actually have some money!
halcyo
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lol Apple's gonna take the discount away if people try to abuse it? They're being nice and actually subsidizing students? Haha come on guys, lets be serious now. One, the student discount attracts a good enough load of customers that they'll never take it away. The most they'll do is make it stricter to qualify, so why will that trouble you "honest" people? Second, please, they're not subsidizing students, they're just charging less of a premium. Hell given their current retained earnings, they probably don't even care about this free riding issue. So if you're smart enough to not get caught, then whatever haha - of course not saying it's the right thing to do. I'm a student btw.
They do check quite frequently with lists from universities. Thats why you must specify the name of the school.
There are actualy 2 levels of EDU discount, the standard one that you can access through the Education store and that is subject to random checks, and an HE discount that is linked to each Uni and HE college in the UK (and I think other countries) which offers even better discounts but can only be accessed via a computer linked to the Uni's network.
There is a level above that for official Uni purchases too, but it's password protected and requires a purchase order etc.
Apple do a good job looking after students, it's a very good market for them.
I echo the comments about not abusing the system, but I assure you that Apple are aware of the status of most of their education sales, they simply choose to be stricter on the higher discounts.
I have seen them cancel orders that are found to be bogus.
There is a level above that for official Uni purchases too, but it's password protected and requires a purchase order etc.
Apple do a good job looking after students, it's a very good market for them.
I echo the comments about not abusing the system, but I assure you that Apple are aware of the status of most of their education sales, they simply choose to be stricter on the higher discounts.
I have seen them cancel orders that are found to be bogus.
Where's the Discount for Highschool students on the online store...
I didn't see one so I thought I was ineligable...
im in college and i usually get like $100 bucks off(the macbook) or like 10% off.
yea go into an apple store and show them your high school student id and they will be totally cool. thats what i did all through high school.
Looks like US grade school students are NOT eligible but teachers are. US policies: http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/salespoliciesEdIndividual.html
Well, I do suppose it would be a little strange for a grade school kid to be buying themselves an Apple computer (they aren't cheap!) If it applied to grade school kids, parents everywhere would be sending their kids into Apple Stores to buy computers for them!
halcyo
Believe it or not, you paying all that money for your Mac speaks a bit louder than a forum post that will never get read...
The worst that could happen is that an irate executive, frustrated with all of the dishonesty, decides to press charges against you for fraud.
That's probably not going to happen, but you should still feel bad about the act to begin with.
Agreed. I'm not a student but when I thought it would be cool to get student pricing I simply bought from MacMall, which offered $100 dollar rebate on my iMac, which essentially gave me the student price.
The current edu discount is laughable, anyway. Apple used to have real student discounts, on the order of 33%. Also, as mentioned to me by a number of Store managers around the US, they're generally pretty willing to use the student discount--or any others available--to make a sale if that "little bit extra" will either close a deal or allow an upsell. As in, "Are you in school? Planning to go to school? Ever gone to school? Know anyone in school?"
You should see this list of allowable discount programs Apple has. Far larger than you imagine, and other than the employee discount, none of them very exciting, nor much of a challenge to "qualify" for. Bottom line, it's not really a discount that you get, just less of a profit premium charged.
You should see this list of allowable discount programs Apple has. Far larger than you imagine, and other than the employee discount, none of them very exciting, nor much of a challenge to "qualify" for. Bottom line, it's not really a discount that you get, just less of a profit premium charged.
Hmm I don't know about the State-side stores but here in the UK we have three online stores:
Online Store - regular purchases.
Online Store for Further Education (high school) ~8% discount, school name required and my head of year asked me what this boring confirmation note was about so I guess she got told about the purchase.
Online Store for Higher Education (university) ~15% discount, and you have to be on a university server to even access this store. You then enter your student ID number but I don't know if this gets checked any further than a database check.
Online Store - regular purchases.
Online Store for Further Education (high school) ~8% discount, school name required and my head of year asked me what this boring confirmation note was about so I guess she got told about the purchase.
Online Store for Higher Education (university) ~15% discount, and you have to be on a university server to even access this store. You then enter your student ID number but I don't know if this gets checked any further than a database check.
33% is amazing!
It certainly would be. Too bad it's not 33%. The DEVELOPER discount is only 20%.
When i ordered my macbook (this is UK BTW) i rang that special further education number, and he asked for my student ID number, that was about it
Apple check eligibility by blood test in Australia. If you're malnourished and anaemic you're likely a student.
I'm not sure if every Best Buy offers the discount. It's better to call before you go. And they didn't offer the iPod discount, but I already have one so the 10% off was a better deal.