I've never been checked for hardware (bought my Powerbook and iMac with Student Discounts...both legitimately) but Adobe is much more stringent, as you have to provide them proof of enrollment before they will process your order.
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I just upgraded to a new iMac yesterday, and purchased it at a retail store. The guy selling it to me talked to me for a while asking what school I went to, what major, what year, etc. He was mostly just trying to be nice, but I could tell he was also making sure that I was a college student. He also asked for my college ID, which I gave him. He also entered in the zip code of my school into their system when I was checking out. It was much more thorough than when I bought my Powerbook years ago.
i "scammed" apple once on the student discount deal... i mean, i had just graduated so my student ID was still valid... whatever, i guess i should have believed in karma because now my new iMac's screen is JUNK (bleed-out, gradient)
Reviving a dead thread, but I have to...
I have to disagree with the "We need to fix our human nature of cheating in my opinion."
Get off your high horse...
Because you have the money for the software, it's ok for them to over charge? Why on earth is photoshop 1000 dollars?? I'd buy it in a heartbeat for 200...300
Most software is 50 bucks...but 1000-3000???
They charge that much because "some" people make money off of it as professionals. It's not "worth" any more or any less than any other programs...
Over pricing something that can only be afforded by the rich?
Pretty sure that's elitism...
But this is an Apple forum...finding elitism here?? naahhh
The opinion above is sound and has facts to back it up. You can fight it or say "trolling" but 1000 dollars for any program IS ridiculous...
I'm sure there's been SOMETHING you can't have that you complained about or tried to find a way to get cheaper...before you post...think about that.
I have to disagree with the "We need to fix our human nature of cheating in my opinion."
Get off your high horse...
Because you have the money for the software, it's ok for them to over charge? Why on earth is photoshop 1000 dollars?? I'd buy it in a heartbeat for 200...300
Most software is 50 bucks...but 1000-3000???
They charge that much because "some" people make money off of it as professionals. It's not "worth" any more or any less than any other programs...
Over pricing something that can only be afforded by the rich?
Pretty sure that's elitism...
But this is an Apple forum...finding elitism here?? naahhh
The opinion above is sound and has facts to back it up. You can fight it or say "trolling" but 1000 dollars for any program IS ridiculous...
I'm sure there's been SOMETHING you can't have that you complained about or tried to find a way to get cheaper...before you post...think about that.
What makes you entitled to having it? If you can't afford it, you don't get to have it. It sucks, but that's life.
We do have kids though they are not in higher eduction. My mother-in-law does work for the school district so I could have her buy an imac so we can get the discount but I want to finance it so it would need to be under my name so I don't know how to make that one work.
Also,
I had to argue and pull out the terms at a local Apple store before they let me use educational pricing.
if you buy in the online store... they dont.
silly since they have to ask for all kinds of ID at the physical apple store but it is "on your honor" online.
silly since they have to ask for all kinds of ID at the physical apple store but it is "on your honor" online.
Stupid. Adobe and Apple can charge whatever they want for their products because they own them and people want to buy them. Don't like it? Buy something else.
Heh. That was my first thought too, "This guy is obviously not familiar with ANSYS or SolidWorks!"
If people don't think they should have to pay for their music and movies we shouldn't be surprised when they don't want to pay for their software.
When we bought our iBook in the university bookstore the staff checked for student ID.
When my sister bought online there was no verification requested but she was a student.
My brother lives in a mining town and isn't a student. He bought online getting the student discount with no verification.
Maybe Apple does check but it is probably not often. I'd rather just buy refurb for less than the student rate.
When my sister bought online there was no verification requested but she was a student.
My brother lives in a mining town and isn't a student. He bought online getting the student discount with no verification.
Maybe Apple does check but it is probably not often. I'd rather just buy refurb for less than the student rate.
my wife works for federal government. I buy online federal employee discount if there is not a refurb. it is allowed I am not checked for hardware and allowed one of each. imac, mac mini, mac pro , macbook pro. all online purchases.
The best deal - at least on software - is to buy from your school bookstore, at least if you go to school that is part of a large state-supported system. In California, I think UC has the best deals, and then the Cal State system. The prices are way better than the student discount deals offered online or at brick-and-mortar consumer stores.
For hardware, frankly, you will probably find better deals online without any student discount.
Hint: the bookstore probably won't care if a student goes in to make a purchase and somebody accompanying them whips out their credit card to pay for it...
For hardware, frankly, you will probably find better deals online without any student discount.
Hint: the bookstore probably won't care if a student goes in to make a purchase and somebody accompanying them whips out their credit card to pay for it...
Adobe just recently changed their policy on this. They now explicitly permit the use of student editions for profit.
They want to encourage students to continue to use Adobe products after they graduate. They want to encourage students to do freelance work while they are in school, and make business contacts in the process. They are hoping that once the student is employed, if they have any purchasing influence, they will specify Adobe products, and that's how they ultimately make money selling software cheap to students.
Everyone seems to have their hand out these days with a sense of entitlement. I mean - I want a mansion- I haven't earned one yet - but it should just be given to me...the world owes me. Ridiculous. Go take that mentality to the windows community. I like having reasonably priced software where supporting the developers encourages innovation and further development. No one owes you anything. How would you react if at the end of the month your boss said - thanks for working hard and being productive, but I've decided not to pay you. How much longer would you continue to work there? I hate knuckleheads who live with their hand out thinking they deserve something. Go work for it.
Yes, they do.
I work for a college, and after ordering stuff I usually get phone calls asking me to send proof that I'm a student or that I work in education.
To order online, you usually have to visit the education store from within your college.
That's how it works in the UK, anyway.
When I bought my MacBook a while ago the guy checked my uni acceptance letter.
In the UK online store you can't get uni discount unless you actually connect from campus, so it makes it a lot harder for people to claim the biggest discounts I guess. It still annoys me that people are abusing the system
In the UK online store you can't get uni discount unless you actually connect from campus, so it makes it a lot harder for people to claim the biggest discounts I guess. It still annoys me that people are abusing the system
The online check is random in my experience. I dont know if Apple has an algorithm on the back end picking who they should check or not. Anyhow, you might get lucky and not be chosen.
On a side note, why does Apple only limit to student in a post-secondary education, academic staff member and K-12 program (in Canada)? School these days already teaching kids how to use a computer at the age of four so why Apple has that restriction in place?
On a side note, why does Apple only limit to student in a post-secondary education, academic staff member and K-12 program (in Canada)? School these days already teaching kids how to use a computer at the age of four so why Apple has that restriction in place?
+1 they have verified friends of mine when they were in College by either calling the school or asking for proof.
no they do not as a couple years back when i was buying a blackbook before graduating i used a yahoo account and did not give me any issues but they did ask for a tuition bill.
agreed in store you have to have a valid school id but online its kind of random some will be checked some wont.
Okay so, I want to get photoshop for my girlfriend and she is a college student. I'm currently on an indefinite leave bc of a project, so I don't have a valid ID anymore. I can obviously register it under her name and use her ID since it's for her, but if I'm paying with my card that has my name on it, do you think they'll think it's sketchy and it'll be trouble?
I am a University student in the UK and we have a different system here when buying online. You have to be at your campus logged onto your Universities network in order to gain access to the higher education store. The order will go through immediately but a number of weeks later my University will check my details and make sure that I am a valid student. After they have done this they then pay for my Apple Care, which is nice. I find this a fair system.
