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Jaguar $50 Rebate
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Amazon Jaguar Rebate
Another good source for finding Amazon rebates is www.techbargains.com. In fact the link for the rebate is listed there as well.
Another good source for finding Amazon rebates is www.techbargains.com. In fact the link for the rebate is listed there as well.
does not compute
I tried techbargains.com and came up with another blank. Can you post the exact link?
I tried techbargains.com and came up with another blank. Can you post the exact link?
For all the people who "couldn't find" the rebate. Read the original message/post in this thread, and click on the $50 rebate link.
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Junk mail, Amazon and Rebates
In the interest of a balanced perspective, I'd like to mention that I've never received a single junk email in the email account I have listed in my Amazon.com account, and I've never failed to receive a rebate, even though it does takes months.
Dan
In the interest of a balanced perspective, I'd like to mention that I've never received a single junk email in the email account I have listed in my Amazon.com account, and I've never failed to receive a rebate, even though it does takes months.
Dan
to bigburd:
Just search the page at www.techbargains.com for "forthcoming Amazon rebates". It's about midway down the page
Just search the page at www.techbargains.com for "forthcoming Amazon rebates". It's about midway down the page
i just puchased the "up-to-date" special for 10.2 for my new powermac due to arrive in a few days it was only $20 if you've bought a computer or mac os x from an authorized apple reseller from july 17th 2002 through october 2002. so don't worry if you are buying new computer! it's very cheap! i'm pleased, but i know how a lot of people feel and i would just like to rub it in to them about how CHEAP i got it for!
it was only $20 if you've bought a computer or mac os x from an authorized apple reseller from july 17th 2002 through october 2002. so don't worry if you are buying new computer! it's very cheap! i'm pleased, but i know how a lot of people feel and i would just like to rub it in to them about how CHEAP i got it for!just ordered from amazon
After checking amazon, there is definitely a link on the jaguar page for a $50 rebate. One thing of note though: After printing the rebate, I noticed that the item mentioned for rebate is 10.1. My guess is that the coupon in wrong, but we'll see. Regardless, I cancelled my pre-order with Apple and when asked why I simply said "I just bought my first mac less than 2 months ago and Apple wants me to pay full price for the upgrade. Amazon doesn't so I'm buying it from them."
After checking amazon, there is definitely a link on the jaguar page for a $50 rebate. One thing of note though: After printing the rebate, I noticed that the item mentioned for rebate is 10.1. My guess is that the coupon in wrong, but we'll see. Regardless, I cancelled my pre-order with Apple and when asked why I simply said "I just bought my first mac less than 2 months ago and Apple wants me to pay full price for the upgrade. Amazon doesn't so I'm buying it from them."
here it is people
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...7953583/sr=8-7/ref=sr_8_7/103-0907797-6149421
there is jaguar in all its glory including a special offer link to the $50 rebate coupon.
enjoy
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...7953583/sr=8-7/ref=sr_8_7/103-0907797-6149421
there is jaguar in all its glory including a special offer link to the $50 rebate coupon.
enjoy
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It does sound like a good deal - I'll certainly think about getting it this way.
I think Apple missed a trick here, though. So many people are pissed that Apple a) is charging 'a lot' for point upgrade on the OS and b) is charging for .Mac sevices that were apparently going to remain free. Now many (including myself) feel disinclined to pay for either.
Wouln't it have made great marketing sense for Apple to have said: if you by Jaguar, you get a year's subscription to .Mac. Or, if you subscribe to .Mac, you also get 'free' OS updates. If they had done this, I bet Apple wouldn't have any trouble selling .Mac accounts!
I think Apple missed a trick here, though. So many people are pissed that Apple a) is charging 'a lot' for point upgrade on the OS and b) is charging for .Mac sevices that were apparently going to remain free. Now many (including myself) feel disinclined to pay for either.
Wouln't it have made great marketing sense for Apple to have said: if you by Jaguar, you get a year's subscription to .Mac. Or, if you subscribe to .Mac, you also get 'free' OS updates. If they had done this, I bet Apple wouldn't have any trouble selling .Mac accounts!
I have emailed Amazon requesting a clarification on this issue.
You know, this could be another one of those deals where, after a billion people order, they come back and say "Oops, sorry. It was a publishing mistake and we aren't honoring this obvious error. Here's $5 for good will. If you do not cancel your order by calling us, it will be processed in full at the proper price of $124.99" or something like that.
These 'accidents' are becomming awfully common lately.
TL
You know, this could be another one of those deals where, after a billion people order, they come back and say "Oops, sorry. It was a publishing mistake and we aren't honoring this obvious error. Here's $5 for good will. If you do not cancel your order by calling us, it will be processed in full at the proper price of $124.99" or something like that.
These 'accidents' are becomming awfully common lately.
TL
Re: They Changed It
Yes, but the original can't be reached other than by a direct link. While it's most likely that they've just linked the wrong coupon, for all we know this is an earlier draft of the same rebate campaign, the $50 rebate was intended to let them sell off surplus OS X 10.1 stock, and the appearance of OS X 10.2 in the "unlinked" version of the rebate form was a mistake that was corrected in the final version of the form.
Yes, but the original can't be reached other than by a direct link. While it's most likely that they've just linked the wrong coupon, for all we know this is an earlier draft of the same rebate campaign, the $50 rebate was intended to let them sell off surplus OS X 10.1 stock, and the appearance of OS X 10.2 in the "unlinked" version of the rebate form was a mistake that was corrected in the final version of the form.
If 10.2 is as good as its suppose to be, It would buhove apple to get it out there, which means giving amazing discounts everywhere.
sometimes that's all it is, kind of like when 8.5 came out. Apple new it was bloated and slow, and promptly release all the following version pretty quickly...
sometimes that's all it is, kind of like when 8.5 came out. Apple new it was bloated and slow, and promptly release all the following version pretty quickly...
Allocations?
Just to throw some additional gasoline on this particular fire, has anybody given any thought to allocations vs pricing? Ever noticed how products appear as in stock at the place that's charging full price, while the place with the great price has the product back-ordered and expected to arrive in 2-3 weeks?
Someone mentioned that the Apple VAR price for Jaguar is $117 or thereabouts. We can be pretty sure Amazon's paying less. I'm sure we'll also end up seeing lower prices than $129 (although not as low as the Amazon one) from some other really big retailers who get better pricing.
Who is Apple going to make sure gets their full allocation of copies first? The people they make a lot of money from or the people they make less money from? I've pre-ordered software from Amazon months before the release date with overnight shipping, just to find its status as "Backordered" on the release date despite the fact that I can pick up the same title in my local CompUSA and I end up getting my "pre-order" a week after the title showed up in Wal-Mart. Meanwhile the Amazon order is uncancellable because of the fact that with Amazon "Shipping Soon" uses a definition of "Soon" appropriate to geological time scales.
So, once this coupon linking thing is sorted out, just remember that the cheapest place isn't necessarily going to be the first place to get it - I'm still torn between "I want Jaguar by the 25th and will pay full price and Fedex Overnight if necessary" and "I want to pay Apple as little as is legally possible, even if t means waiting for the monthly 'Super Saver Shipping' mule train to roll out of Amazon's warehouse".
Just to throw some additional gasoline on this particular fire, has anybody given any thought to allocations vs pricing? Ever noticed how products appear as in stock at the place that's charging full price, while the place with the great price has the product back-ordered and expected to arrive in 2-3 weeks?
Someone mentioned that the Apple VAR price for Jaguar is $117 or thereabouts. We can be pretty sure Amazon's paying less. I'm sure we'll also end up seeing lower prices than $129 (although not as low as the Amazon one) from some other really big retailers who get better pricing.
Who is Apple going to make sure gets their full allocation of copies first? The people they make a lot of money from or the people they make less money from? I've pre-ordered software from Amazon months before the release date with overnight shipping, just to find its status as "Backordered" on the release date despite the fact that I can pick up the same title in my local CompUSA and I end up getting my "pre-order" a week after the title showed up in Wal-Mart. Meanwhile the Amazon order is uncancellable because of the fact that with Amazon "Shipping Soon" uses a definition of "Soon" appropriate to geological time scales.
So, once this coupon linking thing is sorted out, just remember that the cheapest place isn't necessarily going to be the first place to get it - I'm still torn between "I want Jaguar by the 25th and will pay full price and Fedex Overnight if necessary" and "I want to pay Apple as little as is legally possible, even if t means waiting for the monthly 'Super Saver Shipping' mule train to roll out of Amazon's warehouse".
Rebate coupon
The big question is why the 10.2 coupon link shows a different coupon than all the other software titles link to. At least two other titles in the "School of Rebates" section link to the coupon with "B00006F7S2 Mac OS X 10.2: Jaguar $50.00". So the coupon with 10.2 on it can be found somewhere other than the direct link that so many sites have posted.
The big question is why the 10.2 coupon link shows a different coupon than all the other software titles link to. At least two other titles in the "School of Rebates" section link to the coupon with "B00006F7S2 Mac OS X 10.2: Jaguar $50.00". So the coupon with 10.2 on it can be found somewhere other than the direct link that so many sites have posted.
it appears to be a problem with amazon's site.
the link to the Jaguar coupon is here
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006ANW9.01.RB02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
i also emailed Amazon after I ordered this. it does list on the site that Jaguar IS available for a $50 rebate, but the coupon linked doesnt reflect it. the linked coupon above DOES show Jaguar. damn what is with big businesses now a days. going bankrupt left and right. screwing people over. messing up crap.
jeesh. people have enough problems without big businesses screwing with hour heads.
the link to the Jaguar coupon is here
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006ANW9.01.RB02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
i also emailed Amazon after I ordered this. it does list on the site that Jaguar IS available for a $50 rebate, but the coupon linked doesnt reflect it. the linked coupon above DOES show Jaguar. damn what is with big businesses now a days. going bankrupt left and right. screwing people over. messing up crap.
jeesh. people have enough problems without big businesses screwing with hour heads.