Lowering Price On rMBP.

[rieshunter]

Hey guys,

I'm looking to buy a Retina MacBook Pro (mid-tier) and was wondering what ways I can lower what I pay.

Any and all responses are greatly appreciated!

 

[T5BRICK]

Buy used on eBay or craigslist.

Buy a refurbished rMBP from Apple.

Buy a discounted rMBP from a 3rd party reseller. Or if you're a student, take advantage of the student discount offered by Apple and others.

 

[rieshunter]

Buy used on eBay or craigslist.

Buy a refurbished rMBP from Apple.

Buy a discounted rMBP from a 3rd party reseller. Or if you're a student, take advantage of the student discount offered by Apple and others.

As silly as it may sound, I am going to buy new. So the student discount is definitely feasible.

Are there any other discounts I can take advantage of?

 

[Qaanol]

See if your state has an upcoming sales tax holiday.

Try one of those movers coupons that people talk about.

Edit: refurb is as good as new. And with the late 2013 8/256 models now ridiculously cheap ($1,189 or $1,529 depending on screen size) it’s hard to recommend anything else.

(Except possibly the 8/512 models, which are $250 more.)

 

[rieshunter]

See if your state has an upcoming sales tax holiday.

Try one of those movers coupons that people talk about.

Edit: refurb is as good as new. And with the late 2013 8/256 models now ridiculously cheap ($1,189 or $1,529 depending on screen size) it’s hard to recommend anything else.

(Except possibly the 8/512 models, which are $250 more.)

Thanks I'll look into the movers coupons. I'll keep refurb as an option, but new would be optimal.
Do you know of anything else

 

[Qaanol]

Get a high-paying job so the price is less important to you?

 

[M5RahuL]

Some great suggestions here...

1 - Best Buy Student Coupon [ floating around ... last day today for the current promo ]

2 - 10% Movers [ get one at USPS.com for $1 and print it ]

3 - Have a BB card ? You get either an additional 10% back [ via rewards ] or 18 months @ 0% financing

Plus, there is an additional 10% off everything coupon for BB 'rewards members'. You may be able to get it applied w/o having a physical coupon by just mentioning it at CheckOut { B&M } only.

Best part is, they all stack [ YMMV ]

With the refreshed models just out [ trivial update IMO ] BB has further lowered the prices on 2013 models. Great time to buy!!

 

[SqdnGuns]

Bought a top end 15 in. rMBP and used my $200 military discount.

 

[kappaknight]

I just picked up a late 2013 rMBP 2.6Ghz, 16GB RAM, 1TB HD from Apple's refurbish store for about $2650. That's about $100 lower than Apple's best educational price discount, and about $300 lower than retail - it also has everything I was looking for with the update, so, it was perfect.