MacBook Air pricing advice

[DJinTX]

Hi all,

I am trying to find the absolute best deal on a 2014 MacBook Air 13 inch (8GB ram, 256GB) with AppleCare. I am closely watching the Appleinsider deals page as they show the Macs + AppleCare bundles at Adoroma and B&H, and currently they have this MBA + AppleCare for $1330 at Adorama (basically $219 off). However, I have never bought anything through them before, so am a bit cautious of their return policies or customer service after the sale.

I am also hesitant because I have seen better deals on the new iMacs and other Macs where the deal is AppleCare for free which would be great. Sometimes they even throw in a $25-50 iTunes card. I am also okay with buying the computer from one source and AppleCare from another, although these bundles seem to offer the lowest price.

Basically, I just need some guidance from anyone out there who might know more about the usual timing of these offers so I can decide whether I should jump on the current deal or if there might be better deals coming either related to black Friday, cyber Monday, or even approaching Christmas. I can wait a bit if I can get a better deal. I just don’t know what to expect. Any advice?



Thanks!

 

[Spink10]

Its hard to tell with the 3rd party vendors. It would seem there would be some up and coming deals during BF. Ultimately there will always been a better deal coming. The only reason to really delay a purchase is when a newer model is imminent.

 

[crzdcolombian]

900 at best buy and if you get a student to give you their coupon its $50 bucks off that. Discover gives you 5% cash back at Best buy and 5% cash back on online shopping and yes they do add them both up if you buy from the discover site. I purchased a iMac for my dad last X-mas got 5% cash back for online shopping and 5% for buying at Best buy from the discover site.

I am not sure if Chase or other cash back cards do that as well. Thinking of getting my fiancé a macbook air for X-mas