My wife is treasurer for PTA/HSA - can I get EDU discount?

Very much doubt it. Pretty sure you have to be a member of the teaching staff.

 

No...you should be eligible I remember reading that PTA members count.

 

"I have a child. Am I eligible for the student discount?"

 

So, you are related to someone who works for a group who works WITH educators?

I dont see a connection anywhere to being a student or educator.

Thusly, no discount.

 

To buy for yourself, first choose your category.

College or university student
College or university faculty, administration, or staff member
K-12 teacher or staff member

which one did you want to qualify?

elected PTA executives and whatever are eligible, but not in Pre-K, it's like saying, "i babysit kids, am i eligible?"

 

And, of course, the dirty little unspoken secret here: if you order online and don't do anything outlandish, they probably aren't going to hold up your order. I actually am a student, but I've never had an online order stopped for proof. It's all random (though I assume there are red flags - like a student ordering a $5k Mac Pro and two 30" ACDs).

 

Apple never checks the dame Ed discounts anyway. Just go and buy one from the education online apple store. I know tons of people that have done it

 

In doing this much work for your school district you've earned that discount, Q. When you give so much you're allowed to take a little ...

 

Never, huh? Well, I've been checked, TWICE! And I've only ordered 4 times EVER from the Apple store.

I first got checked when I purchased my PowerBook in August 2005.

Then, I got checked when I purchased the USB power brick for my iPod.

So, they do check. Randomly, but they do check. Price, quantity, etc... doesn't matter.

 

Since they never check just buy it with the EDU discount anyway, it is not like you are going to pay 10% extra just because some people on the forums tell you that you are not eligible

If they do call you to check, then argue with them that your wife is the treasurer of some K-9 school board. They will probably end up hanging up confused

 

Well, the easiest way is just to buy it "for" your child. Granted, it means waiting for Kindergarten, but...
Edit: no, I was wrong, it is only college students and K-college faculty. The only way to get it other than that is to be an elected member of a PTA/PTO or a certified Home School.

As for not getting checked, I know for a fact that they DO. I play by the rules, so it didn't bite me, but not following the rules has consequences.

What intrigued me is that "certified Home Schools" qualify. My wife and I are considering home schooling and that would be awesome!