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New MBPs hitting refurb?

If finals are coming up I assume you are in school. If you need it that bad just use your student discount and get one.

EDIT: Reiterating what mackage is saying :D
 
I'm in high school, so I don't get the student discount. One of my close relatives is a university professor, though, so I might get it that way.
 
TorontoLRT said:
I'm in high school, so I don't get the student discount. One of my close relatives is a university professor, though, so I might get it that way.
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Education discounts are for any age student or teacher...

However AFAIK, they only do the discounts during the back to school promo... I just bought a new macbook pro at the refresh and they would NOT give me any type of student discount when I was buying it... he said I could wait for back to school, but I needed the computer more than the discount!
 
xxBURT0Nxx said:
Education discounts are for any age student or teacher...

However AFAIK, they only do the discounts during the back to school promo... I just bought a new macbook pro at the refresh and they would NOT give me any type of student discount when I was buying it... he said I could wait for back to school, but I needed the computer more than the discount!
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they give a $100 discount off the MBP during all times of the year. someone lied to you.
 
s.hasan546 said:
they give a $100 discount off the MBP during all times of the year. someone lied to you.
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well that would be the guy at the apple store... bastard haha!

kinda pissed now.. bought a 15" mbp, ipad 1, (gift for my grandma), and the ipad 2 all the same day and he still didn't want to give me the student discount... oh well what can ya do!
 
Just order off Amazon. I got a base 15'' for $1730 out the door. That's cheaper than with the education discout, and cheaper than a refurbished would be because you'll need to pay tax.
 
xxBURT0Nxx said:
well that would be the guy at the apple store... bastard haha!

kinda pissed now.. bought a 15" mbp, ipad 1, (gift for my grandma), and the ipad 2 all the same day and he still didn't want to give me the student discount... oh well what can ya do!
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It has been my experience that academic discounts are generally easy to get, sort of no questions asked, this was in an Apple store. And you're genuinely a student, so not sure why he did not give you discounts.

I am not sure if they require your student id or .edu address when making purchases online - someone can probably share their experience(s) on this one.
 
anonymouse99 said:
It has been my experience that academic discounts are generally easy to get, sort of no questions asked, this was in an Apple store. And you're genuinely a student, so not sure why he did not give you discounts.

I am not sure if they require your student id or .edu address when making purchases online - someone can probably share their experience(s) on this one.
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i showed the guy my student ID... he just said it didn't matter because it wasn't during the back to school program...?

And this isn't my first time purchasing a mac, I had no trouble at all getting a mac with the discount 2 years ago, in fact I don't even think they asked me for any proof I went to school. Oh well, maybe next time I'm in there I'll see if I can't talk 'em into giving me an apple tv rather than the $100 rebate!
 
xxBURT0Nxx said:
i showed the guy my student ID... he just said it didn't matter because it wasn't during the back to school program...?

And this isn't my first time purchasing a mac, I had no trouble at all getting a mac with the discount 2 years ago, in fact I don't even think they asked me for any proof I went to school. Oh well, maybe next time I'm in there I'll see if I can't talk 'em into giving me an apple tv rather than the $100 rebate!
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Odd... you got duped. Since it sounds like you purchased in store, you can probably find out who rung you up and write Apple in hopes of getting your discount applied...

But that aside, waiting to buy until the Back to School promo is that you usually get credit towards an 8gb iPod Touch, which you can then sell.
 
mikeytwice said:
Odd... you got duped. Since it sounds like you purchased in store, you can probably find out who rung you up and write Apple in hopes of getting your discount applied...

But that aside, waiting to buy until the Back to School promo is that you usually get credit towards an 8gb iPod Touch, which you can then sell.
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yeah i know, but they are just getting rid of all the ipods before they refresh them in september so ebay, craigslist get flooded and the value really goes down, but still who can complain about free.

I'm not too worried about the discount... Apple customer service has always been good to me. When I bought the iPad 1 it was still $499 but I still purchased it because I didn't want to wait to give my grandma a gift and I wasn't sure when iPad 2 would be available as they were all still preorders at that point, plus if they dropped the price I knew I could get the money back.

When apple dropped the price to $399 I went back in there to get a $100 apple gift card. My iPhone 4 screen was completely shattered at this point in time and the guy noticed it. Instead of giving me the $100 gift card he gave me a brand new iPhone and that was that... I'm sure I'll be able to scoop an apple tv in place of the education discount which would please me!!
 
xxBURT0Nxx said:
i showed the guy my student ID... he just said it didn't matter because it wasn't during the back to school program...?

And this isn't my first time purchasing a mac, I had no trouble at all getting a mac with the discount 2 years ago, in fact I don't even think they asked me for any proof I went to school. Oh well, maybe next time I'm in there I'll see if I can't talk 'em into giving me an apple tv rather than the $100 rebate!
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Call Apple....complain.....I guarantee you get a refund for the education discount and possibly a "goodwill" gesture for your troubles and being lied to.
 
TorontoLRT said:
I'm in high school, so I don't get the student discount. One of my close relatives is a university professor, though, so I might get it that way.
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well personally, they accept HS and College, but if you didnt go to college just lie...the guy didnt do a background check on me and he just typed in the school...it was a simple!

or do what i did (give them two debit cards, tell them to charge one with 1,500 and the other with 500 cause of insufficient amounts...then call back and say "you charged the wrong ones, please switch them"

idk if apple was stupid enough but i had to call like 7 different times, by the end of the day you should start to sound pissed off! one of the representatives will put you on hold while she speaks to a supervisor...

to make things short i got discounted 200 bucks on top of the student discount for being a mad customer...so i got a 300 dollar discount :)

i was pissed off that this happened but in the end they won my love back :)

BTW i ordered my mac book pro over the phone
 
TorontoLRT said:
I'm in high school, so I don't get the student discount. One of my close relatives is a university professor, though, so I might get it that way.
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I am in college, and i used the education discount, HOWEVER, they didnt ask me for ANY proof that i AM in college but i did buy it online.
 
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