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No more iPod education discount
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IlluminatedSage
macrumors 68000
apple is discounting for students. they are a leader in this segment and to be honest, students represent a important market for apple.
students will be users for years. so they are a great target audience
students will be users for years. so they are a great target audience
Good news for some of us: the state, county, and federal employee discount still applies to ipods. The discount is 6%.
NATO
macrumors 68000
monke said:
I watched the Keynote right through today and I did wonder why Steve didn't specifically mention the new headphones when he described the new Shuffle. I thought it was an oversight, but given the information that has arisen since I'm starting to think they come with the old headphones...
rockthecasbah
macrumors 68020
jlewis2k1
macrumors 6502a
personally i think it has to do with people abusing the education discount priviledge. So, apple could simply be fading it out from online. Where they could just keep them in the store which would require you to have a valid student ID or valid verification that you are a faculty of the school.
Planner Dude said:
You can record lectures on them with the recorder attachment, not to mention using the photo screens for lecture slides, videos of lectures or just putting text lecture notes on them. They can be tools as well as entertainment devices.
iflipper said:
I don't see how it has anything to do with them being educational. they offer discounts on every apple product except the Xserve. it pretty much just helps out students get stuff thats practical for a student, not just stuff thats a necessity for a student
not a big fan of the headphones.
I work at a large company in the chip business and we have a corporate discount, which does apply to the iPods ($328 for 80 GB 5G iPod).
Apple Canada Discounts (Not Educational)
For you Canadian buyers out there who want a discount on the new ipods, there is an alternative. Not exactly something that is advertised by Apple obviously but is still a legitimate alternative for a discount if you don't have a student/school id#. Go the apple canada website: http://www.apple.com/ca/
In the serach engine (search apple) type in the following: "apple employee discounts"
It will give you links to several "corporate stores" to which Apple gives discounts to. I won't name any specific companies here but you will see them when you click on any of the links (there are several to choose from). It is technically for "employees, and their family & friends" but if you're wanting to save some $$ on the ipods, that is an alternative. I did however notice that it is still slightly cheaper to use your educational discount to purchase the Apple desktop computers/laptops though. You may want to compare prices if purchasing anything other than ipods. 🙂
For you Canadian buyers out there who want a discount on the new ipods, there is an alternative. Not exactly something that is advertised by Apple obviously but is still a legitimate alternative for a discount if you don't have a student/school id#. Go the apple canada website: http://www.apple.com/ca/
In the serach engine (search apple) type in the following: "apple employee discounts"
It will give you links to several "corporate stores" to which Apple gives discounts to. I won't name any specific companies here but you will see them when you click on any of the links (there are several to choose from). It is technically for "employees, and their family & friends" but if you're wanting to save some $$ on the ipods, that is an alternative. I did however notice that it is still slightly cheaper to use your educational discount to purchase the Apple desktop computers/laptops though. You may want to compare prices if purchasing anything other than ipods. 🙂
I don't see anything on any of those pages or in the generic terms and conditions PDF about including "family and "friends." Everything I see says that you have to be a full-time or part-time employee.
WildCowboy said:
Ok, maybe I was wrong about the friends and family part but I was told by a friend who works at one of the listed companies that they were allowed to share the discount but perhaps she was wrong or the company was misinformed??
You could also try this Future Shop Link to a coupon worth $15 off any purchase over $150: http://www.futureshop.ca/marketing/coupon_sept06/default.asp?langid=EN&logon=&langid=EN. Best Buy has something similar but they exclude the purchase of ipods. There doesn't seem to be any exclusions on the purchase of ipods on the FS coupon. It's only valid until Sept 24/06 though.
elisha cuthbert
macrumors 6502a
i think that the only reason they took away the education discount was to stop people impersonating people that had education discounts
e.g. a non educatory person getting a discount on an iPod they didn't deserve
e.g. a non educatory person getting a discount on an iPod they didn't deserve
pianoman said:
The nanos are bigger, but the price point hasn't changed. Only the big iPods and shuffle dropped in price.
lewion said:
Did we? Has Apple stopped the edu discount with new models before?
plinkoman said:
Not a biggie with the big iPod, but without the discount, you can't get a nano as cheap for EDU folks.
One thing nobody has pointed out yet - even though there's no discount on iPods, there's a small discount on applecare for the ipod if you buy it EDU.
Eduardo1971
macrumors 65816
Jon'sLightBulbs said:
May you please post the link. I used to have the Federal employee Apple store bookmarked, but the link no longer works.😕
How do I login to use this?
I am trying to find where to go on the web to purchase with the Federal Employee discount. Do you know where it is? I found it earlier tonight but then lost track of it. This is not for a purchase by the Government but for personal purchase.
Thanks
I am trying to find where to go on the web to purchase with the Federal Employee discount. Do you know where it is? I found it earlier tonight but then lost track of it. This is not for a purchase by the Government but for personal purchase.
Thanks
All of the personal US government employee stores can be found through the links on the right side of this page.
I tried to get educational discount on a Nano about three weeks ago and was told by Apple in Cork (Ireland) that there was no Edu Discount on iPods.
Dave 🙁
Dave 🙁