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Price Matching at Apple Retail Stores?
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charlituna
macrumors G3
early 2008??? you mean as in the old black one. if so then you can forget a price match. i will give you odds that it has to be exact item matching. so you'd have to match the black macbook with the black macbook which you can't at apple stores cause they don't sell them anymore.
and online at apple that model is listed at a clearance price of $1199
charlituna
macrumors G3
it's not a rumor, it does happen. Apple within their rights doesn't advertise it but they will do it if nicely asked.
I saw it attempted 3 times yesterday. 2 worked, 1 didn't.
1 was a guy that pulled up an online store and showed them that the laptop he wanted was $150 off instead of the $101 instore. they gave him the extra $49 off.
1 was a guy that brought in a printout dated 2 weeks ago about a discount but the dates of purchase were over and the discount was gone from the site.
1 was a girl that had a current ad about a free itunes card with the purchase of an ipod but they couldn't discount the card or that would make it worthless so they discounted the ipod for that amount so the math worked out the same.
charlituna
macrumors G3
they will match internet prices but it is possible that the source might have to be an apple authorized reseller or big box company. the 3 times I saw it happen when I was in a store yesterday a manager was involved so there are definitely rules and it's not just telling a sales person you saw something 50% off somewhere and you get the money
I wouldn't have thought they did that. Seems like some Froogle searching is ahead of me for the lowest price displayed online and some printing! haha There's an apple store here in Miami Beach on Lincoln Road and it's ALWAYS packed...especially on the weekends.
Midget Mariachi
Midget Mariachi
No Price Matching Here
I asked several employees at the Apple Store at the Ala Moana Mall here in Honolulu, Hawaii, if indeed they were authorized to match prices from other authorized apple sellers. All of them said "no, that is just a rumor that somebody started on the internet". Anyone find out different?
I asked several employees at the Apple Store at the Ala Moana Mall here in Honolulu, Hawaii, if indeed they were authorized to match prices from other authorized apple sellers. All of them said "no, that is just a rumor that somebody started on the internet". Anyone find out different?
charlituna
macrumors G3
I asked at two different stores here in LA and they both said yes. One said they even just got an internal memo reminding them that if asked by a customer who has proof of the discount a manager can approve a price match and that there are rules but only the managers know them all cause the manager has to be involved.
perhaps in Hawaii there is a law that means they don't have to do it, but it does sound like it is a company policy.
Among the benefits of living here in Hawaii is the case of watching all of the advertised specials on TV, whether they be for Jack in the Box or whatever, only to find out the the local places are not offering the advertised prices. I can only suppose it is due to the fact that almost all of out "stuff" has to be shipped or flown in at greater cost. In the mean time, I will be stopping in Portland, OR over the holidays and will check in at an Apple store there.
PS: No sales tax there.
PS: No sales tax there.