How do I prove that I'm a college student when I order online? There wasn't anything to confirm my student status... All i did was select the college. Will I be required to send in anything?
Yes it is, I just used it and I'm happy it was there. I tried getting a student discount on Dreamweaver and it was a pain. I had to scan my student idea with a cover letter and a copy of all the order and everything, it was like 10 pages long. Then, they didn't get it so I had to call and do it all over again.mad jew said:From memory they do random checks but I'm not exactly sure of how this happens. However, I'm 99% sure that they do check some purchases.
Either way, not directing this at anyone and it kind of goes without saying, but it's not cool to take advantage of this pretty generous offer by Apple.
Unless you're a teacher.iMatt mini said:I just bought an iBook, no check.
I bet if you bought like a PowerMac G5 and some other stuff they might check because 9/10 students wouldn't buy that.![]()
Then they wouldn't be a student.Xephian said:Unless you're a teacher.
Students and teachers verify for this educational discount.iMatt mini said:Then they wouldn't be a student.![]()
I said 9/10 students![]()
Unless it was the 1/10 that would use it for serious video editing and graphics as their major.
I know, but I just said 9/10 students wouldn't need one.Xephian said:Students and teachers verify for this educational discount.
assscat said:Whilst Apple may not check student status online, if you are a student and especially if you are a university student, I would recommend ordering over the phone from the Apple Education Store. This way they do ask for ID, but you get a better discount than you do online.
For example, I ordered my iBook a few weeks ago from the online education store. It was a stock 12" with an 80GB HD. Look at the prices quoted.
Online Apple Store: £768.99
Online Apple Education Store: £722.86
Apple Education Store: £676.47
Well worth ringing up and having to provide ID.
SpaceMagic said:They do random checks. They asked me to email my mum's ATL (teacher's union) card as a scanned image.
Now, after my results yesterday, that I'm into Bath university i'll have my own student's union card (NUS) but not until October. So I'll be using my mum's teacher one again soon to buy an iBook for uni.
That would be kind of stupid. I could get accepted to a college but then decide to not even go to college at all. Then you shouldn't qualify.gco212 said:Don't they accept an acceptance letter from a school as proof of status.
gco212 said:Don't they accept an acceptance letter from a school as proof of status.
tow21 said:I ordered precisely the same configuration of iBook earlier this week, and managed to get the fully reduced price online, without having to prove any ID. You have to make sure to go to the Apple *Higher* Education store, though, (so it only applies to staff & students of higher education institutions) - but they still don't check ID.