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[techound1]

If you're buying from the Apple store, I've got a rebate that might be helpful:

Shop the Apple Store (US) and receive:

    $20 back on a purchase of $500 to $999
    $40 back on a purchase of $1000 to $1499
    $60 back on a purchase of $1500 to $1999
    $80 back on a purchase of $2000 to $2499
    $100 back on a purchase of $2500 to $2999
    $125 back on a purchase of $3000 or more.

The offer is valid only for ship-to addresses in the US and is NOT good in the education store.

If you'd like more info, PM me.

-th1

[Swad]

Thanks techound1!

I'm stickying this thread since they always come in handy! When anyone finds a coupon code, post it here!

[bofors]

The best deals for Apple hardware are usually found on the "Special Deal" page at the Apple Store.  They are "refurbished" goods at about 15% off, but are as good as new and come with a one year warranty.

Otherwise, anyone affiliated with a school (teachers, students and school employees) can get 10% of any Apple computer once per year.

[Big Kahuna]

hoorah for student discounts for college. and my fiancee being a school system employee

bad for Tennessee having 9.25% sales tax

[Colonel]

If you're a college student, when you buy a new Mac, you get a free iPod. I wish I was in college.

[icey-ice-ice]

what about if you're younger?

[Colonel]

icey-ice-ice, on Jun 30 2006, 10:31 AM, said:

what about if you're younger?

We don't get anything. I'm not in college yet either, so I didn't get a free iPod when I got my MacBook.  

[Big Kahuna]

you could have.. there's a K-12 store.. I thought?

Friend in college? come on!!


Tennessee has a 'tax-free' weekend.. i reallllly want to take advantage of it.

[Prog]

I'm pretty sure the K-12 store is only available for employees of K-12 schools/school boards in most places.  I'm pretty sure some schools have deals with Apple for students as well, but I doubt it's a whole lot.

[unstatusthequo]

Yeah I can't decide whether to use the wifey's educator discount or the refurb discount...

Refurb is better price but did at one time have something FUBAR about it. Educator discount is less, but it's new...

I guess it's a good problem to have... either way I won't be shelling out full price for the Merom MBP, if it ever shows up.

[acidnine]

I still say the best place to get a good deal on a Mac is to watch your local area in craigslist.

[br0adband]

$125 back on $3000 or more? My god, that doesn't even cover the tax in most places.

bb

[techound1]

br0adband, on Aug 31 2006, 09:14 AM, said:

$125 back on $3000 or more? My god, that doesn't even cover the tax in most places.

bb

No, it doesn't.  But Apple pays their agents (including the really big boys like amazon) a top commission of 5%.    Whaddya gonna do?

[br0adband]

I know it would kill them to do it, but for just a moment - step into Steve's "reality distortion field" - and imagine just how many Macs Apple could sell in one single day if they came out with one of those "$750 off" coupons for MacBook Pros/MacPros - not regular MacBooks since they're not gonna sell those for $250-500 or so. But damn, $750 off even the baseline MacBook Pro or the MacPro itself... it'd be like when BigMacs and Whoppers are on $.99 (which hasn't happened in a long time). Mad rush for 'em, I tell ya.

Again, I know it will never happen, and earlier points about Apple just not being able to sell to "Joe Blow, Average PC Owner" is just a part of it. That's not their target audience, regardless of Jobsian dreams wanting a Mac on every desktop or lap.

Mactopia...


bb

[Urbz]

Big Kahuna, on May 23 2006, 07:48 AM, said:

hoorah for student discounts for college. and my fiancee being a school system employee

bad for Tennessee having 9.25% sales tax

HAHAHAHAHAHA
dont start with me!!!
try 14% total sales tax in Quebec!

[fireshark]

14% sales tax in BC too...

[Xenctuary]

Well, feel sorry for us in the UK then with our 17.5% VAT!

[sHARD>>]

br0adband, on Aug 31 2006, 11:27 AM, said:

That's not their target audience, regardless of Jobsian dreams wanting a Mac on every desktop or lap.

But it's not a laptop! It's a notebook!

[Colonel]

There's no sales tax in Washington where my mom lives

[bluedragon1971]

unstatusthequo, on Aug 21 2006, 10:43 PM, said:

Refurb is better price but did at one time have something FUBAR about it. Educator discount is less, but it's new...

That is not necessarily true.  Some refurbs are "buyer's remorse" returns.  Even if they did have something wrong at one time (maybe a bad hard drive or whatever), Apple returns them to like-new condition before selling them on the refurb store.  If anything, a refurb has been looked over and tested MORE than a new machine that comes off the production line.  Refurbs get the same warranty as new machines as well.