Tiger Shipping and Educational Discount Problems

On May 2, 2005, at 2:23 PM, Nicholas Barnard wrote:

> I went down to my local store, which was much less of a melee than I
> expected and purchased a copy, upon which they flatly refused to
> provide an educational discount that the online store does provide.

That's odd - my partner is a college student, and he's never had any
trouble getting educational pricing at an Apple Store. Resellers (as
opposed to Apple-owned stores) may be prohibited from offering
educational pricing, but that's not surprising.

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On 5/2/05 11:23 AM, "Nicholas Barnard" <nickinmff.net> wrote:

> I went down to my local store, which was much less of a melee than I
> expected and purchased a copy, upon which they flatly refused to
> provide an educational discount that the online store does provide.
>
> My question did anyone else who ordered online from Apple get their
> shipped copy bumped? Also anyone know when Apple's Retail Stores
> stopped offering educational discounts on their software?

This is standard procedure for at least the past year. Software discounts
are only available electronically (online) and not through a
brick-and-mortar store. Hardware discounts are available through the store.

Apple has never given a educational discount at their stores (at least,
not at the DC stores) since they opened. The only store you could get
the discount, was on the university campus (which isn't Apple owned or run).

Paul

I was among the chosen who ordered Tiger via the educational discount
program, and failed to get it delivered as promised last Friday. I sent
an email complaining to Apple about their failure to meet their
promised Friday delivery. I received an email today apologizing for the
delay, and offering me my choice of a copy of iLife or iWork as
compensation. Others in a similar situation might do well to send a
brief note complaining about the delay.

BJ Simpson

At 20:03 -0700 on 5/2/05, Paul Guinnessy wrote:
>Apple has never given a educational discount at their stores (at
>least, not at the DC stores) since they opened. The only store you
>could get the discount, was on the university campus (which isn't
>Apple owned or run).
>
>Paul

My son bought his iBook at the Tysons Corner store and got the
education price about 3 years ago.


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On May 4, 2005, at 1:26 PM, Neil Laubenthal wrote:




> At 20:03 -0700 on 5/2/05, Paul Guinnessy wrote:
>
>
>
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>> Apple has never given a educational discount at their stores (at
>> least, not at the DC stores) since they opened. The only store you
>> could get the discount, was on the university campus (which isn't
>> Apple owned or run).
>>
>> Paul
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>>
>>
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>
> My son bought his iBook at the Tysons Corner store and got the
> education price about 3 years ago.
>
>
>

I too purchased an Powerbook from the Cambridge, MA store a while
back using my edu discount. On the other hand, they told me that
they couldn't extend edu pricing when I tried purchasing the iLife
suite sometime thereafter.

I think the rule has always been that they will extend the edu
pricing on hardware sales and any software purchased at the same
time, but not to software purchased alone.

Tn