Education discount in Apple Store? [UK]

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Grand Master

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Hi guys..

Just curious to know. The 2nd proper UK Apple Store opens in the Birmingham Bullring towards the end of this week.. woohoo! I keep thinking about getting a Mac Mini, and i'd much prefer to just go to a store and buy it rather than mail order it, have to be home for the delivery, risk it being broken or damaged, etc etc etc!

So i'm thinking I might go up to the bullring at some point and get one.. but I work for one of the biggest universities in the UK and I believe i'm entitled to educational discount as a result.. so I wanna know, if I walk into the store with my staff ID card from the university, will that entitle me to the education discount in the store?

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No he's allowed to get the discount on all apple hardware and software I work at a University and I can do the same just show your ID.If they tell you that you can't get the discount contact your universities Apple rep and ask or send me a pm and I'll look into it for you

Thinking about it now it may be different in the UK

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Grand Master

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Well.. sorry to bump this old thread, but better than starting a new one.

Finally went in there today to pick up Tiger and a new keyboard for my recently purchased 2nd hand G4 800MHz.. well on the downside, you can't get education discount on software in the UK stores.. can only get that online.. BUT you can get it on hardware, AND my staff card was good for the discount despite it having 'non-academic' printed on it.. so wootang.. Apple Pro Keyboard cost ?17.30 instead of ?1;);)

Ordered Tiger online just now at the reduced price of ?58 instead of ?80':)h :)

Grand Master

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Quite significant discounts IMHO..

Entry level powerbook will drop from ?1,049 to ?902, right up to a saving of nearly ?300 on the top end one.. UK retail price on that is ?1,849 and education price is ?1,589.

As I say, I think its quite generous.

Grand Master

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Well I don't think they make huge amounts of money on the Mini's if the discounts are anything to go by..

Entry level one retail price is ?359 - education discount knocks that down to ?337.23.. and top level retail price is ?499 - education price for that is ?468.83 - so not particularly special pricing on that, but still better than nothing:); :)

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Um.. I don't see how you would get an extra discount with an NUS card. You go online, you specify which educational establishment you are affiliated with, and they present you with the discounts. They basically ask whether you are a student or teaching member of staff at the establishments before you actually go into the store with the discount prices.

Are you sure you're not referring to the prices of the first release of the Mac Mini? They revised the specs but bumped the prices recently..

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they bumped the price?

there is DEFINATELY the price decrease with an nus card.

try www.nusonline.co.uk ( may have to register to access the NUS store though )

i didnt update my nus card for this year ( my new/old college didnt have it available, i still got my old blue one for 2003/04 ). so i'm waiting to get a brand new one off my new university then maybe ordering a new powerbook or imac or something

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http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/Uk...stom?qprm=51287

That links gets directly into the NUS Higher Education store, which is cheaper still than the normal Apple Education Store. I got my new top model Mac mini for ?448 instead of ?499 - not huge savings, but still pretty good, and I saved about ?300 on my PowerBook 12" a year ag:) :)

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Wow.. well, I didn't know that. I'm humble enough to accept when i'm wrong :)

Wonder if I can order stuff on that link.. my sister is an NUS card holder.. student scumbag ;)

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