G5 Price Drop--Government Employee Store
It seems the price for G5's for government employees has just been dropped to $1 more than the recently lowered education prices. This change affects existing orders as well as new orders. The ship dates have not changed, however.
NOTE: You do not have to be a government employee to take advantage of this. From Apple's Terms and Conditions page ( http://www.apple.com/r/store/governm...ppolicies.html ):
So you just have to get a friend who is a government employee to sponsor your purchase.
NOTE: You do not have to be a government employee to take advantage of this. From Apple's Terms and Conditions page ( http://www.apple.com/r/store/governm...ppolicies.html ):
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Personal Discount: You may purchase or "sponsor" up to six system bundles each calendar year (January 1-December 31). "Sponsoring" means placing an order for a family member or friend.
Personal Discount: You may purchase or "sponsor" up to six system bundles each calendar year (January 1-December 31). "Sponsoring" means placing an order for a family member or friend.
So you just have to get a friend who is a government employee to sponsor your purchase.
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Originally posted by qazII
It seems the price for G5's for government employees has just been dropped to $1 more than the recently lowered education prices. This change affects existing orders as well as new orders. The ship dates have not changed, however.
NOTE: You do not have to be a government employee to take advantage of this. From Apple's Terms and Conditions page ( http://www.apple.com/r/store/governm...ppolicies.html ):
So you just have to get a friend who is a government employee to sponsor your purchase.
Is there anyway a high school teacher can "sponsor" his brother-in-law w/ an educational discount?
Originally posted by FauxCaster
Is there anyway a high school teacher can "sponsor" his brother-in-law w/ an educational discount?
Orders from the educational store cannot be sponsored, it seems. However, a high school teacher should qualify for the State & Local Government Employee Purchase Store (which allows sponsoring), I would think. I would recommend you check with Apple first, though.
Originally posted by qazII
Orders from the educational store cannot be sponsored, it seems. However, a high school teacher should qualify for the State & Local Government Employee Purchase Store (which allows sponsoring), I would think. I would recommend you check with Apple first, though.
Thanks for the tip, looking good so far.
Originally posted by FauxCaster
Is there anyway a high school teacher can "sponsor" his brother-in-law w/ an educational discount?
My mom, an educator, 'sponsored' my dad's new G4, and will be sponsoring my G5. The thing is, you don't need to be sponsored, per se, you just need to get the person to buy the Mac, and then pay them the money they spent on it.
Now I guess they should have banned me rather than just shut off posting priviledges, because kickaha and Amorph definitely aren't going to like being called to task when they thought they had it all ignored *cough* *cough* I mean under control. Just a couple o' tools.
Don't worry, as soon as my work resetting my posts is done I'll disappear forever.
Originally posted by Placebo
My mom, an educator, 'sponsored' my dad's new G4, and will be sponsoring my G5. The thing is, you don't need to be sponsored, per se, you just need to get the person to buy the Mac, and then pay them the money they spent on it.
How does Apple verify education purchases?
When the computer is registered, does it have to be registered in that persons name as well?
Originally posted by fred_lj
It's verified at purchase time, not at registration. Anybody can register an educationally-purchased item.
How is it verfied if you can go to the education store online and just order?
I'm not trying to be argumentative, I'm just wondering.
I went into an Apple store today and purchased a G5. The store employee went to the education store online and placed the order with me. Never asked to see any student ID or anything. When I asked him about it he said, Apple has ways of verifying it.
Well the only way I know of them verifying is when the machine is registered.
I bought it for my son, for school, but want to register it in my name.
I just don't want any hassles later.
Of course the Apple employee could have just been saying that too.
Originally posted by fred_lj
I believe you usually have to fax them your student ID (for college students), or be ordering through a college website's Apple store which in turn cross-references your name with their enrollment database. For teachers and K-12 students, I don't know. Perhaps it's just a honor system. That would make sense with Apple, seeing as those of us who use their products are on the more sensible end of the scale of mankind.
Well they ask what school you are from under the K-12 heading, so I imagine it's a similar process. I know Apple doesn't check everyone for the Student Dev Discount to see if they are really in school, so Apple probably doesn't check everyone in this case.