Black Friday Mac pricing matrix (find the best prices)

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• Reply 1 of 78

  tyler82 Posts: 1,115member

  November 28, 2008 5:04AM

  $20 discount on a Mac Mini, or $100 off of a $2,000 macbook? This does not even cover the sales tax in my state. They market it like it's such a big secret on their web site, something that needs anticipation, instead it is very disappointing for what is supposed to be the one day of the year for big discounts, and especially in a depression you would think Apple Inc. would want to kick start sales.

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• Reply 2 of 78

  soundsgoodtome Posts: 90member

  November 28, 2008 5:53AM

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  Originally Posted by AppleInsider
  
  
  The best prices are highlighted in bold.
  

  
  

  
  
  They are? All looks like the same font over here....

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• Reply 3 of 78

  shogun Posts: 362member

  November 28, 2008 6:32AM

  To see the bold go to the main article page:
  
  
  
  http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...st_prices.html

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• Reply 4 of 78

  timon Posts: 152member

  November 28, 2008 7:10AM

  You have the wrong numbers on 3Ghz iMacs, it's $2,098.
  
  
  
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  Also, MacMall and OnSale are the same company. MacMall, OnSale and ClubMac all all in California, which does not help us in CA to skip the tax, and all require a mail in rebate. You would think one of the Non-CA retailers would have buys.
  
  
  
  CrapBuy, sorry BestBuy, has crap on Mac Sales.

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• Reply 5 of 78

  wiggin Posts: 2,265member

  November 28, 2008 7:12AM

  So much for the 15% discounts analysts were predicting.

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• Reply 6 of 78

  kd86 Posts: 42member

  November 28, 2008 7:23AM

  Quote:
  

  Originally Posted by tyler82
  
  
  $20 discount on a Mac Mini, or $100 off of a $2,000 macbook? This does not even cover the sales tax in my state. They market it like it's such a big secret on their web site, something that needs anticipation, instead it is very disappointing for what is supposed to be the one day of the year for big discounts, and especially in a depression you would think Apple Inc. would want to kick start sales.
  

  
  

  
  
  Tell me about it. I think what's most insulting is $11 off a Nano and I wasn't even looking to buy one. It's like why bother discounting it at all? If $11 means that much to you, you're probably not an Apple customer anyway.

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• Reply 7 of 78

  robb01 Posts: 148member

  November 28, 2008 8:05AM

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  Originally Posted by Wiggin
  
  
  So much for the 15% discounts analysts were predicting.
  

  
  

  
  
  Crappy BF all around
  
  
  
  ________________
  
  

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• Reply 8 of 78

  picasso Posts: 1member

  November 28, 2008 10:00AM

  Can someone tell me why I am to pay 6.25% sales tax here in Illinois from purchasing an MacBook Pro from a retailer in California (onSale.com) or in New Hampshire (PC Connection)???

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• Reply 9 of 78

  amac4me Posts: 282member

  November 28, 2008 10:23AM

  NIce to see a discount on the Apple TV

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• Reply 10 of 78

  virgil-tb2 Posts: 1,416member

  November 28, 2008 10:30AM

  Let me chime in with the rest in saying this is the lamest of lame "sales." I was going to buy an AppleTV but 6% off??? Really?
  
  
  
  Up here in Canada, that's roughly half the normal sales taxes. Given how much this site and others have been hyping the whole "Black Friday" thing, this is a bit of a joke.
  
  
  
  In Canada, anything less than the sales tax is called a simple "discount" and not only doesn't deserve a special day, it hardly deserves mentioning to a friend. A "Sale" is where things are sold at a substantially reduced price, (not the same price but slightly less tax.) Pretty much anything over 10% or 15% off is therefore (technically) a "sale", but it has to be 20 before anyone would make such a big deal out of it.
  
  
  
  Why call it "Black Friday" anyway? Sounds more like a name for a day of disaster than a day of good shopping. Does everyone get gunned down at the mall after their purchase by teenagers with assault rifles?

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• Reply 11 of 78

  kim kap sol Posts: 2,987member

  November 28, 2008 10:31AM

  Perhaps Apple is aiming for a real Black Friday.

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• Reply 12 of 78

  olddog Posts: 1member

  November 28, 2008 10:36AM

  Indeed I too was disappointed in the weak promotional offerings from Apple. Nonetheless, I printed pages from the best-priced Web site for what I wanted to buy (MB Pro) and wandered into my local Apple store this morning (Austin, Domain location).
  
  
  
  They were willing to match the price - but not including a rebate - as long as the manufacturer numbers matched up. Saved $150 off the 2.53 MBP. So do your comparison pricing and take in documentation on competing prices.

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• Reply 13 of 78

  chirokitsune Posts: 2member

  November 28, 2008 10:41AM

  Don't know if this has been reported anywhere but you can apply the Black Friday Discount to the EPP store as well at Apple.
  
  
  
  The price drops the base EPP price to:

  • Macbook 2.0Ghz $1120
  
  
  • Macbook 2.4Ghz $1402
  
  
  • iMac 20in. 2.4Ghz $1,076.00 \t
  
  
  • iMac 20in. 2.66Ghz $1,308.00 \t
  
  
  • iMac 24in. 2.8Ghz $1,590.00 \t
  
  
  • iMac 24in. 3.06Ghz $1,966.00
  
  

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• Reply 14 of 78

  anantksundaram Posts: 20,413member

  November 28, 2008 11:08AM

  Quote:
  

  Originally Posted by chirokitsune
  
  
  Don't know if this has been reported anywhere but you can apply the Black Friday Discount to the EPP store as well at Apple.
  
  
  
  The price drops the base EPP price to:

  • Macbook 2.0Ghz $1120
  
  
  • Macbook 2.4Ghz $1402
  
  
  • iMac 20in. 2.4Ghz $1,076.00 \t
  
  
  • iMac 20in. 2.66Ghz $1,308.00 \t
  
  
  • iMac 24in. 2.8Ghz $1,590.00 \t
  
  
  • iMac 24in. 3.06Ghz $1,966.00
  
  

  
  

  
  
  Can you point to some links?
  
  
  
  The Education Store in apple.com, for instance, does not seem to offer such double-dipping. The only option seems to be to click on the "Shop Now" under "TODAY ONLY" and that takes one to their regular BF sales!?

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• Reply 15 of 78

  mdcat Posts: 79member

  November 28, 2008 11:17AM

  Quote:
  

  Originally Posted by PiCASSO
  
  
  Can someone tell me why I am to pay 6.25% sales tax here in Illinois from purchasing an MacBook Pro from a retailer in California (onSale.com) or in New Hampshire (PC Connection)???
  

  
  

  
  
  Because you take possession of it in IL, just as if you bought it from a store there.
  
  
  
  Stores in states with sales tax were tired of losing sales to businesses located in other states, so a federal law was passed a few years ago imposing the sales tax of the customer's state.

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• Reply 16 of 78

  1984 Posts: 955member

  November 28, 2008 11:36AM

  Quote:
  

  Originally Posted by mdcat
  
  
  Because you take possession of it in IL, just as if you bought it from a store there.
  
  
  
  Stores in states with sales tax were tired of losing sales to businesses located in other states, so a federal law was passed a few years ago imposing the sales tax of the customer's state.
  

  
  

  
  
  I live in Illinois and Amazon (among many others) doesn't charge sales tax. I don't think online retailers are required to charge your state's sales tax unless they have a retail presence or other business in your state. At least that's how it used to be. Maybe certain states now require sales tax to be charged on items shipped to other states but clearly not all do.

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• Reply 17 of 78

  1984 Posts: 955member

  November 28, 2008 11:39AM

  I think it's clear from the chart that Onsale and ClubMac are one and the same.

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• Reply 18 of 78

  gwarf420 Posts: 37member

  November 28, 2008 11:52AM

  Quote:
  

  Originally Posted by Shogun
  
  
  To see the bold go to the main article page:
  
  
  
  http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...st_prices.html
  

  
  

  
  
  Every single row, with its corresponding discounted amount, is bolded.

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• Reply 19 of 78

  chirokitsune Posts: 2member

  November 28, 2008 12:43PM

  This is the state government link. I don't have the normal Apple EPP link though I have seen it before. http://www.apple.com/r/store/government/state/epp.html

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• Reply 20 of 78

  sikras Posts: 19member

  November 28, 2008 1:02PM

  Days before, some websites were getting us excited that it would be Apple's most aggressive Black Friday. It will be a better deal for me to wait for the back to school special, when they will include an Ipod with a new laptop. I'll just wait until next summer.

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