Back to School promotions on Mac, iPad Pro start in Australia, Japan, New Zealand

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Apple has launched a series of Back to School promotions in Australia and New Zealand, with purchasers of new equipment online or at Apple Retail getting gift cards for a future purchase at the Apple Store.




Between Feb. 7 and Mar. 16, educational staff or students in Australia who purchase a MacBook Air, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, and iMac will receive a A$100 ($76) Apple Store gift card. An A$70 ($54) gift card is given to iPad Pro purchasers.

Customers in New Zealand will get a NZ$105 ($77) and NZ$75 ($55) gift card, respectively.

The deal in Japan is similar -- purchasers of a Mac other than the Mac mini will receive an 8500 yen ($76) gift card, with purchasers of an iPad Pro qualifying for one worth 5,500 yen ($49).

Refurbished products are not eligible for the gift card in either location. Configure-to-order products qualify for the offer as well.

The 2017 promotion is a return to the previous gift card promotion model. Most recently, Apple has been giving Beats headphones with hardware purchases for back to school buyers.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    entropysentropys Posts: 4,166member
    School students and teachers are all already back at school after summer holidays.  Any IT purchase by them would have been made in a January. Great timing.

    Unless this is targeted at tertiary students and university lecturers? There might still be a very narrow window there.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    boltsfan17boltsfan17 Posts: 2,294member
    entropys said:
    School students and teachers are all already back at school after summer holidays.  Any IT purchase by them would have been made in a January. Great timing.

    Unless this is targeted at tertiary students and university lecturers? There might still be a very narrow window there.
    Depends on where you are talking about.Term 1 of the school year is just starting in New Zealand so this deal is good timing. 
  • Reply 3 of 5
    macxpressmacxpress Posts: 5,808member
    entropys said:
    School students and teachers are all already back at school after summer holidays.  Any IT purchase by them would have been made in a January. Great timing.

    Unless this is targeted at tertiary students and university lecturers? There might still be a very narrow window there.
    These are never aimed at HS students and faculty. Its always aimed at higher-ed (college/university). 
  • Reply 4 of 5
    anomeanome Posts: 1,533member
    macxpress said:
    entropys said:
    School students and teachers are all already back at school after summer holidays.  Any IT purchase by them would have been made in a January. Great timing.

    Unless this is targeted at tertiary students and university lecturers? There might still be a very narrow window there.
    These are never aimed at HS students and faculty. Its always aimed at higher-ed (college/university). 
    We don't usually refer to Tertiary Education as "School". It would normally be "Back to Uni", which might be bit exclusionary of the other forms of education.
  • Reply 5 of 5
    bestkeptsecretbestkeptsecret Posts: 4,265member
    I wonder why Apple stopped that Japanese grab-bag promo. It's been a few years since I last heard about it.
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