Student Discount?

[al3000]

Hi all,

I live in the UK and have recently applied for my student union discount card. It mentions that there are discounts available with apple, in the apple store for education. However, I can't access this area off the NUS website, as you have to have your card. Does anyone know what kind of discounts I should expect?

Thanks

 

[dops7107]

Does anyone know what kind of discounts I should expect?

Depends on the item in question, but Mac hardware is typically 10% off. Different institutions have different discounts, or at least they used to, but I get a feeling that educational discounts have been made uniform now across the UK. iPods might be less than 10%; eyeTV for example has no discount (not all that educational I suppose).

You can access the educational stores and prices with no ID provided you are on your uni's network.

EDIT: in fact, 2 MB iPod nano prices thus - retail: £139, edu: £128.08. So that's 7.8% discount. Weird.

Top-of-the-range (unmodified) G5 dual 2.7Ghz - retail: £1999, edu: £1719. And that is 14% discount, not half bad. get one of those!

 

[al3000]

Depends on the item in question, but Mac hardware is typically 10% off. Different institutions have different discounts, or at least they used to, but I get a feeling that educational discounts have been made uniform now across the UK. iPods might be less than 10%; eyeTV for example has no discount (not all that educational I suppose).

You can access the educational stores and prices with no ID provided you are on your uni's network.

EDIT: in fact, 2 MB iPod nano prices thus - retail: £139, edu: £128.08. So that's 7.8% discount. Weird.

Top-of-the-range (unmodified) G5 dual 2.7Ghz - retail: £1999, edu: £1719. And that is 14% discount, not half bad. get one of those!

Wow thats great, any idea how much a PB or iMac would be discounted by?

 

[DarkNetworks]

No idea bout that...but my sis got me an iPod nano, the original price is 139 but my sis got it for only 130...its some student discount...

 

[20rogersc]

Wow thats great, any idea how much a PB or iMac would be discounted by?

PB's from £902.40, and iMac's from £790.78.

If you want any exact prices, please ask.

::20ROGERSC::

 

[stevep]

Some sample prices:

Retail
Nano 2Gb £139, PB 12" £1049, G5 Dual 2 £1349

Edu, you'd pay £128, £964 and £1241 respectively.

NUS Edu you'd pay £128, £902 and £1160 for the 3 examples.

Apple don't discount 3rd party products. The percentage discount varies according to the product, lower price products around 6%, iBooks etc around 9-10% and G5's a bit more.

 

[nat3503]

You can phone them up to get a higher education discount. That's what I did last month when I bought an iBook, iPod and iSight. I didn't have an NUS card but I had letters from my university and UCAS confirming my place. I sent off for the iPod rebate and I got a letter back yesterday saying that I need to send a copy of the invoice to get the rebate, so I presume that they were fine with the UCAs and university letter proving my student status.

When I ordered the products they didn't need proof of my student status, but apparently they do random checking.

 

[Project]

I just ordered my iBook via the NUS Apple store. I got 13% off. The base model is £615, down from £699. Its great value. I stumped for the 80GB model, and it only came to £670. Thats £100 off what it would normally cost.

 

[BBC B 32k]

lost link

I just ordered my iBook via the NUS Apple store. I got 13% off. The base model is £615, down from £699. Its great value. I stumped for the 80GB model, and it only came to £670. Thats £100 off what it would normally cost.

Great, I just received my 12" ibook also. Upgraded to a 60gig and cost £640. Great value.

Now for the but... I lost my URL for the Apple HE Store :-( and I was going to order a 20" iMac ... so if anyone can send me the link again I would be very grateful ... need to replace my eMac now.

Thanks all.

 

[al3000]

I called the apple store yesterday and they said that there was a 6% discount on white computers, and an 8% discount on silver ones.

 

[jamie85]

Now for the but... I lost my URL for the Apple HE Store :-( and I was going to order a 20" iMac ... so if anyone can send me the link again I would be very grateful ... need to replace my eMac now.

You can get to the Apple HE Store by clicking on Special Offers and then Computers at nusonline.co.uk, once you've logged in.

 

[dops7107]

I called the apple store yesterday and they said that there was a 6% discount on white computers, and an 8% discount on silver ones.

They do it by colour??

 

[rockthecasbah]

They do it by colour??

well i guess cuz the 'silvers' are the high end expensive stuff, so more discounts are given? Though where would this leave the Mac Mini?

 

[dops7107]

well i guess cuz the 'silvers' are the high end expensive stuff, so more discounts are given? Though where would this leave the Mac Mini?

tsk tsk, I dunno, that's discrimination based on skin colour

Well my mini was 10% cheaper I think.