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Offline andrewparker

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Re: Apple discounts.
« Reply #15 on: March 12, 2012, 10:16:49 am »
Quote from: richwig83 on March 12, 2012, 09:59:56 am
Quote from: andrewparker on March 12, 2012, 09:58:24 am
Quote from: garrardrj on March 12, 2012, 09:56:37 am
find someone who has their own business and put it through their books and get the vat back  :evilgrin:

:wink:

I can get the base 15" for £1213. That's around 8% discount, and then loosing the VAT on top of that.

Ooo that's good, do you get a discount on AppleCare too?

Thanks

AppleCare is still reasonably expensive through our Corporate Perks scheme - £246 for a MacBook Pro. I think it's normally £279.

At the end of the day, the VAT is the biggy. No amount of student discount is going to lose you that amount of money.
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Re: Apple discounts.
« Reply #16 on: March 12, 2012, 10:17:50 am »
My i7 MacBook air should have been £1700+ in total.
I paid £1200  :laugh:
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Re: Apple discounts.
« Reply #17 on: March 12, 2012, 10:30:34 am »
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Andrew is right - 20% vat is the one to dump! Vat is a criminal tax!! :fighting:

With student discount you are allowed one laptop and one desktop change every year.
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Re: Apple discounts.
« Reply #18 on: March 12, 2012, 10:32:03 am »
You sure? I've order a few MacBook Airs and I've never been able to spec one even near £1500, let alone £1700 (unless you're talking about additions like AppleCare).

Lovely machine though.
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Re: Apple discounts.
« Reply #19 on: March 12, 2012, 10:36:12 am »
Yes Andrew, it was the top i7 4gb 256 13" MacBook Air with the extra 2yrs AppleCare :happy2:

£1648 in total plus £65 of giftcards = £1713 (I know it was a freebie, but still worth £65)  :laugh:

I paid £1236 in total.  :wink:
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Re: Apple discounts.
« Reply #20 on: March 12, 2012, 11:03:29 am »
Quote from: RedRobin on March 12, 2012, 10:30:34 am
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Andrew is right - 20% vat is the one to dump! Vat is a criminal tax!! :fighting:

With student discount you are allowed one laptop and one desktop change every year.

So how do I get it VAT free?
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Re: Apple discounts.
« Reply #21 on: March 12, 2012, 11:12:49 am »
You'd need to get the owner of a VAT registered business to buy it for you.
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Re: Apple discounts.
« Reply #22 on: March 12, 2012, 11:15:58 am »
You can buy online at Student rates if you know how.  I won't post it publicly but happy to share with genuinely interested parties via PM.

If it is abused it will be stopped so it's in the interests of everyone to keep it low key.
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Re: Apple discounts.
« Reply #23 on: March 12, 2012, 11:18:44 am »
A 15" 2.2 Ghz MBP is £1332

A 15" 2.4 Ghz MBP is £1572

Apple Care is £60 however all Edu purchased computers have 3 years cover IIRC the £60 just give full phone support, again IIRC.
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Re: Apple discounts.
« Reply #24 on: March 12, 2012, 11:20:06 am »
Quote from: vRStu on March 12, 2012, 11:15:58 am
You can buy online at Student rates if you know how.  I won't post it publicly but happy to share with genuinely interested parties via PM.

If it is abused it will be stopped so it's in the interests of everyone to keep it low key.

Yeah I know about that method. :happy2:

Don't they check?
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Re: Apple discounts.
« Reply #25 on: March 12, 2012, 11:24:03 am »
Not that I'm aware of  :evilgrin:
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Re: Apple discounts.
« Reply #26 on: March 12, 2012, 11:25:49 am »
Quote from: vRStu on March 12, 2012, 11:24:03 am
Not that I'm aware of  :evilgrin:

Might be my best option then.
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