07-01-2023, 06:59 PM
Looks like my old MBP's life has come to an end so I'm shopping for a new 15" Air. My child is a college student so I see a current edu price, along with an "offer" - a $150 "gift card" - from Apple.
Now, I'd love to use this $150 to knock down the final price of the Air, but it looks like I can't do that. This is $150 to spend on other Apple stuff. OK, well that's a little sneaky but whatever. Except, wait a second, they're not giving me a $150 gift card, I'm paying for it!
Summarizing from the order page:
15-inch MacBook Air, 8GB ram, 1TB SSD, Pro Apps Bundle: $1,778.99
Special Offer: -$150.00
Price with Special Offer: $1,628.99. <--- really?
(They even tell me I can do this for $135.74/mo for 12 months on the Apple Card)
OK, here's my wallet. Wait a sec... what's this?:
Tax: $136.43
TOTAL: $1,915.42
What am I not getting here? The $150 for the "gift card" is added to the total. Hello? There either some logic escaping me or I'm just really stupid bad at math. What exactly is special about this offer?
Now, I'd love to use this $150 to knock down the final price of the Air, but it looks like I can't do that. This is $150 to spend on other Apple stuff. OK, well that's a little sneaky but whatever. Except, wait a second, they're not giving me a $150 gift card, I'm paying for it!
Summarizing from the order page:
15-inch MacBook Air, 8GB ram, 1TB SSD, Pro Apps Bundle: $1,778.99
Special Offer: -$150.00
Price with Special Offer: $1,628.99. <--- really?
(They even tell me I can do this for $135.74/mo for 12 months on the Apple Card)
OK, here's my wallet. Wait a sec... what's this?:
Tax: $136.43
TOTAL: $1,915.42
What am I not getting here? The $150 for the "gift card" is added to the total. Hello? There either some logic escaping me or I'm just really stupid bad at math. What exactly is special about this offer?