Apple Shopping 'Event' This Friday

who_ru

so it seems that apple are going to offer us a some 'great' deals this friday.

from previous experience i've learned not to get too excited about this type of apple offer. you might see a tenner off on some things but thats about it.

Rulmeq

Isn't this just an American thing? Black Friday and all that.

Talisman

No there are token discounts on all Apple website stores.

Rulmeq

Talisman wrote: »

No there are token discounts on all Apple website stores.

Cool, might keep an eye out for any bargains then

J-blk

Talisman wrote: »

No there are token discounts on all Apple website stores.

Yep, from last year they extended the "Black Friday" deals to all their online stores... they were pretty crap last year though. Something like a tenner on an iPod Touch and a max discount of €80 I think on a 2K+ iMac...

Sad Professor

Better than nothin' though, I suppose.

I'd love to get one of the new iMacs. My student discount plus an additional €80+ discount would make for a nice saving. But I'm broke.

Talisman

Sad Professor wrote: »

Better than nothin' though, I suppose.

I'd love to get one of the new iMacs. My student discount plus an additional €80+ discount would make for a nice saving. But I'm broke.

How much is the student discount?

Sad Professor

Talisman wrote: »

How much is the student discount?

I'm entitled to the "Apple on campus" discount (for certain colleges) which is 10 percent. But I think the standard student discount is 7 percent.

Gregor Samsa

I got 90 euro off my unibody MacBook in last year's Black Friday sale. Better than a kick in the teeth.

projectmayhem

Sad Professor wrote: »

Better than nothin' though, I suppose.

I'd love to get one of the new iMacs. My student discount plus an additional €80+ discount would make for a nice saving. But I'm broke.

IIRC Apple didn't allow you to use these "Black Friday" deals in conjunction with any other offers, so it'd be a case of seeing what gets you more off and picking it. I'd be willing to bet the student discount still offers more off.

Either way, all I want is a cheap(er) Magic Mouse

MarkoF

Also, 11% off everything apple at new Compub apple shop in Cork on Saturday.

Roland27

I think previously 'Black Friday' offered something in the region of €100 off any new iMac, hopefully tomorrow it will be something similar.

Rulmeq

Apparently it's tomorrow in NZ already, here are their prices:
http://static.macgeneration.com/img/2009/11/One-Day_Apple_Shopping_Event_-_Apple_Store_%28New_Zealand%29-20091126-143359.jpg

Roland27

You don't believe it is tomorrow in New Zealand? That seems like quite a good reduction, probably roughly the same as €100-€150 off the cost of similar iMacs here.

Rulmeq

Roland27 wrote: »

You don't believe it is tomorrow in New Zealand? That seems like quite a good reduction, probably roughly the same as €100-€150 off the cost of similar iMacs here.

I never know what time it is anywhere else in the world

I think it's legit, the reductions seem to be on par with what would be expected.

J-blk

Max discount is €91 on the iMacs - not too bad I guess, especially on the entry level ones. No new Macs for me, I'm only looking for a Mini right now and they were not discounted . Still, there's discounts on third party accessories too: I picked up a Morphie Juice Pack Air for the iPhone and a 16GB LaCie "iamakey".

DotOrg

just an update for anybody who already ordered a mac before the sale (like i did)

i just phoned apple and they changed my order to give me todays discount

faceman

As expected the discounts are unimpressive. I get a further discount through a group scheme but even with that its still not great. Ah well.

Ham'nd'egger

faceman wrote: »

As expected the discounts are unimpressive. I get a further discount through a group scheme but even with that its still not great. Ah well.

I ordered a 13" MBP today and rang to check if iWork on the pre install option could be moved over to my iMac as well. It ended up that the Family Edition of iWork was €68 today so I'm getting it to install legit on all my machines for cheaper than it's normal RRP:)

projectmayhem

Discounts aren't great but it's better then nothing. I bought a magic mouse for my iMac (hate the way the mighty mouse scrapes across the surface of my desk) but used the edu discount as it was worth more.

faceman

projectmayhem wrote: »

Discounts aren't great but it's better then nothing. I bought a magic mouse for my iMac (hate the way the mighty mouse scrapes across the surface of my desk) but used the edu discount as it was worth more.

Best I could get MM for was €63