in b4
...oh, too late

Even with 15% off its overpriced crap

get a life

This is old hat. We can all do it via the links as mentioned earlier

Im assuming this way of purchase is no longer available?

I get an error when i try to add a Mac Book Pro to my basket once in the Uni store

Yeah I got the Macbookpro (MBP) 13" and found out 5 days after buying it, I could claim 15% as a mature student.
Just took down the receipt + laptop and they did a credit to my card at Manchester branch +£170 sweet :-) Kept the same MBP

hey thanks for the detailed description. im having trouble using this though, Im assuming the store link is the little suitcase in the top right hand corner ? when i click here it takes me to the university page but from there it doesnt seem to be an option for "Shop Mac" ,only "Continue Shopping" which takes you back to the page which says "Sorry...
Unable to enter the requested store." am i doing something wrong here ?

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Thats the new Macbook Pro 15" with great discount and 3 years warranty included, thanks op! :sunglasses:

Your welcome. Im happy that i helped some one save money! :smiley:

I got the best (default) MacBook Pro 15" with Retina display and dual graphics:
2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i7, 16GB 1600MHz memory, 512GB PCIe-based flash storage, Intel Iris Pro Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M with 2GB GDDR5 memory

Very easy, I went here: http://www.mikewilson.cc/2010/08/18/how-to-get-a-15-discount-at-the-apple-online-store-from-your-own-home-youve-got-to-be-a-student-though/ to find the university ID for the one nearest to me (there's a massive list of university IDs further down the post).

I found the nearest uni to me & went to the link. The link format is http://store.apple.com/uk_edu_ plus the number for the nearest uni, for example: http://store.apple.com/uk_edu_5000614 = Bath University

You'll likely find it says:

Sorry...
Unable to enter the requested store.

Because you're not accessing it from a University network - To get around that, simply click "Store" from the menu at the top of the page, this time it will take you through to the Education store without any issues. Click Shop Mac, select whatever you want to buy and enjoy the discount.

If there's any chance you're going to be selling it within the next 3 years, or if you don't have an Apple store near you, the APPLECARE PROTECTION PLAN UPLIFT is worth paying the little bit extra for (for 15" Retina it's £60), because that way you have full ApppleCare coverage for 3 years that can be transferred to someone else if you sell it (the free 3 year warranty can not be transferred) and Apple will collect your device for repair if anything goes wrong (you have to take it to the nearest store with the free warranty).

I placed my order late afternoon, there was no verification of my "student" status (I'm not one) and my new Mac arrived before noon the next day.

hi what did you buy

was easy to do ?

Thanks OP, I never knew this - you saved me around £520 today! :smiley:
(~£300 off the Mac, plus ~£220 off AppleCare)

No worries! Don't mind me, I was just agreeing with you. :sunglasses:

Meant to be a reply to Mathaeus sorry, I'm new to this :neutral_face:

Mine isn't. :smirk:

While I am going to uni, just not UEA as I have better offers, I don't think it would matter. The student bit is only for the purchase transaction. After that, the Applecare is just linked to my serial number as it would be if I bought it any other way, I'm pretty sure it's not a student specific version.

So what happens if you buy it one day, one week, one month, one year (etc..) before finishing uni? Suddenly the remaining applecare becomes voided? I don't see that being the case somehow.

Commentthats good but if you don't go to uni and you expect that Apple care to stand for anything IF you need to claim.. You've no chance! :smiley: if you need to use the Apple care for any reason they will want serious confirmation that you are at uni before they will lift a finger.. Just a heads up

"I really needed that ivory back-scratcher... MONEY FIGHT!"

Well done - good for you! Apple are apparently down to their last 700 billion dollars so they need all the help they can get from heroes like you.

Hot from me!

Jealousy manifests itself again.

It seems like I should take that as "I can't say".

I've always wanted to be a student at the Dundee University and receive a 12% discount... cheers fro the link! :wink:

Bought myself a new macbook pro retina 13' today from the Apple store in Bluewater. Got the discounts, 14% off the laptop and Applecare for £48.
And I'm not even at uni yet! If you have an unconditional uni offer (or could convince them you did?), you can still get the discount. Didn't need any sort of ID, just showed the email on my phone.

I know that if you are a council worker, you can get a percentage off iPad.

so once into uni account page on education apple site
just order and pay and use my apple id

and then wait for it to arrive

can anyone confirm if this is ok

Apple products are definitely over priced but they are second to none..

Commentlinks..

They still work fine :smiley:

get a life

You would have saved £40-50 buying from their online store and getting the 3 year HE apple care uplift for free....

This post is not the best or cheapest way to buy apple products.

If you are a student or staff member from an apple recognised higher education provider - purchase through the apple online shop or via telephone - NOT as the original poster says.

Why: if you purchase in store using your student discount sure you will get an academic discount on the hardware and a discount on apple care. BUT if you purchase through their website you get the extended 3 year HE apple care FREE.

I have tried the Apple Sales and they informed me that they do not give 15% on NUS Card. I wanted to buy Ipad Air 2 Cellular. Normal price without Card £579 and with the NUS Card £555. That is not much of a saving. Instead I would now perhaps buy at John Lewis (for almost same prices) who will throw in 3 years guarantee.

Yeah thanks :smiley:

Even with 15% off its overpriced crap

Aw well, might be the case as I got mine online. Good thing to know for future purchases though:)

I got mine in store. Thats probably why i didn't get it for free...

Not lucky. This is a standard. Go to education apple store, choose any mac to configure, and where you have apple care press learn more.

Not sure how about now, but when I bought my map retina in December 13 with student discount, I got 3y warranty for free:) no need to buy Apple care (yet the free one is only for repairs not telephone support):smiley:

Does AppleCare discount also work for iPhone 6 ?

This is pretty stupid as a) you can only use it once a year so anyone with a student card is not going to want to give it out to someone else and b) you are assuming everyone knows a student

Amazed at how hot a student discount offer has got. This has been going on for years, no? :L

*FacePalm*

Isn't it two apple products per year?

The discount is higher for University students than College students. Good discount deal though, I saved something like £160 on a MacBook Pro.

You also get extended AppleCare phone support and warranty I believe. (Just not the Apple Care + thing which is a bit like insurance)

Hope this deal is helping loads of people. :smiley:

Working link
http://store.apple.com/uk_edu_5000711/mac

I apologise that the link is not working for some people. Sorry.

A few people have commented a link. Use their one if it the orginal one doesn't work. :smiley:

I have edited the description. I have included the informaton saying anyone can di it with the link. :smiley:

There are certain links that still work offsite - http://store.apple.com/uk_edu_5000602 for example.

Also all higher education macs come with the 3 year extended guarantee for free. The £50 addition for Applecare adds full 3 year telephone support AND the ability to transfer the warranty to somebody else if you choose to sell within 3 years. So for most people it's pointless.

Can I use this on a refurb iPad?

I brought a MacBook Pro a few months ago using university ID and got about 15% off. Also Apple Care was discounted to £40 instead of near £200

What's windows got to do with anything?

As a staff member at a College (not Uni) they gave me 15% off a MacBook in-store a few months ago (and AppleCare for £49) after showing my College ID badge.

Interestingly enough I now work at a University, accessing the Apple site whilst at the Uni itself gives bigger discounts than just visiting the Education store.

z0mg you guys should be friends :smiley:

T's & C's for whoever wants it. Here
Unidays Link - Here

Student discount and education discount are not the same thing. Student discount can only be achieved by using your university's local network or having an .ac.uk email.

It's over priced to give 15% off

Thanks for clearing that up. I was going to get NUS card this year thinking i do need it for the discount.

same same

15% off products overpriced by 40%.

Hi.
How do I use my student card to buy online? Can't find anything on Apple site? Thanks!

This is old hat. We can all do it via the links as mentioned earlier

Cleared my cache and also got the error message but under that a direct link to the education store where it says
Apple Store for Education (UK) Click that and it will take u to the store with discounts applied.
http://store.apple.com/uk_edu_5000662

At the bottom you click that.

Woo hoo time to sell my sperm to cover other half of the money ... :-) ....

I thought you needed a NUS card for this though ?

Also does every uni college get the same discount or different ?

If you need Applecare you can buy it from HongKong and other countries through eBay and it's the same price, if not cheaper, than it is for students.

Is this on ipod nano 6th gen too? I'm an nus card holder.

Cheers

Any idea when they're running the 0% finance again?

Students can afford Apple??

How much they are worth has nothing to do with their product value for money factor.

In my opinion they build sleek thoughtfully designed and well put together devices but they charge about double the price someone else would charge and they get away with it, that's why they are appraised at 700 billion.

There is nothing bad in spending your money on good products if you have it.

But I am amazed by how many pro apple Pete visit a site like this, it is sort of ironic... :smiley:

This has been the case for a long, long time. It's higher education only. Also, if you order it from a Uni or College Campus, you get 3 years free hardware cover (different from AppleCare as you don't get 3 years phone support) - if you buy in store you can still get AppleCare for a fraction of the full price as a student.

As I've said on Apple deals many times before, you can buy online using a Higher Education link and get the discount, without actually being a student.

Not to be a dick but hasn't this always been the case? When I was in Uni about 5 - 6 years ago I bought a MacBookPro and an iMac over the 3 years and they were all covered by the student discount. Good I guess for people who didn't know but I feel like if you have an Apple store near you your lecturers should be telling you about the student discounts Apple offer, maybe I was made more aware of it at the time as I did digital art which we only learnt on mac's and needed Apple products for. Marked hot for students who don't know.

cant use this link it just says oops

You can use UNiDAYS to get discount if you are in college,.I got my cousin discount on Macbook which was £1999 but with discount he got it for £1699 something and AppleCare for £60. I want to buy as well but it's really over priced, so will wait till next Macbook comes out so price will go down for other one

link not working?

Heat given

If you buy it online and not in store I think the 3 year warranty part of AppleCare is included in the price

Purchase Quantity

Faculty, Staff and Students purchasing from the Apple Store for Education will be allowed to purchase the following quantities of product per academic school year. Not all products have special Education Pricing.

Desktop: One (1) may be purchased per academic year
Mac mini: One (1) may be purchased per academic year
Notebook: One (1) may be purchased per academic year
iPad: Two (2) may be purchased per academic year
Display: A maximum of two (2) may be purchased per academic year
Software: A maximum of two (2) per software title may be purchased per academic year
The above purchases can be made either online or in an Apple Retail Store. Total product quantities remain the same regardless of where your purchase is made.


This is what is included. So no iPod or iPhone. iPads are only reduced by around £20. So the only items that really hit the 15% is a few of the Mac products.

Anyone can order and get the discount, you do not need to be a student. I have ordered multiple things from the education store.

http://store.apple.com/uk_edu_5000662/mac I saved a lot of money just before Christmas buying a new mac and also got the 3 years cover instead of the normal 1 you get from buying from apple for free.

Nothing new, and title is misleading. It's UPTO 15% depending on which product line, iPads for instance are 4% iirc. Laptops have a higher discount rate than desktops as well. This has been the case with apple for as long as I can remember them having retail stores.

I've used this several times in the past, it's a great saving. The extra for AppleCare is a no brainier IMHO although IIRC you get 3 years guarantee included with the student price and only need to upgrade to the full AppleCare package if you want the extras like 3 year telephone support - although that may have changed since the last time I used it.

My son used his educational discount to get his Macbook discounted, interestingly he was logged on to Quidco and despite educational discounts not being allowed via Quidco somehow it tracked and paid out over £30!

Nice one.. Thanks

I believe the 15% is only on Higher education students not college student,s which is abit 8% discount.mits also upto as well, since some things are 5% off etc. Still good value. I looked at cost of going to USA and livig up a macbook but it works out cheaper to get the discount and applecare here than in the states!