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Apple education discount being discontinued?
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There's no word out on the web about an across the board cancellation, and considering how widespread and beloved the program is, one would think someone would be saying something.
If you follow the link to the NEUPC.ac.uk site, it clearly states that its related to the university consortium's procurement contract. Such things do happen from time to time - institutions enter into agreements with Apple to qualify for the education discounts, and sometimes those agreements are not renewed (you can find reports of that from time to time).
If you follow the link to the NEUPC.ac.uk site, it clearly states that its related to the university consortium's procurement contract. Such things do happen from time to time - institutions enter into agreements with Apple to qualify for the education discounts, and sometimes those agreements are not renewed (you can find reports of that from time to time).
Confused... is this just a changing agreement for HE institutions' internal procurement?
The discount offered en masse is so popular and well advertised, e.g. through the NUS and Unidays that its withdrawal would surely be more publicly known.
The discount offered en masse is so popular and well advertised, e.g. through the NUS and Unidays that its withdrawal would surely be more publicly known.
This is what confused me, when I asked is this just for york or for all uni's they replied with is tweet
I see. Doesn't clear up through whether it's a procurement change or a change for personal purchases.
Apple's Fat Cash Haul is less than the board of directors target sum. Rumor has it they're very nervous about this precarious state.
If only Apple would raise it's prices, a higher gross profit per unit would allow the board members to relax...
If only Apple would raise it's prices, a higher gross profit per unit would allow the board members to relax...
The fact that this York Uni feed is the only source saying this, and that even they aren't certain, I'm pretty sure this is just a procurement change and personal purchases will still be discounted.
If it was ending, surely there would be more coverage and more universities talking about it, recommending to buy now if you're planning on buying a Mac in the near future.
If you are familiar with procurement, this is clearly a university procurement change and has nothing to do with the Apple store education discount. Do you buy through your university or the store? If the uni, you won't be able to do it that way anymore, but you would continue to be able to do it through the store, though can't say if your uni might not have had a better discount.
...you might be right, but if so the York university announcement makes specific references to "personal" purchases" and "the retail store" which is worrying/confusing. We'll see if the HE store is still there on Monday.
Well,
It's Monday.
The Apple HE store is still there, at least from my institution (and you'd think there would be a note if it was going away imminently).
So, yup, its all looking like FUD or something local to York.
Glad that the apple store is still accepting education discount, I think it must be an internal thing within departments that it affects.