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imac quad-core available for apple employee discount?

Juliet1186 said:
Can you tell me how long it took for the items you bought to be up for the discount? I feel like I've been waiting forever lol some guy in this thread said it could take up to 6 months? is that true? You think hopefully by the end of month or at least year it will be up?
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Yeah, that "some guy" was me. Like I said, it varies from product to product depending on demand. I'm waiting to get an i7 with employee discount. I suggest you be patient and wait until your contact says it's available...posting here won't make it go any faster.
 
It looks like it is already available for my company. Right now Apple is offering $180 off $1,999 model and I beleive $200 of i7 model. Apple care seems to be $149 instead of $169 that I have seen and all upgrade options are discounted as well
 
applelicious said:
It looks like it is already available for my company. Right now Apple is offering $180 off $1,999 model and I beleive $200 of i7 model. Apple care seems to be $149 instead of $169 that I have seen and all upgrade options are discounted as well
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Prices are stated as base (net of discounts)

21.5 - $1,127
21.5 - $1,409
27 - $1,597
27 - $1,879 with $188 option to bump it up to i7
 
applelicious said:
It looks like it is already available for my company. Right now Apple is offering $180 off $1,999 model and I beleive $200 of i7 model. Apple care seems to be $149 instead of $169 that I have seen and all upgrade options are discounted as well
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We're talking about discounts for Apple Employees, which is a 25% discount on all hardware.
 
Any news on this?

I see the shipping time was lowered today in the US to 5-7 days
 
nafai23 said:
Any news on this?

I see the shipping time was lowered today in the US to 5-7 days
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No news from my end yet but I think it will only go up once it goes down to 3-5 like the rest. we're one step closer! xD
 
apple store employees usually start getting discounts a couple months after release. they have 1 25% off each category a year. for example, only one computer solution, one phone, etc... they have 3 15% discounts for friends and family. But at any time they have 10% discount in store. so.... thats about it
 
How about Canada?

Does anyone know if Apple employees in Canada have this discount? Even 15% for friends and family is better than my 9% employer discount.
 
If your contact is legit in giving you guys the discount...WHEN it's available, do what I did. Buy an iMac at regular price, when the discount is available, buy it again and sell it at full price on eBay. I've done that for many things and it's worked out fine. That's just me though... :/
 
Has anyone found out if this can be done as of yet?

Any Apple employees wanna share some info?

It would be much appreciated!

:)
 
Nothing available yet. I picked up a 3.06Ghz 24" iMac+2nd monitor and a bunch of included stuff off of Craigslist for $1000 to hold me over from my Mini which just isn't cutting it until I can order a Quad.
 
I am in the same boat. What is worse is that my contacts discount expires on the 31st, as does every other employee's. If the i7 does not show up, they miss out on getting the discount for family, or someone else. Figure they just use the 25% on family etc. so I don't tie up the discount. Probably not gonna show up until mid Jan as I see it now. I am stuck with a 4,1 1.83 ghz imac with over 40 1px vertical lines taking over my screen as well as a failing hdd. Trying to run Maya and Zbrush has been literal hell. (not surprisingly).
 
muziq said:
Has anyone found out if this can be done as of yet?

Any Apple employees wanna share some info?

It would be much appreciated!

:)
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Apple employees are not allowed to post here, or quite frankly read the site. They definitely cannot disclose information informing themselves as Apple employees.
 
They find u and destroy all ur computers!!! But seriously, I know that the discount expires the end of the month but employees get a new one starting the 1st of Jan. Unless ur contact wants to buy one for himself. U still have a shot at the 25% discount.
 
hakr said:
What does Apple do, put an sheriff's ankle bracelet on their at-home keyboards?
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I understand it somewhat. Their retail employees are alleged to no absolutely nothing regarding new products, so the last thing they need is random employees going on boards like these talking about product speculation. That leads to, "a person who works at the Apple store told me..."
 
thegoldenmackid said:
Apple employees are not allowed to post here, or quite frankly read the site. They definitely cannot disclose information informing themselves as Apple employees.
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It's not forbidden to post on these sites, it's forbidden to share company info. They can't stop us from reading a site...that's simply ridiculous. I was an Apple employee for 3 years while a member of this site. A number of my fellow employees surfed MR on their break in the back room. The odds of you getting caught are small...though it has happened if you're an idiot about it.

thegoldenmackid said:
I understand it somewhat. Their retail employees are alleged to no absolutely nothing regarding new products, so the last thing they need is random employees going on boards like these talking about product speculation. That leads to, "a person who works at the Apple store told me..."
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This...is true, with the mild exception of the fact that I knew about the 20" G4 iMac before it came out because I saw it in the stock room the night before announcement. On top of that, our stock-person always knew of new product before release based on incoming-inventory part numbers.
 
jrahn said:
I am in the same boat. What is worse is that my contacts discount expires on the 31st, as does every other employee's. If the i7 does not show up, they miss out on getting the discount for family, or someone else. Figure they just use the 25% on family etc. so I don't tie up the discount. Probably not gonna show up until mid Jan as I see it now.
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Well...Employees can order more than one Mac on the 25% discount. It's based on the honor system. I used to order a desktop and a laptop a year with my 25% discount....but usually covered my ass by asking a fellow employee if I could use "their" discount. Apple doesn't keep track with the exception of obvious abuse of the policy.
 
Shipping time in the apple store just jumped to 2 weeks on all the 27" imacs...
Gonna be a while I assume.
 
I think I am going to give up waiting for this discount. I am gonna go to the store today :)
 
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