In the higher ed world volume orders of ten or more of an identical item seem to qualify for greater discounts. I've gotten significantly more discount than just 1 or 2%, even off the already discounted educational price.
The amount of the discount seems to vary. In my experience the newness of the models, the amount of models in inventory and the manufacturing pipeline, the margin they have on any custom options (like extra memory) you order, and how close it is to the end of the fiscal quarter all seem to figure in to the final total amount of volume discount you can get. So does AppleCare, too. More margin there, too. And as Edward Ned Harvey says, buying the systems with AppleCare pre-registered can save you an annoying amount of fiddly "typing long meaningless strings" hassle. I'd follow Colm's suggestion of talking to a live person via the Apple "Business Store" and see what you can get. Arthur Gaer [email protected] Senior Systems Manager Harvard University Department of Mathematics Science Center 1 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617-495-1610 On May 18, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Colm Buckley wrote: > Apple have a "Business Store" which allows some more conversation and > interaction with sales experts than the typical online purchase, depending on > volume etc. Click on "business store" at the bottom of store.apple.com for > details. > > Colm > > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Justin Ellison <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > No stranger to MacBook Pro's myself, but my employer is looking at buying ~ > 20 MBP's with 27" displays. What's the best way to go about buying in > volumes that size? Any reseller recommendations, or am I best off going > through the online store still? > > Justin > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > > > > -- > Colm Buckley / [email protected] / +353 87 2469146 > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/
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