On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Edward Ned Harvey <[email protected]> wrote: > there's no such thing as apple discounting. At best, you might get 1% or 2% > discount from pcconnection, cdw etc. But it's not worth it.
If you have a good relationship with the representative at the bigger third parties they /will/ sell you the hardware at their cost if you buy their in-house warranty instead of Applecare. That's significantly more than a 1% or 2% discount. They'll do that because the profit margin on their in-house warranties are higher than selling Apple's stuff. It may take some wheeling-and-dealing to do it, but they'll budge. Especially if it means beating the direct from Apple quote. Bonus: Some CDW/PCConnection warranties include accidental protection while also costing less. Applecare doesn't include accidental -- ever. > If you buy directly from apple, then your applecare will be automatically > pre-registered for you before it arrives. I think. Just verify that before > you take my word for it. CDW, et al, will also register their in-house warranty on your equipment so you don't have to. Time/hassle saved. Gil _______________________________________________ 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/
