The rebate for the printer from the Apple Store is very very easy. I just had to go to a website and enter very little information (I don't recall the specifics of that) and the rebate came to me in the mail pretty promptly. On Jun 6, 2010, at 11:54 PM, Alfredo wrote:
> I had these same questions myself some time ago so I did my research. > I love saving money, and really have to since I am a college student. > I discovered that if you buy a mac book pro 13", the 2.4 GHZ model, > you would ultimately get a 21% overall discount. Note this assumes > that you are a US student, get the 100 student rebate, get the 200 off > on the ITouch, and 100 rebate on a printer. Then the next step would > be to sell the ITouch for 80% of its 200 value, so you would get 160 > for it, on craigslist, and the printer for 80% of its value, and this > will give you 80 dollars. So you would pay about 1630, after taxes, > upfront for the computer, and get a total of 100, +, 200, +, 100, +, > 160, +, 80, =, 640 in discounts. > 1640 minus, 640 =, 990 for the computer. But this assumes that you > sell the ITouch and the printer for 80% of its cost, which can be > easily done for the ITouch but I would realistically get 70% for the > printer. Also, note that you must get a printer that cost 100, not > more, and they have like 4 or 5 models to choose from at apple. but > here is more. Since of a bill past last year, you can put that 1630 > on your taxes and the goverment will give you a 1630 toward your > taxes, this is only if you are astuent, and reinburse you back 50%, > or, 815, on your 2010 tax return. So basically the 1199 mac, cost > you , 175, or so. If you select a cheaper computer with thisstragety > you will get a larger return since your total taxes will be lower > becuse of the lower computer cost. The only drawback for this > stragety is that you have to fork 1630 upfront, and htat you have to > sell the ITouch and printer, which if not, will add to your overall > cost. This beats the amazon deal since you are only saving the taxes > you would pay for the computer, plus an extra 50, which is basically a > student discount for everyone. Also you should consider the hassle of > going to the rebate, although apple states it simple and easy, I never > believe rebates. They work but they are enver easy and convient. I > might end up going for th eamazon deal since there is less hassle, > plus you also get the tax rebate on your 1200 purchase. I hope I did > not confuse you, just helped you > alfredo > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
