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0 pointsjws15y ago0 comments

Student discounts generally require that it be for personal use.

Edit: Added after the jrockway and tylerhowath replied, but didn't want to reply to both:

From the Apple Sales and Refund Policy… Purchases from the Apple Store for Education Individuals are not for institutional purchase or resale.

I presume the same applies to the in store discount. Apple has enough lawyers to cross that "t".

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jessriedel15y ago· 1 in thread

Putting "From the Apple Sales and Refund Policy… Purchases from the Apple Store for Education Individuals are not for institutional purchase or resale" in a refund policy or anywhere does not mean Apple has the right to restrict resales.

jwsOP15y ago

It doesn't say Apple can prevent the resale, it says the buyer is not entitled to the educational pricing if they are buying the machine for the purpose of resale. The fraud is for the student to buy a machine under the pretext of using it himself, knowing full well that he is buying it for resale.

I'm sure it's either in, or incorporated by reference, that text that people don't read about accepting conditions of a sale.

In practice, Apple can't afford to sue every weasely kid who thinks he's entitled to free money for being clever. So they also restrict it to one computer a year and take their losses on the young criminal masterminds.

jrockway15y ago

Require as in "we hope you do what we ask" or require as in "you've signed a legal document"?

Considering I was a big Apple fanboi when I was in college and I've never signed a legal document in an Apple store, my guess is that it's the first one.

tylerhowarth15y ago

I have worked at an apple store, we only require proof that you are a student(student id, transcript, staff paycheck) and a drivers license #.

There is no check for the student pricing. You are however limited to buying one computer a year with the discount. So if you try to buy another computer within a year using an education discount with the same DL, you will be denied the discount.

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