[BNM] Buying a macbook & haggling for extras

[Mat Walker]

On 1/3/07 12:12, "Mark Ng" <bnm at markng.co.uk> wrote:

> Considering buying a macbook (though I may go for a Dell instead, but
> I don't want to make this a flamewar about what's the best idea) -
> however, I'm interested in whether people have had any luck going to
> the stores and haggling to get extras thrown in (things like DVI
> adapters, mice, keyboards, etc) and/or knocking prices down, or
> whether that's a fruitless idea and I'm better off just ordering one
> online if I choose to go with an Apple.

You might be able to get a few extras thrown in from a supplier like Cancom
but generally speaking the price is fixed. The only way I know of to get
discounts from Apple is:

1) Get a student to buy you one from the Education section of the Apple
site. (You could pretend to be a student yourself and just buy one but that
would be naughty ;))

2) Buy through a cashback site like Quidco and get something like 5%
cashback.

Mat