[BNM] Buying a macbook & haggling for extras

[Jonathan Hirsch]

I managed to get a little bit of money knocked off and a soft case  
thrown in, though the total value of that lot was probably only £30  
or £40.

The other thing you could try is calling Apple's business sales (not  
sure of the number, but it's on the web site somewhere - IIRC you go  
to the Store, then there's a link to Business Store or some such). A  
good few years ago I bought an iMac that way and got it for about  
£100 less than the RRP. Don't know if they still do those kind of  
discounts, but it doesn't hurt to ask...

Of course, the other way to save money, especially if you're buying  
one of the top-end MacBook Pros, or fancy doing some other shopping  
at the same time, is to buy a cheap ticket to New York and pop over  
for the day ;-)

Good luck.

Cheers,

Jon


> 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.