Black Friday Apple Sale - starts now, and all day 29th November.
Other deals:
$150 Gift Card:
MacBook Air
iMac
$50 Gift Card:
iPod Touch
Airport Extreme
$25 Gift Card:
iPod Nano
AppleTV
More products on the store.
Black Friday Apple Sale - starts now, and all day 29th November.
Other deals:
$150 Gift Card:
MacBook Air
iMac
$50 Gift Card:
iPod Touch
Airport Extreme
$25 Gift Card:
iPod Nano
AppleTV
More products on the store.
Hmm,
advantage of Apple store: extended return of opened devices, 45 days on Xmas holidays?.
Disadvantage: cc price protection won't help as they never reduce price.
I don't think Amex offer price protection. pretty much every ozbargainer will use Amex card to get extra $50 back.
Just bought the Ipad air 32gb wifi for $691.50 from the Sydney apple store.. They refused to price match.. Nonetheless still happy as I paid using Amex for the $50 cash back so still lower than buying from BigW for $668.
Well then i guess Apple is lucky Amex offered an actual discount :)
Yeah i bought a 64GB wifi model for 791.50 and also asked them to price match, they told me i could price match but i wouldn't get the $75 gift card. I obviously went with the gift card (and the $50 amex promo)
Going to grab a case when they release the logitech keyboards for iPad Airs
Not really a great price given you can walk into some retailers and bargain them to take $50 off an iPad…etc.
Was waiting for this sale and got disapointed. So I ended up buying refurbished Macbook Pro for $800 less than brand new price. Travelling overseas next month will then put back $250 back in my pocket. Just need to find a cheap Apple Protection Plan on eBay and my Mac is good to go for the next 4 years!
Good find. FYI, the apple care is only three years in total.
I believe it adds 3 years on top of the 1 year standard warranty?
No, AppleCare extends your warranty to 3 years (you don't get an extra 3 years on top of the standard 1 year). http://www.apple.com/au/legal/statutory-warranty/
well unless I can actually get $75 cash back and not their gift card, I will not be buying it ~ la and I was hoping for the $75 cash off~ fk this
Was gonna do the $75 off + amex $50 + gst tax for overseas 9%
If you can get a mate to buy the giftcard off you then it would be the same as cash back.
The $75 gift card isn't that bad for me, given it's a greater discount than I got from Target ($50 off) - it means I can get an authentic Smart Cover (which I'm already going to purchase) with $25 to spare on my family's iPads…
All these gift cards will end up on ebay
Don't act surprised, after all it's Apple - high profile propaganda is their strong point :-) How else would they still be able to charge the prices they do for products that are at best only marginally better than those of the competition?
at best only marginally better than those of the competition
I think you are giving Apple too much credit! Their products, software and ecosystem has not moved forward since Jobs died. Competitors products are not slowing down and have long surpassed Apple I feel. Apple are trading on name and goodwill only, which can only get you so far…
Does anyone know if the velocity earn 4 points for $1 spent http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/122739 works with this and the Amex $50 deal - is velocity an online aggregator?
Hmmmm, seems like there's two options.
Buy iPad Air 16gb Wifi for $598, and get $75 gift card plus $50 Amex rebate = $548 plus $75 gift card
Wait till tomorrow, and price match BigW at $568 and still get $50 Amex rebate = $518
I think given I will most likely purchase a smartcase and screen protector, I could actually put the gift card to use. Am I missing anything?
wan't the amex rebate only works if you purchase it directly from apple either online or their retail stores?
Both options are through the Apple store…
I decided to go with Option 1, and will sell my gift card through cardlimbo per below.
Funnily enough, the price checking out online was also $590.50, and not $598 just like the other person who bought instore below.
Gift card never expire.
Actually the black friday promo works in an odd way such that the actual iPad price using option 1 is $590.50 so the Big W price match option only nets you a paltry $22.50 cash vs $75 gift card.
Nothing spectacular there. Glad I bought the 16gb mini at Apple store for $468 price match and claimed the GST back on TRS.
So disappointed to see no discount/gift card for iPhone :(
Just go here www.cardlimbo.com.au
You will be able to sell the gift card for about $65
With the Amex offer - $598 - $50 (AMEX) - $65 (CARDLIMBO) = $483
bleh …
$75 GC works out ok since I do plan to get iPhone 6 next year. Would love to know if anyone managed to get apple store to price match today?
Do you still get a $150 G.Card on the student prices when buying a iMac?
Nope.
:(
Just browsed through all the comments, most saying they are disappointed with this deal, yet it still receive 48+ votes? Must be a lot of Apple fanbois lurking somewhere…
Has anyone managed to get Apple to price match other stores and still get the gift card?
No. It was either take the gift card now or price match tomorrow.
same here, i took the gift card
Is this the best deal around for the iPad considering Big W is out of stock atm? I'll most likely buy one from the apple store tonight, if I can hurry up and decide which model.
I just bought the iPad 16gb wifi only from Garden City Apple Store in Perth. I spoke to the manager and he said that today's price is fixed with the gift card, and tomorrow he can price match but no gift card. It worked out to be $30 extra (if not price matched to big w 568) but I got $75 gift card which I could use to buy iTunes gift card. It could get better if you use Amex ($50 cash back) and if you claim GST (within 60 days). The total I paid was $590.50 (not $598) and the manager wasn't sure why but that was the price came up.
A friend came to get an ipad with me, so I ended up getting mine for $515.50 as I used his gift card. Amex $50 cash back makes it to $465.50. Good friend!
Gone into the Apple store in Doncaster. Not convinced enough to join my wife as an apple user even with gift card and AMEX cash back. I think I will stick with Android.
Apple store at castle hill was full and 20m waiting. They should reduce the price all year they probably sell more ;)
Guys, i'm not a hardcore Ozbargainer that ads bargains to other bargains..
This $75 gift card with the iPad.. does it mean I can use this $75 to put towards my iTunes account?
I'm just looking to get the 128GB iPad air for $899 with the $75 gift card..
Are you all saying this is a bad deal?
I'm just looking towards using that $75 on iTunes to get educational apps for my kids on the iPad :)
It's a $75 Apple Store Gift card, not a $75 iTunes gift card. However you may be able to use the Apple Store gift card to buy an iTunes gift card… not sure what the rules on that are.
If you buy online when do you get the gift card. Hoping to buy something else today with it
You get your gift card delivered to your email when your other item is shipped.
Thanks
There some good new mac book air deals air gum tree
Scam… Apple won't let you use gift card on checkout today
Even though it's FAQ page specifically state gift cards can be applied at checkout,
Then they're even smarter than I gave them credit for (which was already a lot).
That means you can't even use it to buy accessories with your new ipad. It means you have to go back.
That's not true. I successfully used my gift cards on the day.
No probleming using it in stores
But online you can't
I took screen shots and will make a fuss tomorrow in store
Fark wits rorted me,
Now I have a useless $75 gift card that was supposed to be used for buying a mini
Apple got rid of the bonus gift card ontheir site at 1145pm aest instead of 1159pm…I added a MacBook pro in cart n no gift card was added……
Any reason you waited until the last 15 mins to make the purchase?
It's good that this is over. Now on to some decent price matching.
Bought a 32g ipad air, and unfortunately I got the yellow tint on my left side of the screen :(
Should I exchange it?
Why not
because where is no grantee the new screen will be any better
But what are the chances of getting a worse screen?
I would keep on swapping until I get a good one.
Disappointing. Used to get free printer when purchasing a Macbook Pro but now it's gone. 2 years ago we got cash discount when buying on black Friday now you only got gift card with few usage.
any idea how many gift card i can use for a single transaction? thinking of buying iPhone 5s. if i can use more than 1, i might purchase the gift card from anyone who don't want to use it, but, well, with a reasonable price. Thank you
I have a $75 card. What's your offer? PM me.
From the Apple page: the card has no expiration date.