Black Friday: Best Buy discounting up to $150 off, Apple retail will match prices
AppleInsider, MediaBistro and more are all pointing to some sweet Best Buy discounts on Apple products for Black Friday weekend that include laptop and desktop computers. Sale prices are good online and in-store.
Best Buy apparently stocked up on inventory to support the event. Apple employees will also be staffing Best Buy locations to push sales. The four-day sale extends from Sunday until Wednesday. (Thanks, Michel.)
Also of note: Apple retail stores will match other authorized retailers' advertised prices. According to ifoAppleStore, if you supply proof of the competitor's pricing (like Best Buy's circular), Apple retail employees have the authority to approve a discount matching that price.
If that weren't enough, as Cory mentioned earlier, Apple will also be having its own online Black Friday promotion.
After the jump, discounts ahoy!
All due credit to AppleInsider for this list of products (and their prices after discount in parentheses).
- $100 off 2.0GHz Unibody MacBook ($1199.99)
- $150 off 2.4GHz Unibody MacBook ($1449.99)
- $100 off 2.1GHz White MacBook ($899.99)
- $100 off 2.4GHz Unibody MacBook Pro ($1899.99)
- $100 off 2.53GHz Unibody MacBook Pro ($2399.99)
- $100 off 2.5GHz Aluminum 17-inch MacBook Pro ($2699.99)
- $150 off 1.6GHz NVIDIA-baed MacBook Air ($1649.99)
- $150 off 1.86GHz NVIDIA-baed MacBook Air ($2349.99)
- $100 off 2.4GHz 20-inch iMac ($1099.99)
- $100 off 2.66GHz 20-inch iMac ($1399.99)
- $150 off 2.8GHz 24-inch iMac ($1649.99)
- $50 off 1.83GHz Mac mini ($549.00)
- $50 off 2.0GHz Mac mini ($749.00)
- $150 off 2.8GH Mac Pro ($2649.99)
Thanks Jonathan & everyone who sent this in.
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You can be so luck in the US - in Germany you don't get any discount on Apple products :-(
December 11 2008 at 1:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyBuying apple products on black friday is a joke. It's no different from the student discount.
November 26 2008 at 4:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyLooks like Apple's also offering free copies of Vista and MMS-enabling iPhone software... :)
http://www.maccomedy.com/apple-to-offer-some-amazing-retail-deals-on-black-friday/
MacConnection has some of the best deals so far, on computers, iPods, even some software.
http://www.macconnection.com/IPA/PM/Brands/Apple/holidayblowout.htm
Old MacBook for only $799 or the black model for $1099, previous model MacBook Pro 15" is $1299. There's good discounts all the new models too.
As others have eluded, $100 discount on a $2000 laptop is neither "aggressive" nor worth "staying tuned for." I can get better discounts by haggling with PC manufacturers.
$50 discount on a Mac mini? So near yet so far. Apple could easily afford to knock $100 off the price for their one-day marathon and in doing so would shift more units than anticipated by any slimey-palmed Wall Street Journal(ist).
And what about the Apple TV? It seems all but forgotton by every blog reporting this story.
The discounts are mediocre, not aggressive and will not cause me to part with my money. If the discounts were genuinely aggressive; ie. $599 down to $350, I'm sure like many others I would be more willing to open my wallet.
So I just bought a new 2.4GHz 20" iMac a week and a half ago. I know Apple offers a 3 week(maybe 2?) price match guarantee type thing for new product releases, do you think it will count for this as well? I would love to get $100 back from them!
November 26 2008 at 1:09 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI called Apple and asked about any discounts/promotional offers and after some talking and waiting they gave me a $150 discount on a new unibody MacBook just for being courteous on the line. And I was also able to get another $50 off for being a student so in the end my MacBook was 1099.
November 25 2008 at 7:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGet rid of the Apple Tax too.
November 25 2008 at 5:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNo discounts on ipods? Nuts.
November 25 2008 at 4:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGET IT RIGHT, IT'S SUNDAY THE 23RD THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE 26TH, not Black Friday, that Best Buy is offering these deals! And why mention what the Apple Store will do to match it without also mentioning other resellers - why is there this inherent bias? Whatever happened to "fairness and accuracy in reporting"?! From my standpoint as a journaliist, sometimes the blogosphere needs to be taught a little more intellectual rigor . . .
November 25 2008 at 4:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThanks Michel, I added your note about the dates to the post. We'll have more news about holiday discount deals with other retailers as we learn them. And thanks for being so nice in your comment! I love you.
November 25 2008 at 4:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyKill them with kindness.
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