Govt discounts for apple users?

ziomatrixacs · #1 March 28th, 2009, 06:12 PM

I got about 10 minutes to type this so here' goes..

I just graduated BMT, so now I am officially a member of the Air Force. Now I know this is going to be a DOH question but, do I qualify for govt discounts? Im not sure if you noticed but apple has this store http://store.apple.com/us_epp_55499
which has significant discounts. My BX sells the 17" MBP for $1950 with no tax plus 10% off , but it is too big to carry around. so i want the 15" one but they wont order it for me so i have to get it from apple my self. that means tax unfortunatly. I looked into the macbook air but i like having connectivity.

So the AF is part of the federal govt, which means i am an employee of the federal government correct? so could I use this discount? They really dont explain this to us actually, which is why im asking.

icemanjc · #2 March 28th, 2009, 06:36 PM

From my experience, since my brother is also in the Air Force. You are an employee of the government. However, I am not sure if Apple sees people of the Air Force that way.

DeltaMac · #3 March 28th, 2009, 06:38 PM

Sure, why not? You are a government employee, and the discount is a good as any you'll find direct from Apple.
You can also check at AAFES on-line purchasing. You'll find slight discounts there, not as good as the government pricing at the Apple web site. You WON'T find a new 17-inch for as cheap as what you reported - you'll find that's an older model, I suspect.

rj713 · #4 March 28th, 2009, 11:00 PM

Plus 1 to DeltaMac--sometimes you get lucky and would still be tax free. Ralph

MisterMe · #5 March 29th, 2009, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ziomatrixacs

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So the AF is part of the federal govt, which means i am an employee of the federal government correct? so could I use this discount? They really dont explain this to us actually, which is why im asking.

A Google search on "armed forces+apple" leads to the Apple, Inc. Armed Forces Store.