Olympus E-1 Digital SLR - £98.70 (Apple Education Store) [CLOSED]

Double_R_2

gizmoleeds wrote:

Not if you've moved since you applied, which would be the case for a significant minority of students.

I believe the use of NUS cards is the easiest way. Fair enough not all universities promote NUS, but it is free to register and join and you get loads of discounts on numerous things. Companies (including Apple) check the NUS card number and make sure that it has been successfully registered.

@elisebutt65 - When did you order your camera? I remember you saying that your delivery status was dispatched.

Double_R_2

W1zz wrote:

Apple wouldn't possibly contact all orders to check that it is a valid education order.
Say 5,000 orders were placed and it takes 5 mins per phone call to check. Thats assuming your in or have the details to hand. It would work out to over 2,000 man hours (50+ weeks). I can't see them spending this much time and resource on an item that will cost them financially if they shipped.

We shall all just have to wait and see what happens. But my monies on all orders being cancelled due to a miss-price.

All it takes is one master email (sent to all purchasers) to be sent to your registered email address on the Apple site stating that they want you to fax or email (in .Jpeg format) proof of your student status.

Thats what they have asked me in the past.

Tom2

W1zz wrote:

We shall all just have to wait and see what happens. But my monies on all orders being cancelled due to a miss-price.

Indeedy: a refund, an apologetic email plus maybe a voucher or something. Hopefully there will be something tomorrow!

I think the reason there's still a buzz about this though is because people are wondering why orders weren't all just cancelled when the camera was pulled from the website that evening.

wireframebox

W1zz wrote:

...5,000 orders were placed and it takes 5 mins per phone call to check...

I think you are overestimating the ammount of orders that were placed to be honest. I would say 100 orders at the most, and I would say a large number of those are multi-product orders that are likely to be cancelled without much investigation.

I hope I get some more info on this before I get to France tomorrow. :santa2:

harryc_3

Tom2 wrote:

I think the reason there's still a buzz about this though is because people are wondering why orders weren't all just cancelled when the camera was pulled from the website that evening.

I think youve hit the nail on the head its the uncertainty that perhpas just perhaps apple..that wonderful company that it is ... may let this one through.


god bless apple thats what i say , in fact regardless of what happens tommorrow im of out to get me an imac , no more pc usage for me .... pc's whatever have i been thinking about for the last decade.....

and ipod you say ..... music on my daughters shuffle has never sounded as good ....so me thinks a nano and a video one are next on the cards.....

and wouldnt it be jsut wonderful if i could capture all these new purchases on a camera supplied by ..yes youve got it ...apple...

cheers ....

im away now for my toast and nightly apple juice....

possum_2

wireframebox wrote:

I think you are overestimating the ammount of orders that were placed to be honest. I would say 100 orders at the most, and I would say a large number of those are multi-product orders that are likely to be cancelled without much investigation.

I hope multiple orders aren't cancelled - I ordered one for myself and one for my girlfriend, we are both full time uni students and can prove this. I guess we'll find more out tommorow. I just hope all them non students who abuse such offers don't get their cameras! :rudolf:

donstermonster

possum wrote:

I hope multiple orders aren't cancelled - I ordered one for myself and one for my girlfriend, we are both full time uni students and can prove this. I guess we'll find more out tommorow. I just hope all them non students who abuse such offers don't get their cameras! :rudolf:

HERE HERE as i guess students NEVER take advantage of an opportunity do they , why should non students not take up this offer it is for people who are students or teachers or who are responsible for the supervision of students in schools noy just poor hard done by students and their grants :snow_laug

wireframebox

harryc wrote:

...god bless apple thats what i say , in fact regardless of what happens tommorrow im of out to get me an imac , no more pc usage for me .... pc's whatever have i been thinking about for the last decade...

Here-here

I hope Apple bear in mind that I am a soon to graduate Web Developer and am at an impressionable stage. Anything could sway me either way when it comes to my choice of platform in the future. :j

possum_2

donstermonster wrote:

HERE HERE as i guess students NEVER take advantage of an opportunity do they , why should non students not take up this offer it is for people who are students or teachers or who are responsible for the supervision of students in schools noy just poor hard done by students and their grants :snow_laug

Sorry let me rephrase - people who arent involved in education should not have their orders fufilled. People who look after us miscreants definetely deserve something!

wireframebox

donstermonster wrote:

...students and their grants :snow_laug

GRANTS? what era is that from? we have to pay the whole lot back now. No investment for future captains of industry anymore from the government.