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Which Mac store offers the best deals?, Mac City, Machines, or MacStudio
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Edoras
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 Dec 10 2008, 01:34 PM
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On Dec 5 (Friday), I called several Machines outlet for the new MBA or MBP, but they said, they only have MB. They cannot tell when they can get the new MBP/MBA.
Thus, I bought the MBP at Mac Studio on Dec 6 (Sat).
Today, I saw the new advert saying that they have Christmas deals for the MB and MBP (from Dec. 7 onwards).
Damn!! I have a Machines Membership but I bought the MBP one day earlier at Mac Studio.
The Machines rep should have told me about the Christmas Deals when i called them on Dec. 5.... !!
And furthermore... I have Amex Card.... ! *sigh*
This post has been edited by Edoras: Dec 10 2008, 01:36 PM
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Edoras
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Dec 10 2008, 02:59 PM
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It was in the Machines website....*sigh*... Anyway, its no use crying over a spilt milk... ... Need to enjoy my new MBP as of now...
Great and powerful machines.... Big screen too...hehe...
This post has been edited by Edoras: Dec 10 2008, 03:00 PM
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Edoras
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Dec 10 2008, 04:27 PM
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QUOTE(nimrod323 @ Dec 10 2008, 04:23 PM) isnt that the apple one? edoras got it on the fifth which is on a thursday? still doesnt make any difference IMHO nimrod - Its not the freebies that i really missed (since I got some freebies from Mac Studio too)... but its more regarding using Machines to get the points for rebate (I'm a member). Its worth RM 194 !! Arrghhh!! I can buy more accessories later with this savings... What I am frustrated is that nobody can give me a hint that there is a promotion on 7th December during my call on the 5th Dec....*sigh* .... This post has been edited by Edoras: Dec 10 2008, 04:29 PM |
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Edoras
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Dec 10 2008, 05:26 PM
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QUOTE(nimrod323 @ Dec 10 2008, 04:38 PM) err cmon,if they are not sure about the promo why shud they tell u? it was kept in wraps because a few of the resellers i went to said theres no promo for now and again edoras,machines membership clearly states theres no membership rebate points for promo items,its either u take the freebies or rebate,you cant be greedy and have both can u now? I didn't realize we cannot get any rebates on promo items? I did asked them on Sunday (Dec 7) and the counter said I can get rebate but didn't clarify anything regarding promo items... hmmm.. |
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Edoras
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Dec 10 2008, 08:22 PM
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QUOTE(xaw5126 @ Dec 10 2008, 06:06 PM) @Edoras, please check the T&C available on the machines website, it does mention that promo items are not part of the rebates program. But the price of the MBP remained the same as regular price except that they have freebies. Do they consider that as "promo items" too? I thought a "real" promo items when it is priced lower than the regular (example the recent sale of the older MBA and MB) CODE Accrual Award Level and Corresponding Reward
Accessories - 10% Rebate
iPods - 5% Rebate
Mac / ACPP (AppleCare Protection Plan) - 2% Rebate
Points redemption is awarded based on regular priced terms. Not applicable for products on promotion. |
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Edoras
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Dec 10 2008, 08:26 PM
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Thanks for the clarification guys!
That means .. I have nothing to lose buying from other shops...
Hmmm...now thinking of upgrading the memory to 4GB.... How much its selling nowadays?
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Edoras
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Dec 10 2008, 09:44 PM
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QUOTE(Tsukasa @ Dec 10 2008, 08:42 PM) Wish they have a Apple genius here in Malaysia. They have it in the states.. Most of the Apple Geniuses are in this Forum... hehe.. |
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Edoras
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Dec 10 2008, 10:32 PM
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QUOTE(neekun @ Dec 10 2008, 10:11 PM) I asked at Epicentre for RAM upgrade, they quoted the same price as Apple Online Store which is RM485 (upgrade frm 2gb to 4gb). Seems like they are matching wth online store pricing. How about upgrading the MBP to a 6GB (max configuration)...? Someone mentioned to me that its damn expensive.... |
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Edoras
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Dec 11 2008, 06:47 AM
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QUOTE Source: PUSHING THE LIMIT:
6GB of RAM in the "Late 2008" MacBook Pro
Any problems? Speed penalty?CONCLUSION The 6GB configuration produced essentially identical benchmark results to the 4GB configuration in our 2.8GHz MacBook Pro. The difference ranged from -.5% to +1.7% or an average difference of +.28% or less than 1/3 of one percent. I call that negligible. Or, in other words, you should have no worries about a speed penalty imposed by non-matching memory modules and loss of interleaving. It seems that the performance improvement is so negligible... hmmm.. not worth the upgrade to 6GB... |
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Edoras
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Dec 16 2008, 06:53 AM
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QUOTE(rx330 @ Dec 16 2008, 12:15 AM) machines qouted me rm 399 for the 2gb ddr3 Is that the price per piece? At Mac Studio he quoted RM500++ for two pieces (2x2GB) |
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