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Amazon dropped prices again on old MacBookPro - GGD - 03-28-2008
The 2.2GHz is $1674.99 - $150 Rebate http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000R7X80U
The 2.4GHz is $1815.29 - $150 Rebate http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000R7Z2YU
I hadn't been tracking the 2.2GHz price, but the 2.4GHz is $20 lower than the last price drop.
If you ordered these in the past 30 days, contact Amazon and request a price adjustment. Right now it is just about 30 days from when they first offered these discontinued models at the lower prices, so act fast if you ordered at that time.
Here's the link that I used to request a price adjustment, they usually process it in under an hour.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/contact-us/pay-and-gc.html
Re: Amazon dropped prices again on old MacBookPro - GGD - 03-28-2008
Also check other things that you might have bought at the same time. I also got $7.50 back on VMWare Fustion and $4.50 on .Mac Family pack due to price drops on those too.
Re: Amazon dropped prices again on old MacBookPro - space-time - 03-28-2008
how come they still have stock? I though that Steve was pretty good at making sure the channel inventory was almost empty when Apple releases new models
Re: Amazon dropped prices again on old MacBookPro - GGD - 03-28-2008
[quote space-time]how come they still have stock? I though that Steve was pretty good at making sure the channel inventory was almost empty when Apple releases new models
There seems to be quite a large supply of them. The Apple Online Store still has them in the Clearance Section (New, not Refurb) for $1699 and $1899, and the 17" for $2499.
It's only the Matte screen, no Glossy option available.
I suspect that there is quite a bit of motivation to get rid of them before this quarter/month ends.
Re: Amazon dropped prices again on old MacBookPro - space-time - 03-28-2008
1699 + TAX? LOL, I like the amazon price better, $25 cheaper, 150 rebate, and no TAX. Let's see:
Apple: 1699 + 7% tax= 1,818
Amazon: 1675 -150= 1,525
OK, that's almost 300 bucks (293 to be exact).
Re: Amazon dropped prices again on old MacBookPro - GGD - 03-28-2008
[quote space-time]1699 + TAX? LOL, I like the amazon price better, $25 cheaper, 150 rebate, and no TAX. Let's see:
Apple: 1699 + 7% tax= 1,818
Amazon: 1675 -150= 1,525
OK, that's almost 300 bucks (293 to be exact).
The Amazon price is better than the Apple Refurb price for the 2.2GHz
Apple Refurb: $1449 + 7% tax = $1550 vs Amazon $1525.
Re: Amazon dropped prices again on old MacBookPro - deckeda - 03-28-2008
I hear an echo.
Re: Amazon dropped prices again on old MacBookPro - prof - 03-28-2008
Many thanks for the heads up.
Got my price adjusted again, for the final time
My 30 days are now up :-((
Good luck to the rest of you tho!
Re: Amazon dropped prices again on old MacBookPro - IronMac - 03-28-2008
I just saw a local Apple reserller/retailer drop their prices on the previous generation. It made little sense to buy the previous generation when for just a bit more you could get the latest and greatest. For example, up here in Canada, before this latest price drop you could buy the previous generation for:
1799 for the 2.2
1999 for the 2.4
The new generation is going for:
2099 for the 2.4
2599 for the 2.5
So, for just an extra 100, you're getting a great machine in the 2.4.
With the price drop of the 2.2 to 1699 and the 2.4 to 1899, it makes a bit more sense now. The fact that it's a month since the new generation came out and that there are still prev gen machines out there seems to indicate that there are a lot of them out there.
Re: Amazon dropped prices again on old MacBookPro - GGD - 03-28-2008
[quote IronMac]I just saw a local Apple reserller/retailer drop their prices on the previous generation. It made little sense to buy the previous generation when for just a bit more you could get the latest and greatest. For example, up here in Canada, before this latest price drop you could buy the previous generation for:
1799 for the 2.2
1999 for the 2.4
The new generation is going for:
2099 for the 2.4
2599 for the 2.5
So, for just an extra 100, you're getting a great machine in the 2.4.
With the price drop of the 2.2 to 1699 and the 2.4 to 1899, it makes a bit more sense now. The fact that it's a month since the new generation came out and that there are still prev gen machines out there seems to indicate that there are a lot of them out there.
The old 2.4 model has a 4MB L2 cache, while the new 2.4 model has a 3MB L2 cache, so the old (cheaper) model will perform better. It also comes with the Apple Remote, which is a $20 option on the new one.
The new 2.5 model has a 6MB L2 cache and will perform much better, but costs $2500.