Best Buy & Geek Squad Policies

[thujijetup]

I dont understand whats going on with best buy.

I have gone into best buy 2 times within the past week and recieved 2 different answers.

I want to buy my daughter a macbook pro, and was at first told that they would be happy to match apples student discount price, then 3 days later told that it is not within there policy.

This does not make sense to me because i was told theat they always match local competitors, and the is an apple store in my local areas (maybe 20 mins away from best buy).

What is the true policy?

Also will i be able to recieve the 100$ apps card as well?

[thujijetup]

I dont understand whats going on with best buy.

I have gone into best buy 2 times within the past week and recieved 2 different answers.

I want to buy my daughter a macbook pro, and was at first told that they would be happy to match apples student discount price, then 3 days later told that it is not within there policy.

This does not make sense to me because i was told theat they always match local competitors, and the is an apple store in my local areas (maybe 20 mins away from best buy).

What is the true policy?

Also will i be able to recieve the 100$ apps card as well?

[AndyH]

I know the store near me does the student discount as long as you have a school ID, but you have to ask for it, it's not something they'll ask you about. It could just be a store thing, maybe try to talk to a manager there or contact a different store to see if they will.

Other than that a community connector should be able to let you know officially what Best Buy does.

[kst8no1]

So Best Buy will be able to PM apples student discount aw long as there is an apple store within 25 miles. Apple is now longer offering the $100 App GC so BB will not honor that.

Also keep in mind that BB Apple products are all on sale, so its not a clean $50-$100 the price, it'l be matching whatever Apple will sell it for.

Example: The basic 13" MBP is on sale at BB for $1139. Apple sells it for $1200, but with a student discount it will go to $1100, so BB will drop their price to $1100.

[Aaron-GS Community Connector]

Hi thujijetup,

Best Buy does not have a company-wide policy in place to honor Apple’s student discount, but individual stores may offer similar accommodations at on-site management’s discretion.  We also do not honor free item offers (like iTunes App Store cards) or competitors’ bundle promotions.  For more information though I’d encourage you to check out our Price Match Guarantee FAQ:

http://bbyurl.us/PriceMatch

I hope this helps!