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opendoor · 05-02-2023, 10:56 AM

You can also bridge some of the gap between used and new prices in a couple of ways:

1) Consider refurbished; you can get an M1 base model for $1,099 and an M2 for $1,349. Or education pricing if you don't mind bending the truth. I bought mine through that because I had a plausible explanation (my wife is a teacher), but they never checked or anything.

2) Watch for Apple gift card promotions. The last Macbook I bought, Superstore/Loblaws had a deal where you got 15% of the gift card value back in PC points. So I got about $200 in points from that that I just used on groceries I'd have normally bought anyway.

So between those 2 things, I was able to get an M2 Air for just over $1.3K including tax. Or I could have gotten an M1 for just over $1K.

05-02-2023, 10:56 AM	#4
opendoor Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Exp:	You can also bridge some of the gap between used and new prices in a couple of ways: 1) Consider refurbished; you can get an M1 base model for $1,099 and an M2 for $1,349. Or education pricing if you don't mind bending the truth. I bought mine through that because I had a plausible explanation (my wife is a teacher), but they never checked or anything. 2) Watch for Apple gift card promotions. The last Macbook I bought, Superstore/Loblaws had a deal where you got 15% of the gift card value back in PC points. So I got about $200 in points from that that I just used on groceries I'd have normally bought anyway. So between those 2 things, I was able to get an M2 Air for just over $1.3K including tax. Or I could have gotten an M1 for just over $1K.