2008-12-13

How to get a fully loaded new Macbook Pro for less than the Apple web site

Apple advertises its fully loaded Macbook Pro 15":

  • 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
  • 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
  • 320GB Serial ATA @ 5400
  • SuperDrive 8x

At $2,499. I got mine for $2,225 and no shipping or cutstoms duties.

How did I pull this off ? Well I was in London Heathrow Airport and bought it off the duty free. It cost me in British Pounds 1,488.47

Converting to dollars, I got a $274 saving. I did my own shipping by carrying it in my hand all the way to Kuwait.

In these hard economic times, every dollar saved, counts.


8 comments:

  1. Thanks for the tip. Pretty true how we need to save.

    Did you notice how grocery price rocketed?

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  2. Bashar: You are welcome, Nukhi and Bajila prices have gone up by 50 fils, that is a 20% increase.

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  3. do you actually need >$2000 laoptop in these hard times ?

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  4. so u say i need to travel to uk to get the laptop i want?

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  5. CONGRATS on the MBP and the great deal :P

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  6. so you saved 274 $ with or without the tickets to london ?? :)

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  7. Anon: I do.

    Blasha & Bosale7: Well you don't haveto go yourself, but half of Kuwait is in London, you can ask any of your friends to pick a mac for you.

    Shayma: Thank you.

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