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February 29, 2008

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Forty percent off .Mac, just for showing up

Posted Feb. 29, ’08, 7:50 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Apple » Stores

dotmacbox.jpgLast night, I took a journey—a journey of the body and the spirit. To the Apple Store. Well, okay, mainly it was a journey of “I need to buy a new power adapter, because my MacBook’s is dead.” But it became so much more.

I’d just paid for my new power adapter, and the cashier offered, as usual, to send my receipt to me via email, confirming that I wanted it sent to my .Mac address. As I turned to walk away, a second cashier—having overheard that I had a .Mac account—asked me if I wanted to save some money on my renewal. Savvy shopper that I am, I asked him how much I’d be saving. “40%,” he told me.

Well, seeing as how I was going to renew my account anyway, it seemed silly not to take advantage of $40 off the usual $99 price, so I handed over my credit card. When I asked about the discount, the cashier shrugged and said it was an incentive for people who took the time to come into the store, and that it wasn’t widely advertised, but he tried to mention it to people whenever he heard they had an account. “I’m still selling something,” he pointed out, adding that it made people happy.

So there you are: if you’re planning on renewing your .Mac account, you might want to take a trip to your local Apple Store and see if they can hook you up. I’m told there are some restrictions (I think it needs to be at least three months since you’ve purchased/last renewed), but it’s probably worth checking out.


6 Comments

Anonymous said:

Available outside the US or do the rest of the world have to fly in to get the discount as usual?

February 29, 2008 8:07 AM
Brajeshwar Author Profile Page said:

I'm with the opinion that .mac should be free or free for any registered Apple Product users.

February 29, 2008 8:17 AM
Walt Author Profile Page said:

That's an even better deal than my usual $69 deal from Amazon. Nice catch! If only I had one less than 4 hours from me.

February 29, 2008 8:26 AM
DD said:

.Mac is still a bit of a rip-off on a dollars-per-GB perspective when compared to offerings like Mozy or Amazon S3 storage.

The integration with OS X is great. If Apple offered 50 GB for the money, I might be tempted to buy.

February 29, 2008 1:21 PM
romansempire Author Profile Page said:

I was at a CompUSA clearance sale last week, and they were selling .Mac for $69. So if you want to have a box copy and and Apple Store is too far away, find a CompUSA, before it closes its doors forever.

February 29, 2008 2:34 PM
anon? said:

so the question is:

if I bought the first .Mac in Ireland and I found myself in the UK close to expiry date, pop into an Apple shop and purchase a .Mac box, will the code by accepted? Or if I bought the first .Mac in Canada/UK/anywhere, and found myself in the US close to expiry, will the code work?

I travel a lot and this is something of interest as I'm not sure I can renew the .Mac in the same country in which I bought my original box...

any thoughts???

February 29, 2008 4:52 PM

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