Deals Spotlight: Expercom Offers First Discounts on 16-Inch MacBook Pro (Up to $436 Off)

It’s $2199 from Apple education website.

their return policy sucks.

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you pay shipping, you pay 15% restocking, and open boxes are flat out not returnable.

good luck fighting for an exchange if you lose the panel lottery or have what you deem to be a defect that they wont agree is a defect.

ill pay the tax at apples education store instead for peace of mind.

How is this possible?
Sigh never get such discounts in Europe anyhow

I got mine Tuesday. I ordered a 2.4GHz, 32GB, 8GB VRAM model and its perfect and came shipped exactly the same as ones I've gotten from Apple. Couldn't be happier.

As a data point, in case others ordered and are waiting...

Ordered from Expercom on the day of announcement (2.3Ghz/32GB/5500M 8GB/1 TB) and just received an "order processed" email on 11.20 (they had not previously charged my card). The email simply indicated that the order will be shipped shortly.

Crossing my fingers because this was my first time ordering other than from Apple directly. It was hard to resist the almost $450 discount (no sales tax for FL helped) in my instance though.

Given what they are quoting for lead time, I really wasn't expecting to receive it this week or next, but who knows. I assume the card charge is some sort of positive sign.

Looks like a similar policy to B&H.

I've read many instances reported on this very forum where devices purchased direct from Apple were not automatically replaced with brand new units after the return window. Of course with the holiday return period approaching (today?) purchasing from Apple should give you a return window through the first week of January.

I’ve heard great things about B&H.

Wow I’m surprised that Apple wouldn’t exchange something with a brand new unit even if past the return window. I guess it depends on how far past it is, what the issue is and who you talk to Lol.

For the most part they’re very good with exchanges. And yeah this holiday return period is great. Usually it starts November 1st or Black Friday.

Please let us know how it arrives tomorrow. Whether well-packaged, no major screen blemishes (stuck pixels or excessive backlight bleed), etc. Thanks!

Okay, reporting back as requested. My MBP was delivered today and in the box that I'm typically used to receiving, i.e. a cardboard box with a couple side supports holding the actual product packaging within. The MBP was of course in its original shrink wrapped box. No signs of damage to the outer or inner box.

Screen looks great and I have no complaints. Perfectly happy with my purchase.

Now migrating is going to be an altogether different experience. My mid-2010 17" must be jealous because it just hangs when setting up for migrating. So now I'm going to try to do a Time Capsule backup to an external HDD, and migrate from there. That will take forever to create. I use Carbon Copy Cloner for back ups but read that it is not a good idea for migrating.

Anyway, based on my experience at least, completely recommend Expercom.

The difference is that if you buy it from Apple, even if it’s past the 14 day return window they would just exchange your machine with a BRAND new 1 sealed in the box.

When you buy from an authorized retailer they can’t exchange/return it at Apple. You would have to go through the Genius Bar and have it repaired.

There are instances where they’ll just give you a totally new machine if you didn’t buy from Apple, but that’s rare. (Unless you have sever physical / liquid damage and you have AppleCare+)

Thanks for sharing that. I almost pulled the trigger last night (the lack of tax alone is almost $200 in savings), but got scared when I saw the return policy. Still, the chances of me returning are very slim. I'd likely only exchange if something was defective, and surely there can't be a restocking fee for that. I don't think I'd straight up return, but I guess I can't say for certain.

Just FYI that my order did actually ship same day as the "shipped" email from Expercom and arrives Friday. Very impressed thus far.

The difference is that if you buy it from Apple, even if it’s past the 14 day return window they would just exchange your machine with a BRAND new 1 sealed in the box.

When you buy from an authorized retailer they can’t exchange/return it at Apple. You would have to go through the Genius Bar and have it repaired.

There are instances where they’ll just give you a totally new machine if you didn’t buy from Apple, but that’s rare. (Unless you have sever physical / liquid damage and you have AppleCare+)

Looks like a similar policy to B&H.

I've read many instances reported on this very forum where devices purchased direct from Apple were not automatically replaced with brand new units after the return window. Of course with the holiday return period approaching (today?) purchasing from Apple should give you a return window through the first week of January.