Best Buy has opened up a new 3-day weekend sale today, offering sitewide discounts on laptops, TVs, video games, headphones, tablets, sound bars, and much more. In terms of Apple products, this sale includes discounts on MacBooks, Apple Watches, AirPods, and iPads.
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Some of these deals require a My Best Buy Plus or My Best Buy Total membership, which start at $49.99/year. In addition to exclusive access to select discounts, you'll get free 2-day shipping, an extended 60-day return window, and more.
For MacBooks, the highlight is Apple's 512GB 14-inch M3 MacBook Pro for $1,399.00 for My Best Buy Plus/Total members, down from $1,599.00. Best Buy also has the 1TB 14-inch M3 MacBook Pro on sale for $1,599.00, down from $1,799.00. Both of these are matches for the all-time low price on each computer.
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haha steep discounts :D this is hilarious. Looks like boomers have not seen some true discounts. These discounts are pathetic. I wouldn't even call them a discount, just some price action, but nothing really to see.
I'm really starting to lose faith in MR. Best Buy has had these watch prices for 2 weeks. If I cannot trust a simple story like this, what else can I not trust?
$50 off is not a steep discount. Want to snag an Ultra 2 before devices with O2 sensors disabled are shipped. Just cause Apple says they can reenable through software doesn’t mean it will happen.
I'm really starting to lose faith in MR. Best Buy has had these watch prices for 2 weeks. If I cannot trust a simple story like this, what else can I not trust?
Trust no one. ;) Best Buy had Ultra 2 for $699 a few weeks ago.
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