Student Discount and reselling

Apple reserves the right to have you demonstrate your Education connection to buy at education pricing. A copy of your enrollment letter or an unambiguous <yourname>.edu email will usually suffice.

driesv123 wrote:

Hello,

I am looking to buy a MacBook Pro for university next year. I am aware of the student discounts Apple gives, but I'm not signed up yet for the university, therefore I do not qualify for the discount atm.

My brother however is already signed up in the university. I wonder if it's possible and legal for him to buy the MacBook and 'gift' it to me. And if so, I wonder if the MacBook will forever be linked to his student account, or will I be able to fully register the product on my name, as if I bought it?

Thanks in advance.

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Buy it in your name—

All you have to do is use the education link to get your discount:

https://www.apple.com/us/shop/goto/educationrouting

driesv123 wrote:

Thanks for the reply, but could you give some more explanation? It's weird that I can just buy it from that link with discount, since I have never confirmed that I really am a student. How does Apple verify this? Can't everybody just use this link than? Technically I'm not a student yet, so it'd be the same as if an 80 year old grandpa would order a MacBook with the education link. In my opinion, that's not supposed to happen. To be clear: I don't have a student email or anything like that. University doesn't even know who I am.

Apple does not verify the use of the link— it is on the honor system.