AppleCare - Shop around for the best deal

zovall

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The AppleCare Protection Plan can be bought from other retailers in addition to Apple.  Shop around for a good deal.  Here's what I've found when searching for AppleCare for a 15" MacBook Pro:
Price at Apple Store: $349
Price at Amazon: $299
Price at B&H: $244
Price at B&H if purchased with a MacBook (might be a limited promo): $122


 
Also another great place is a university computer store.  If you know someone who's a student or faculty, they can score you a great deal.
 
Student Price via Apple.com for the same AppleCare is $239.  Much better than the regular price of $349. 
Any idea what it is via a university computer store?
 
The prices are usually the same, but sometimes they will blow out Macs at the university computer store when an update has occured, and include applecare at a discount or make you buy applecare to get the blowout price (which I would anyway).  I was able to get a MBP awhile back for $1200 off (had to buy applecare for the same discounted price) cuz it wasn't the latest when just the week before I purchased, it was still selling for regular price.
 
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