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The Offer
- Apple is running their annual Black Friday – Cyber Monday sales event where you can get a gift card bonus with many purchases.
For example, you’ll get a $50 Apple gift card when you buy certain iPhones; $100 when you buy certain iPads, etc. Even accessories like Airpods or Apple Pencils or Airtags are eligible for a gift card bonus. You can find the full list of gift card amounts being offered at this link from Apple.Â
Our Verdict
Apple rarely runs deals directly from their website, and often prices are cheaper on sites like Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart. With this gift card event, the deal might be better with Apple in some cases. I’d recommend checking on the other websites to compare since the things that I’ve compared usually came out cheaper to buy from the other retailers, even when factoring in the Black Friday gift card offer. There are probably some scenarios and models that would make sense to buy directly from Apple, so I thought it worth a post.
Use a shopping portal for Apple purchases; see this post for details on which portal to use. Remember we get a longer holiday return window now. According to an Apple rep I spoke to: if you return an item, the gift card will get cancelled out if it wasn’t used; if it was used, that amount will be deducted from the refund.
Also remember that students and teachers can get an Education discount year-round on Apple products; this won’t stack with the Black Friday gift card deals.
