Originally Posted by
bocastephen
So we're still waffling on the Macbook upgrade plan and want to better understand how the Bic Camera points work, and if there are ever any additional discounts available for Apple products - their usual coupons are excluded from Apple products and it seems everyone - Bic, Yodabashi, Costco, etc are all matching Apple Store pricing on the M4 Macbook Air and no one seems to discount this model at all.
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Option 1 - buy from Amazon US, cost is $1,450 plus re-routing the shipping via Delaware to avoid almost $200 per Macbook in California sales tax. Cost of the re-route is guesstimated at $75 per Macbook, including the mailbox rental fee for a month, package handling and the UPS shipping cost. This is the absolute cheapest option unless the Yen totally collapses against the dollar in the next week. The downside is Amazon may refuse to ship to the mailbox location, or the shipping or handling costs may be more than estimated, but at first pass, this should be an all-in cost of about US$1,525
If the Macbook air is on amazon, why not have it go to a amazon locker/counter (or a postal annex/ups store mailbox) in oregon (no sales tax)? Should be cheaper shipping down to cali than deleware if using the private mailbox. There are apple stores in beaverton at washington square mall or bridgeport village in tigard (I'd avoid the pioneer square downtown portland location).if you want to go to an apple store in oregon. There is also a best buy in medford if you're looking closer to cali border.
I abhor cali's excessive taxes for the dismal services it provides to actual tax payers, so I fully support this line of thinking
