No educational prices for MS Office 2016 for Mac from Apple?

[Ant]

Hello.

Is it me or does
http://www.apple.com/us-hed/shop/product/HKJB2LL/A/microsoft-office-home-student-2016-for-mac
(educational price with USC) and
http://www.apple.com/shop/product/HKJB2LL/A/microsoft-office-home-student-2016-for-mac
show the same price for $149.95 while other stores are cheaper.

Shouldn't Apple's educational price be cheaper or do I really need to go
other store (e.g., Amazon). Also, I assume it is download only and no
physical copies.

Thank you in advance. :)
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[Phillip Jones]

Ant wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Is it me or does
> http://www.apple.com/us-hed/shop/product/HKJB2LL/A/microsoft-office-home-student-2016-for-mac
> (educational price with USC) and
> http://www.apple.com/shop/product/HKJB2LL/A/microsoft-office-home-student-2016-for-mac
> show the same price for $149.95 while other stores are cheaper.
>
> Shouldn't Apple's educational price be cheaper or do I really need to go
> other store (e.g., Amazon). Also, I assume it is download only and no
> physical copies.
>
> Thank you in advance. :)

Apple has no control over Microsoft pricing, Odds are apple is most
likely charged more to carry than Microsoft can from their own store.
When 2011 came out pricing of Office Mac was relatively Cheap. The
policy changed when they began Office 365 Subscription . In fact
standalone licensed version are priced so high its actually cheaper to
go through all the pain of subscription than buy the standalone version.
And as added incentive or dis-incentive (depends upon how you are
looking at it) there many added features you only have access to when
you subscribe to Office 365, than in the Standalone version.
Microsoft has a nasty habit of treating Apple like a
"red-headed-Step-Child".
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[David B.]

On 24/02/2017 03:20, Phillip Jones wrote:
> Ant wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> Is it me or does
>> http://www.apple.com/us-hed/shop/product/HKJB2LL/A/microsoft-office-home-student-2016-for-mac
>>
>> (educational price with USC) and
>> http://www.apple.com/shop/product/HKJB2LL/A/microsoft-office-home-student-2016-for-mac
>>
>> show the same price for $149.95 while other stores are cheaper.
>>
>> Shouldn't Apple's educational price be cheaper or do I really need to go
>> other store (e.g., Amazon). Also, I assume it is download only and no
>> physical copies.
>>
>> Thank you in advance. :)
> Apple has no control over Microsoft pricing, Odds are apple is most
> likely charged more to carry than Microsoft can from their own store.
> When 2011 came out pricing of Office Mac was relatively Cheap. The
> policy changed when they began Office 365 Subscription . In fact
> standalone licensed version are priced so high its actually cheaper to
> go through all the pain of subscription than buy the standalone version.
> And as added incentive or dis-incentive (depends upon how you are
> looking at it) there many added features you only have access to when
> you subscribe to Office 365, than in the Standalone version.
> Microsoft has a nasty habit of treating Apple like a
> "red-headed-Step-Child".

Hello Phillip - nice to see you! :-)

In which group did you reply to 'Ant'?

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[Ant]

On 2/23/2017 7:20 PM, Phillip Jones wrote:
> Ant wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> Is it me or does
>> http://www.apple.com/us-hed/shop/product/HKJB2LL/A/microsoft-office-home-student-2016-for-mac
>>
>> (educational price with USC) and
>> http://www.apple.com/shop/product/HKJB2LL/A/microsoft-office-home-student-2016-for-mac
>>
>> show the same price for $149.95 while other stores are cheaper.
>>
>> Shouldn't Apple's educational price be cheaper or do I really need to go
>> other store (e.g., Amazon). Also, I assume it is download only and no
>> physical copies.
>>
>> Thank you in advance. :)
> Apple has no control over Microsoft pricing, Odds are apple is most
> likely charged more to carry than Microsoft can from their own store.
> When 2011 came out pricing of Office Mac was relatively Cheap. The
> policy changed when they began Office 365 Subscription . In fact
> standalone licensed version are priced so high its actually cheaper to
> go through all the pain of subscription than buy the standalone version.
> And as added incentive or dis-incentive (depends upon how you are
> looking at it) there many added features you only have access to when
> you subscribe to Office 365, than in the Standalone version.
> Microsoft has a nasty habit of treating Apple like a
> "red-headed-Step-Child".

Thanks. :)
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[Kurt V. Ullman]

On 2/24/17 6:02 AM, Ant wrote:
>
>>> Thank you in advance. :)
>> Apple has no control over Microsoft pricing, Odds are apple is most
>> likely charged more to carry than Microsoft can from their own store.
>> When 2011 came out pricing of Office Mac was relatively Cheap. The
>> policy changed when they began Office 365 Subscription . In fact
>> standalone licensed version are priced so high its actually cheaper to
>> go through all the pain of subscription than buy the standalone version.
>> And as added incentive or dis-incentive (depends upon how you are
>> looking at it) there many added features you only have access to when
>> you subscribe to Office 365, than in the Standalone version.
>> Microsoft has a nasty habit of treating Apple like a
>> "red-headed-Step-Child".
>
> Thanks. :)

I wondered why I never saw you and Ant together in the same place. ;)
Now we know your secret identity..

[Ant]

:P
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[RJH]

On 23/02/2017 12:31, Ant wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Is it me or does
> http://www.apple.com/us-hed/shop/product/HKJB2LL/A/microsoft-office-home-student-2016-for-mac
> (educational price with USC) and
> http://www.apple.com/shop/product/HKJB2LL/A/microsoft-office-home-student-2016-for-mac
> show the same price for $149.95 while other stores are cheaper.
>
> Shouldn't Apple's educational price be cheaper or do I really need to go
> other store (e.g., Amazon). Also, I assume it is download only and no
> physical copies.
>
> Thank you in advance. :)

May well be different elsewhere, but I get the standalone full version
of Office 2016 for a few pounds/dollars through my UK university employer.

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[Ant]

I recently was told 2016 can be free:
http://itservices.usc.edu/officefacstaff/ for being an active USC member
which is even better! :D
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[RJH]

On 25/02/2017 03:17, Ant wrote:
> On 2/24/2017 6:30 PM, RJH wrote:
>> On 23/02/2017 12:31, Ant wrote:
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> Is it me or does
>>> http://www.apple.com/us-hed/shop/product/HKJB2LL/A/microsoft-office-home-student-2016-for-mac
>>>
>>>
>>> (educational price with USC) and
>>> http://www.apple.com/shop/product/HKJB2LL/A/microsoft-office-home-student-2016-for-mac
>>>
>>>
>>> show the same price for $149.95 while other stores are cheaper.
>>>
>>> Shouldn't Apple's educational price be cheaper or do I really need to go
>>> other store (e.g., Amazon). Also, I assume it is download only and no
>>> physical copies.
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance. :)
>>
>> May well be different elsewhere, but I get the standalone full version
>> of Office 2016 for a few pounds/dollars through my UK university
>> employer.
>
> I recently was told 2016 can be free:
> http://itservices.usc.edu/officefacstaff/ for being an active USC member
> which is even better! :D

I think mine 'phones home' in some way. Perhaps to check the
registration applies to a current employee. But who knows what else?
Same with the work sponsored Win10 I have on this Mac's bootcamp partition.

I suspect the lunch is not free ;-)

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[Ant]

In microsoft.public.mac.office RJH <patch...@gmx.com> wrote:
...

> > I recently was told 2016 can be free:
> > http://itservices.usc.edu/officefacstaff/ for being an active USC member
> > which is even better! :D

> I think mine 'phones home' in some way. Perhaps to check the
> registration applies to a current employee. But who knows what else?
> Same with the work sponsored Win10 I have on this Mac's bootcamp partition.

> I suspect the lunch is not free ;-)

Yeah, I am worried about that too. From what I read, it is only for
seeing if the installation is valid. Darn DRM! :(
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