<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Then you haven't ordered an Apple product from Amazon.com<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I've purchased several Macs from Amazon, most at nearly $125 in savings on a current-model, new machines, even with shipping. Of course, these involve rebates, but I've never had the hassle with rebates that many others have reported.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>One word of caution (or encouragement?) though: I've never had an Apple product fail (or fail to be delivered!) So I can't really say what I would say if I was dealing with Amazon in that case.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Michael</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Sep 12, 2006, at 11:07 AM, Earle Jones wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I don't think you can save any money buying Apple products by mail.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The slightly lower price is usually about equal to the shipping charge.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>