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expiredSmilingCreature422 posted Jul 16, 2025 12:30 PM

Select Academic Institution Affiliates: 128GB 11" Apple iPad Air M2 Wi-Fi Tablet

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$250

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Select Academic Institutions via eFollett have for their Affiliates (current and newly accepted college students and their parents, as well as faculty, staff, or administrators): 128GB 11" Apple iPad Air 6th Gen M2 Wi-Fi Tablet (Mid 2024, Blue MUWD3LL/A) + Apple Pencil Pro (MX2D3AM/A) for $249.50. Shipping is $7.99

Thanks to community member SmilingCreature422 for finding this deal.
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Product Specs:
  • Apple M2 8-Core Chip
  • 9-Core GPU | 16-Core Neural Engine
  • 11" Liquid Retina Touchscreen
  • 8GB of RAM | 128GB Storage Capacity
  • Ultra Wide 12MP Landscape Front Camera
  • 12MP Rear Camera
  • Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) | Bluetooth 5.3
  • USB-C Port (10 Gb/s)
  • iPadOS

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Select Academic Institutions via eFollett have for their Affiliates (current and newly accepted college students and their parents, as well as faculty, staff, or administrators): 128GB 11" Apple iPad Air 6th Gen M2 Wi-Fi Tablet (Mid 2024, Blue MUWD3LL/A) + Apple Pencil Pro (MX2D3AM/A) for $249.50. Shipping is $7.99

Thanks to community member SmilingCreature422 for finding this deal.
  • Note: You must check the box to agree to the Apple Academic Price Affiliation Terms & Conditions and add to cart to see deal price.
Deal Instructions:
Also available from:
Product Specs:
  • Apple M2 8-Core Chip
  • 9-Core GPU | 16-Core Neural Engine
  • 11" Liquid Retina Touchscreen
  • 8GB of RAM | 128GB Storage Capacity
  • Ultra Wide 12MP Landscape Front Camera
  • 12MP Rear Camera
  • Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) | Bluetooth 5.3
  • USB-C Port (10 Gb/s)
  • iPadOS

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  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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SmilingCreature422
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I Should also note that you should be able to get the Free Apple Pencil Pro as part of Apple's back to school promotion that's listed on there website just make sure to add the pencil pro to your cart and it'll show it at $0
divinebaboon
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couple things:
1. if your card gets charged and you didnt pay via paypal, congrats, your order is getting shipped
2. if your order status says fulfilled, it's getting shipped for sure
3. if it says shipping soon, it might still get cancelled.
4. the earlier you order, the higher chance of it shipping, but dont be surprised if ppl who ordered after you from a diff uni got theirs and you didn't. it's all luck.
5. tax will be charged on the full msrp of the pencil, not a huge deal
slicktomorrow
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My iPad/Apple Pencil order update notes...

"Thank you for your order. The items below have shipped. Your order may arrive in multiple packages."

APPLE PENCIL PRO
STATUS:Not Ready
Qty: 1

11-inch iPad Air Wi-Fi 128GB - Blue
STATUS:Fulfilled
Qty: 1

NOTE: I paid for the next day shipping just in case.

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Pro
Jul 16, 2025 09:27 PM
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Jul 16, 2025 09:27 PM
Marcesq
Pro
Jul 16, 2025 09:27 PM
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Ordered a 128 and a 256 (both in 11"). The 128 says it is "On Order, Ships Soon". The 256 has a blank statusI ordered both separately before 10am central this morning. Fingers crossed!
Jul 16, 2025 09:29 PM
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Jul 16, 2025 09:29 PM
RCMIKEJul 16, 2025 09:29 PM
604 Posts
Quote from steinbch :
Ordered two iPads and pencils (in different orders and colors) at 7:43 and 7:45 central. One shipping label showing in UPS app from D&H Distributing. No shipping emails yet, but both orders show the iPad shipping soon.
I've got the same tracking info in my UPS account. Good catch!

Nothing on my iPad/Pencil order shipping yet.
Jul 16, 2025 09:31 PM
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Jul 16, 2025 09:31 PM
tarheel71Jul 16, 2025 09:31 PM
11 Posts
128GB 11" Blue here - Just was cancelled. Around 1030AM ET.
Jul 16, 2025 09:34 PM
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Joined Sep 2015
Jul 16, 2025 09:34 PM
brettdt88Jul 16, 2025 09:34 PM
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Had a Not Ready status and just got a cancellation email 7hrs after purchase.

Ordered Space Gray 11" 256gb, checked out via pay pal, did free store pick at local college.
Jul 16, 2025 09:39 PM
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Jul 16, 2025 09:39 PM
RogueTwoJul 16, 2025 09:39 PM
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Quote from LivelySink338 :
3 of my 11 orders shipped, hope the rest don't get cancelled
May all your orders get cancelled!
Pro
Jul 16, 2025 09:41 PM
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Jul 16, 2025 09:41 PM
c2nah777
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Jul 16, 2025 09:41 PM
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Quote from phocean :
6 orders. Mixed 11 / 13 / 128 / 256 / pickup / next day sh. 5 out of 6 got canceled. One 13/128 is still in process. Finger crossed.
That is a neat trick, crossing a finger. Sounds painful, though.
Jul 16, 2025 09:46 PM
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Jul 16, 2025 09:46 PM
mooshooJul 16, 2025 09:46 PM
264 Posts
11" 256 GB canceled and not surprised. Best of luck all.
Last edited by mooshoo July 16, 2025 at 03:16 PM.

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Jul 16, 2025 09:47 PM
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tivoboyJul 16, 2025 09:47 PM
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What does the $8.78 charge represent? Is that shipping charge plus tax? IS that a good sign?
Jul 16, 2025 09:48 PM
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Jul 16, 2025 09:48 PM
ferganerJul 16, 2025 09:48 PM
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Placed 3 different orders (1 for wife and 2 for kids) around 9:30 ET. One paid with PayPal got cancelled. Of the remaining two, one is showing in process (no charges) and the other one is blank.

Seems to be no rhyme or reason for how the orders are getting cancelled.

Edit: one of the two remaining with a blank status just got cancelled.
Jul 16, 2025 09:49 PM
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Jul 16, 2025 09:49 PM
clipse2000Jul 16, 2025 09:49 PM
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Quote from ferganer :
Placed 3 different orders (1 for wife and 2 for kids) around 9:30 ET. One paid with PayPal got cancelled. Of the remaining two, one is showing in process (no charges) and the other one is blank.Seems to be no rhyme or reason for how the orders are getting cancelled.
Mine had been blank all morning and now just populated to "new".
Jul 16, 2025 09:50 PM
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MMakotoJul 16, 2025 09:50 PM
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Quote from spacemanvt :
One thing that should be sticked for this post:If you get a shipping email, you will get tracking # email later but it can take some time.Also, the fulfillment is very slow so be patient. If you actually get charged for an item and get a shipping email, you will eventually get it.
I've got charged $8.71, I assume it's the shipping + tax, but no shipping confirmation email. the status on both 13" and pencil show "not ready", what do you think that means?
Jul 16, 2025 09:52 PM
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Jul 16, 2025 09:52 PM
CanesFanJul 16, 2025 09:52 PM
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Just got a notification of a charge on the card used (through PayPal) for $8.69.

Went to track my order on the website and iPad shows $0.00 next to it but stays "Status: On Order, Ships Soon". The Pencil still has the $119 price next to it and says "Status: Not Ready".

Not sure what this means with that small charge on my credit card, sort of seams like it's the $7.99 shipping plus tax maybe.

The general status up top shows "in process".
Jul 16, 2025 09:53 PM
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spacemanvtJul 16, 2025 09:53 PM
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Quote from MMakoto :
I've got charged $8.71, I assume it's the shipping + tax, but no shipping confirmation email. the status on both 13" and pencil show "not ready", what do you think that means?
you will get a shipping email soon for your ipad.
I got 3 shipping emails so far, everytime a $8 charge (for the apple pencil) hits first.
within an hour, you get another charge for the balance (for the ipad) hits and you get the shipping email
Jul 16, 2025 09:54 PM
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Jul 16, 2025 09:54 PM
CanesFanJul 16, 2025 09:54 PM
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Quote from MMakoto :
I've got charged $8.71, I assume it's the shipping + tax, but no shipping confirmation email. the status on both 13" and pencil show "not ready", what do you think that means?
I just posted, I got the same thing. See my post above...not sure what that means.

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Jul 16, 2025 09:55 PM
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CanesFanJul 16, 2025 09:55 PM
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Quote from spacemanvt :
you will get a shipping email soon for your ipad.
I got 3 shipping emails so far, everytime a $8 charge (for the apple pencil) hits first.
within an hour, you get another charge for the balance (for the ipad) hits and you get the shipping email
Oh, I hope you're right. I've been wanting to upgrade my iPad but not spend over $300.

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