Mac Mojo

So this applies to online purchases as well? If I order at Amazon on Friday?

Unless you don't live in the USA.  Thanks for that.

I think this is a very, very nice deal... but I see a problem: reading the conditions for the "Super Suite Deal", it seems that my copy of Office 2008 would be delivered "6-8 weeks after general availability".

After waiting this long, I can't wait two months after January!

Is there a way to download a copy immediately after release, before receiving the boxed one?

Do you guys plan on offering a 60-day trial like for Win Office?

And - since RTM is in December - will electronic delivery be available before the official launch in January?

Thanks,

Lawrence

If we place an order for Office 2004 on Amazon.com this Friday but don't receive it until several days later, are we still eligible for this rebate?

I know the Home/Student edition won't support Automator, but will it still be AppleScript-able? This is the last point that will determine whether or not I buy Office 2008.

So I guess I can get the special media version which supports MS Exchange through an upgrade from the teaacher and student version, which does not? Correct?

I would love to see the SuperDeal in Europe too. Especially in Germany, please....

Wow, I really hope people consider not purchasing this product.  What is the advantage?    You all deserve to lose your jobs.

Gawd, this is pretty simple guys!  

On Friday at 12:01 AM go  to Amazon and  buy the Student and Teacher Edition which is $129.  Your card WILL be charged and it will ship that day, just in case you were worried. Or just go to your local Apple store! Download the rebate form and send it in for the $100. Your net cost with shipping and tax maybe $50?  Then upgrade to the Full $500 version of office for $6.99 shipping!  Total for you $60 and you get a $500 product!  So you have to wait, so it's a pain, you all don't seem to really want the product anyway so why are you complaining?  Look, I don't like a lot of things MS does but this is good for them (get rid of inventory in the channel, increase adoption, etc) and customers get a GREAT deal, IF your willing to jump through hoops. But as they say, nothing is free in this world!

So quit being jerks, read the coupon, and go for it if it works for you, if not, save us having to read your tears,  If you can't afford $60 for Office I suggest, rather than posting here, you get a second job.

Off...rant...

Happy Thanksgiving, All!

John Duffner: We've got you covered either way. You have a choice on the Super Suite Deal form of either Student & Teacher (3 non-commercial licenses, no Exchange support) + Expression Media, OR Special Media Edition (1 license, Exchange support, additional Automator actions, Expression Media);

tim: Yes, online or offline purchases qualify as long as the purchase was made on Friday, 23rd November, 2007;

Jack & Mark: The Super Suite Deal is also available in Canada, although you are correct, the rebate is only available in the U.S.;

MikeW: There's a little work involved but we've tried to make it simple for customers and partners, and it is an extraordinary deal. We hope everyone takes advantage of it!

Lawrence: This deal is only available on Fully Packaged Product (FPP) - there are no downloads available on Office 2008 for Mac. 6-8 weeks is a conservative estimate, and you could get your software faster.

Helge Grimm & Patrick: Regions run their own promotions. To see what is being offered in a specific region, go to http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.aspx?pid=internationalsites.

joe c: Although Home & Student won't include the more than 70 additional Automator Actions for Office shipped with Office 2008 for Mac and the Special Media Edition, it is still Applescriptable.  

Joe: If you bought Office 2004 for Mac after November 1st, you are eligible for the Super Suite Deal - a free upgrade to Special Media Edition. The $100 rebate is a day-after Thanksgiving promotion only.

Anders: That is correct (See answer to John Duffner's question, above.)

Alright one more technical question. I noticed this is one per person....not household....?

So me and my wife could both get this rebate since we each have computers?

Just let me know and all this sooooo rocks!

So wait... you can EITHER get the 2008 upgrade OR the Special Media Edition?

I'm really confused.

It's Black Friday...Where's the extra $100 rebate?

Thanks for answering my question, Sherjo. This is a fantastic offer and I'm off to buy it right now. I can finally live the dream of an all Universal apps system :)

$100 rebate can be found ata:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/8/c/68cb623d-fba3-4f58-8aad-3cc2a1bd9166/BFD_Rebate_Coupon.pdf

That'll be great if I can choose the new Student and Teacher (or Home and Student, whatever it's called) edition. I'm guessing we have to use the mail-in form for that? The online redemption form doesn't give you a choice - it's Special Media Edition or nothing.

Will Office 2008 have a license similar to the current Windows version of office where you can install a second copy of the software on a laptop used by the same person who uses the desktop?

I don't get it.  So the following rebate is clearly labelled "U.S. Rebate Form" in the upper right: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/8/c/68cb623d-fba3-4f58-8aad-3cc2a1bd9166/BFD_Rebate_Coupon.pdf

But then on line 3 and 4 of the fine print at the bottom, it reads as follows:  "Offer not valid in any U.S. territory except Puerto Rico."

Was this a typo?  Or am I missing something about how rebates work?  I'm kind of baffled, but maybe I'm just derfing.

-JD

Hi sherjo,

Since you seemed to skip over my question about eligibility for non-students, can I assume that my original assumption was correct and I'm not eligible?  

It was such a good deal that I would have liked to have gone for it, but it certainly isn't worth it if it isn't a legitimate license.

Thanks,

Blaine

I am just making sure that I understand. If I purchased Office 2004 Student and Teacher edition retail package at newegg.com on the 23rd then I qualify for the $100.00 rebate and the Office 2008 Special Media Edition? They have different shipping addresses so I am also assuming you file for the offers separately.?

Thanks for your help and this great offer!

Brett

Hi sherjo,

Thanks for the quick response!

Yeah, that was the document I had read that made me think I was not eligible.  

But everyone here sounding like they were eligible confused me, and that, along with the info I had heard that the new Office 2008 Home and Student edition doesn't have any eligiblity requirements at all, made me think that perhaps the eligibility had been dropped for the current version since the Super Suite Deal was now in place.

Oh well, thanks for your help anyway!

Hi Sherjo,

Just 2 quick questions,  

1.  Bought a copy of office 2004 and I don't even own a Mac (am getting one after new years though!)  Will the Office 2008 be the standalone version, or upgrade.  ie. Will I have to install office 2004 on my Mac first than upgrade to 2008?  

2. I filled out the submission form online for the Office 2008 promo, and in my excited state, I forgot to print out the address to send the box top and receipt to.  Is it the same address as the one on the coupon form?

Thanks!

I have the same question as Sam, and was wondering if the situation w/Amazon could be clarified. If, as Amazon says, that purchases of Office we made yesterday will arrive after December 24, will there be a special extension for those of us affected by the delay in shipping Office to us to redeem the $100 rebate form (which is supposed to be postmarked by December 23rd), or will we be out of luck? Maybe something like postmarked within 2 weeks of shipment date or Dec 23rd, whichever is later?

Also, I understand that the new Office 2008 Home edition does not come with predefined Automator Actions. However, does it work with Automator? That is, can we make our own Automator Actions and does it come with the regular documentation for Automator support (that is, a Library that can be loaded)?

Thanks for any help/clarification!

sherjo, in your first comment here (http://blogs.msdn.com/macmojo/archive/2007/11/21/office-2008-for-mac-bfd.aspx#6472536 ), you said:

«You have a choice on the Super Suite Deal form of either Student & Teacher (3 non-commercial licenses, no Exchange support) + Expression Media, OR Special Media Edition (1 license, Exchange support, additional Automator actions, Expression Media)»

However, on http://www.microsoft.com/mac/go/promotions/supersuitedeal/ when you choose the "Redeem online" option, it seems to only offer you the latter of those two choices. I would rather keep my 3 licenses, since I don't need Exchange support, so how can I do that?

Thanks!

OK, so I've done this.

Now how can I get the Office 2008 beta?  Launch time is still terrible on Intel.

@sherjo : thanks very much for looking into the Amazon thing... I didn't realize til after I'd made the purchase and they tell me it's out of their hands but I can cancel the order if I like.  I'd like to keep it but it was the BFD discount that made it worthwhile to me.  Looking forward to anything you can do.. thanks much!

Will Office 2008 Sync with my iPhone without a lot of "hoop jumping", or should I just go ahead and dump my office now and migrate over to the mac tools included in Leopard and iLife '08?

I've got no mail from Amazon and my order delivery status shows: "Shipping estimate: December 24, 2007 - January 2, 2008"  :-(

I'm not clear what Microsoft means by the "product manual front cover" used as proof of purchase.  Are they asking me to tear off the front page of the "Getting Started" guide or is there another user manual?

FWIW Amazon delivered mine today, however I suspect I was one of the earliest purchasers on late Thursday/early Friday morning.

Now on to the paperwork!

Aside:

I love how the sticker on the front of the box reads:

Great for Intel ® and

PowerPC-based Macs

(smaller font)

To learn more visit

www.microsoft.com/mac

Yeah, it's GREAT for Intel based Macs, as long as you're not too worried about that whole "speed" thing those kids are always talking about.  I can make a sandwich in the time it takes Entourage to launch on my MacBook with 2gb of RAM, and eat it in the time it takes Word to launch.

Yes, clarification on what the "product user manual" is would be greatly appreciated.

I'm fairly confident it's the "Getting Started" guide/manual as I've checked the box to make sure it qualifies (BD6-00001, to be exact) and the "Getting Started" booklet is the only piece of bound paper product in the whole box.

Nonetheless, official confirmation would be reassuring before I start to rip things apart for the rebate.

I missed it. :(  Any chance this might be offered again in the near future?

Sherjo- Thanks for the confirmation regarding the proof of purchase!  This is one terrific deal.

Sherjo,

Have you had a chance to check if the promo is for the standalone office or upgrade? BTW I read your bio in your profile, it's really cool that you used to work in the recording industry.

Thank you to Microsoft for making a fantastic offer - and to Sherjo for all the fast responses!  I bought Office 2004 a long time ago - but bought a new copy last Friday.  I elected to receive the 3-license version of 2008 - since my wife and I will be replacing her Vaio laptop with a MacBook (she's been envious of my MB Pro for almost a year now!).

I JUST ASKED AMAZON FOR CONSIDERATION IN UPDATING MY ORDER SHIPMENT DATE... I'LL WAIT TO SEE IF THE DEC 24TH SHIP DATE IS MORE CURRENT FOR THE BFD DEAL OF OFC 2004

> I know it seems a little strange, but it is the best way to confirm the

> authenticity and make it really simple for you

Oh please, sherjo.  Let's not make any bones about the fact that this is *Not* in any way shape or form about making it easier for *us*.

If you wanted to make it easier for us, you'd drop the damn price by $100.  You use rebates because you know that a large percentage of the people won't turn in their rebates (40-60% is the usual estimate).

Add to that the number of picky exclusions ("Oh well you transposed two numbers, sorry, you can't get your rebate") and now "Well you included the sticker but not the plastic.

> just pop  it off, stick it

> in an envelope with the rest of your stuff (completed form, payment

> for shipping) and you're done.

Have you ever actually dealt with the US Post Office?

How many rebates now will never get there because they end up in some Dead Letter Office after the packaging gets mauled going through the USPS machinery because you all want the plastic pieces?

Plus with the built in "Wait 2 months for us to get back to you" clause, it's all the more likely that people A) won't be able to win an argument if something goes wrong ("What do you mean you never received the rebate, I sent it 2 months ago?") and B) they are less likely to fight about it because the time has passed.

Take my word for it, this isn't easier for us.

There are places (Circuit City, if I recall correctly) which have figured out ways to do rebates entirely online, where I don't have to send in anything.  Other places have done away with them entirely.

Here we have to rip off the cover of the manual, except there is no manual, there's a getting started guide (even Microsoft can't keep it straight, could they get their own rebate?).

You setup a website, you ask us to enter in the codes that you are looking for, we enter an order number from the Apple Store or Amazon.com or wherever, and boom, it's done, we've filed our return and can track its acceptance and processing as it goes along.

But Microsoft, the world's largest and richest software company, has us ripping off the front cover of the getting started guide and now the giant plastic top from the box.

Why?  Because the more hassle it is, the fewer people who will do it.

Plain.

Simple.

Truth.

For $100 I'll jump through the hoops, but please don't tell me that the  exercise is for my own good out of your concern for my health.

My return will go registered mail with a tracking number, and I'll have digital pictures and xerox copies of everything.  I encourage everyone else who wants to actually get their rebate to do something similar.  You'll spend $5 to ensure $100.

So is there a mechanism for changing the product chosen *after* making a purchase if we're waylaid by the difference between the two choice redemption pdf and the Special Media only web entry?

I bought Student Teacher 2004 from Amazon and wanted the equivalent in 2008 since we have two edu users.  Looked at the redemption pdf and thought it would be better to use the equivalent web form to avoid the address transcription errors that happen with paper form re-entry. More than somewhat on autopilot at midnight, I filled out your web form and only realized at the receipt that there never was an option to choose the 2008 edu version.

Is there a chance of changing the product chosen through the contact e-mail in the order acknowledgment?

Thanks

What's the status with your work w/Amazon?  Mine is also still showing a ship date after Christmas, which makes this much less of a deal than it would be.  I don't even want the Office 2k4 media; I'd be just as happy to have my card charged the $35 and get shipped Office 2k8 when it becomes available.  Is there any way you can make this a possibility for those of us who ordered too late in the day to get the shipment on time?

I need an answer to this question, too--please?

<<Friday, November 23, 2007 6:53 AM by fran

# re: Office 2008 for Mac: BFD!

I already have Office 2004:Mac, and have had it for two years.  Will there be comparable upgrade pricing, or do I actually have to buy a <b>second</b> copy of a program I already own to get this deal?>>

Thanks, Lea

Lea,

I've owned Office 2004 for almost a year - but that didn't stop me from purchasing another copy last Friday.  I purchased ANOTHER copy of 2004 last Friday - and for my less than $40.00 investment (including shipping from J&R and Microsoft), I get THREE keys to 2008 for around $13.00 each!  

I look at it this way - I purchased my first laser-quality printer (first edition DeskWriter) for exactly $800.00 over 15 years ago.  My best friend picked one up a year later for $600.00.  However, I felt strongly that I had gotten more than the $200.00 value out of it during that time.  Same thing with Office.  I bought a copy a year ago - and have certainly gotten my value out of it.  As much as I dislike some things about MS, I do not feel that they owe me anything now for something I bought a year ago.  (But I am THRILLED I could obtain three legitimate) licenses to Office 2008 for under $40.00!)

Is there any update on getting the home and student edition upgrade offer on the online order form?

Thanks for the great offer!

yay, my amazon status just changed from 'shipping after december 25' to 'shipped'.  Thanks again sherjo and for all the helpful tips with the submit process.

sherjo: Amazon.com has a spot to print off invoices.. will it count if I print that invoice out and send that in as the "receipt", since I didn't get any receipt in the box?

Thanks!

Echoing Karl's question, but for Newegg instead of Amazon.  All I got in the box was a packing slip (and the copy of Office, of course)  but I can view/print an invoice from their web site.  Would this printed invoice be acceptable as a receipt?  If not, what should I provide?

if we use the online form do we have to include a paper form in the enveloped when we send the proof of purchase?

the website said to send the receipt and the original COA from the box but it did not mention anything about sending a form or a confirmation number. I think I might have missed something. How can you tell that the COA in the envelope corresponds to the online redemption form that was filed?

I was unaware of this sale and missed it. Will there be an additional sale? Maybe offer this just one more time?

I know this has been asked before but I found no answer.

What will the upgrade price be for the Student Edition?

Thanks.

My order shipped from Amazon today, so looks like they will in fact deliver before the deadline as promised. Thanks!