iPhone Early Adopters: How to get your $100 Apple Store credit

If you bought your iPhone before August 22, you may be eligible for an instant $100 electronic credit toward the purchase of products at the Apple Retail Store or the Apple Online Store. See the terms and conditions below for more details.

To receive your credit, follow these three easy steps.

Step 1: Identify your iPhone: To confirm eligibility, simply enter your phone number and iPhone serial number (iPhone Settings>General>About) in the fields provided.

Step 2: Enter your access code: You will receive an SMS text message on your iPhone containing the access code to redeem your $100 credit. Enter your phone number and your access code in the fields provided to generate an electronic store credit.

Step 3: Get your $100 Apple Store credit: You will receive a $100 electronic store credit to purchase products at the Apple Retail Store or the Apple Online Store.

This credit is extended to end-customers who own a qualifying iPhone purchased from Apple or AT&T prior to August 22, 2007. To receive a credit, customers must submit requests between September 13, 2007 and November 30, 2007. Requests will not be accepted after November 30, 2007. The program is for a $100 Apple electronic store credit in the form of a numeric code consisting of a credit number and PIN. This program is limited to one $100 Apple electronic store credit per eligible iPhone. Customers should record the numeric codes that are presented electronically through the web browser. Apple will not replace lost or stolen codes. Only iPhones activated through AT&T are eligible to receive a credit.

Some iPhones will not qualify for a credit. They are:
• iPhones purchased from Apple from August 22, 2007, through September 4, 2007, as they are subject to price protection.
• iPhones that have been returned to Apple or AT&T
• iPhones for which a Gift Card, rebate, or other consideration have already been issued
• iPhones that Apple provided to employees, either for personal use or for departmental use
• iPhones provided by Apple for product reviews
• AppleCare Service iPhones
• iPhones registered to customers whose addresses are outside the United States
• iPhones for which Apple or AT&T already has extended price protection under applicable sales terms
• iPhones purchased by corporations or education institutions where Apple has provided alternative accommodation.

More info here.

MacDailyNews Note: For an 8GB iPhone purchased on June 29th, we successfully received a $100 Apple Store credit in under 1 minute.

37 Comments

  1. @ Terry

    I did the same as you, new number first week (purchased iPhone August 21) then ported my number from Sprint to ATT.

    I entered my current, updated iPhone number (my original Sprint number) wondering if the number change was gonna foul up everything since the phone was registered with the interim temporary phone number.

    No problemo. None. Literally 20 seconds for Apple to process the info once entered.

    Glorious!

  2. Uh. Wow. That was simple. Took longer than others here are mentioning — more like 3 minutes — but probably the server is getting hammered about now.

    Thanks Apple! I was happy with my purchase, and didn’t expect, and certainly didn’t demand, anything like this. But, I’ll gladly take it! Hmmm… what to get at the Apple store… hmmm…

    MW: Clearly, Apple knows how to treat customers better than any other electronics manufacturer.

  3. While the text message things is great, it is flawed in that if you bought two iPhones as wedding gifts for someone. So I bought one for me and my spouse and sister and two as gifts. Thats

    How nice is it to go to the bride and groom. Uh, hand over your iPhones, I just tried to get some store credits off the gift I got ya.

    Send Apple an email with receipt. Hope they give the store credits to me. It would be nice. But then again, a gift is a gift.

    But dang if those credits don’t add up!

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