I have a friend who works for Apple and gets discounts. I have yet to ask this friend for a discount myself as I have not yet acquired the money for the laptop I want. Now my boyfriend wants to ask him for a discount on an iPad 2 and it just feels rather inappropriate since this is the first time they even met. My friend offered to give me a discount on a laptop a while ago. We have been friends for years. It just seems like my boyfriend is taking advantage of the situation very quickly.