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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 04:11 PM
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Want to get the lad a laptop for xmas, dell are selling them for £369 - looked at the spec and seemed to be ok. Placed it in a 'saved folder' on my account. Went back to it today and its now showing £408 WHF ??

Check the main website and they now sell the Inspration for £349, but it doesnt have a colour lid or truelife and some other stuff.

Its hard enough to choose a spec of a computer, let alone have to deal with a company that change there prices on a daily basis. Spoke to an online agent and they couldnt give a rats **** !!!

I wanted a Dell, but if its going to be as dificult as it is, then I will go for another brand .....



Bloody DELL !
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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 09:36 PM
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sounds about right! plenty of bargains to be had out there at the moment so shop around.
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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 10:26 PM
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Wish
Want to get the lad a laptop for xmas, dell are selling them for £369 - looked at the spec and seemed to be ok. Placed it in a 'saved folder' on my account. Went back to it today and its now showing £408 WHF ??

Check the main website and they now sell the Inspration for £349, but it doesnt have a colour lid or truelife and some other stuff.

Its hard enough to choose a spec of a computer, let alone have to deal with a company that change there prices on a daily basis. Spoke to an online agent and they couldnt give a rats **** !!!

I wanted a Dell, but if its going to be as dificult as it is, then I will go for another brand .....



Bloody DELL !
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Ecomputers shop on E-bay - get a dell system about 25% cheaper!

You owe me a drink!
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 10:10 PM
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Just spent 20 minutes haggeling with a dell sales bod over a machine which was priced on their site @ £2700 (after an offer which deducted already £600).

Managed to upgrade the tape drive to a 200/400gb one (from a 36/72 DAT) with 12 tapes chucked in for free & Free 4 year warranty for the same price.

I was happy to accept the original server, but thought I'd see how far I could push it. Glad I did.
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 11:44 AM
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Good stuff, but a £2700 order is a little different to a £400 laptop order.

I will give it a go though
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