Free ! 3.0 Ghz from Dell

EvilDoctorK

Won't last (and probably won't be honoured) .. but go to www.dell.ie ... Home section ..Desktops .. Browse Dimension Desktops.. Dimension 2400 ... recommended systems

You'll see the 4th one in the list

"(Dec 28) Dimension 2400 3.0GHz
Includes Choice of Free Gift + Money Off!"

For the great price of EUR 194 inc vat & del


Which is pretty good .. but it gets better

Now go in and remove the 3yr on site service ... it now works out as -37€ before VAT ..

(Direct URL - not sure if it will work you may need to navigate as described above - http://commerce.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config/frameset.asp?s=iedhs&l=en&m=eur&c=1635&n=4698&cu=iedhs&v=d&cc=&ogn=&kcd=&ad=&mc=&rs=&cuid=&cg=&pch=1&pn=-1&demo=&gc=&sbc=iedhs&co=&b=44010)

conor-mr2

Im abit wary. Web vulnerability? Cross site scripting? That price just seems too low to be true.

edit---Well maybe it is a stupid dell error after all!!! hehe

whosurpaddy

u could go one further an choose a 15" flat panel instead of the 17 an they'l pay u €40 to take it off their hands

Cal

Highly suspect but if you're not in you can't win.:D

€21.90 including VAT & delivery. Lets see what happens.:D

Cal

stereo_steve

I just ordered one! Fingers crossed!

DiscoStu

ive just ordered 3!!

Matt Simis

Originally posted by DiscoStu
ive just ordered 3!!

Thats the type of sillyness that starts the alarm bell..



Matt

s8n

can anyone confirm if they will honour it??

Matt Simis

Originally posted by s8n
can anyone confirm if they will honour it??

They may have if only one or two people ordered (1 each!). Afaik, they are not legally obliged to do so.



Matt

whosurpaddy

just ordered one aswell. no expectation to get it but hey what have u got to loose.

hey steve ltns

stereo_steve

hey paddy. Is anyone here a mod? Can someone delete this thread? The rate this is going dell are going to run out of pcs!

red vex

anybody get a confirmation email
if they dont honour it is it not a case of false advertising

whosurpaddy

Originally posted by stereo_steve
hey paddy. Is anyone here a mod? Can someone delete this thread? The rate this is going dell are going to run out of pcs!

or at least move it to bargains:D

RicardoSmith

They never honor mistakes like this...

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12873

red vex

i wonder will they have it in the weekly specials they have in the independant

Matt Simis

Originally posted by RicardoSmith
They never honor mistakes like this...

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12873

Lol, that was only yesterday! Perhaps Dell should hire more web people...


Matt

RicardoSmith

Originally posted by Matt Simis
Lol, that was only yesterday! Perhaps Dell should hire more web people...


Matt

or fewer BETTER web people

Sleipnir

from their own T's & C's

"Orders may be received by writing, internet, telephone or fax but are only binding when accepted by Dell in a written Order Confirmation. "

s8n

this is never gonna be honoured...it's all over the place now. I've had 5 emails about it in the last 20 mins alone.

ixoy

Never gonna be honoured - which is kinda just as well as I don't know my credit card number (left it at home).

There's a few clauses in the Terms and Conditions which will let them out of it:

Quotations/Orders/Contract
Quotations are only valid in writing and during the period that they state. If unstated, the period is 10 days (incl. 3rd Party Products). Orders may be received by writing, internet, telephone or fax but are only binding when accepted by Dell in a written Order Confirmation. Please check the Order Confirmation and notify Dell of any mistake in writing immediately or the details stated in the Order Confirmation will apply to this Agreement. Dell reserves the right to change Products (incl. 3rd Party Products) at any time but Dell guarantees you at least equivalent functionality and performance.

Or they can say the price of goods has changed:

Changes to exchange rates, duties, insurance, freight and purchase costs (incl. for components and Services) may cause Dell to adjust prices accordingly.

.. Ah well!

GerardKeating

Originally posted by whosurpaddy
u could go one further an choose a 15" flat panel instead of the 17 an they'l pay u ?40 to take it off their hands

or reduce service/support to 1yr collect & return and they will pay you €87 to take the machine away, less delivery of course.

s8n

they can't deduct the full price of the system from your card can they??

red vex

can they not be sued for false advertising r nething, because it is also a great way of getting huge amounts of publicity

ChicoMendez

is one obliged to buy that pc ? even if they do not honour thier bargain price?

Frank Grimes

The store's been taken down now.

Shigsy

Too late, they spot the mistake and took their online store offline while they fix it. Anyone who got an order in on time, reply here to let us all know if you get a confirmation email, or better still, the computer itself :-)

jim_bob

they won't honour it

same thing happened with elara and when i order of them got confirmation sent in email saying it was been processed and never heard anything back

that was about 6 months back

but i still live in hope it will arrive in the door some day :P

maxheadroom

There's no way this will be honoured - all the internet orders are manually entered into the ordering system. Theres no way that a person on order entry is gonna let this slip by unless they were out drinking the night before

That said, I still ordered one, just in case. Will keep you posted

Peace

The site is closed temp....bah missed it.

woooooooo

OMFG WTF?
I just got a call from dell stating the order will go through at the correct price. when I asked to cancel it he was told thered be an 18 euro cancelation fee. Is this legal?

Cake Fiend

AFAIK they only have to honour it if they've already charged the order to your card.

carrotcake

Originally posted by woooooooo
OMFG WTF?
I just got a call from dell stating the order will go through at the correct price. when I asked to cancel it he was told thered be an 18 euro cancelation fee. Is this legal?

just as well they closed before i finished filling out my details! i'm sure if you kick up enough of a fuss they won't charge you

robio

Ah scheissen pause, lucky i just ran outta time if u gotta pay to cancel! tell them its their mistake so they can F.u.c.k off
hi carrotcake! hast du durchfall????

muffen

I managed to order aswell.

I never thought they'd honour it, but it sure was funny

If they charge me a cancellation fee, this is going to every mediasite I can think of, including the screenshots I took of each page while ordering.

I'm gonna wait to see what happens, but it was funny while it lasted

Frank Grimes

Originally posted by woooooooo
OMFG WTF?
I just got a call from dell stating the order will go through at the correct price. when I asked to cancel it he was told thered be an 18 euro cancelation fee. Is this legal?

What time did you put in your order at?

whosurpaddy

surely u can refuse to pay this. u never agreed to pay a higher price at any time. they cant make u buy something u dont want. out of interest what was the price they asked for?

Serbian

Nice signature there Robio, it takes up my entire screen here and weighs in at a hefty 30k

As for the Dell systems, they were never going to honour them, but fair play to the chancers who tried to order them

Serb

woooooooo

1370 (
I'm gonna ring my solicitor and ask him about it, i'll keep you posted.

whosurpaddy

actually ive just noticed that the guy who said dell rang him has all of 1 post. registered today. TROLL i say

Sleipnir

Originally posted by woooooooo
OMFG WTF?
I just got a call from dell stating the order will go through at the correct price. when I asked to cancel it he was told thered be an 18 euro cancelation fee. Is this legal?

As they say, it's not a legally binding contract until you get the order confirmation.
I don't see how they can charge you anything if there is no legally binding contract.

conor-mr2

Originally posted by woooooooo
OMFG WTF?
I just got a call from dell stating the order will go through at the correct price. when I asked to cancel it he was told thered be an 18 euro cancelation fee. Is this legal?

According to the Consumer Association of Ireland that is not legal. They have to give you the option to either pay for it at the higher price or cancel it. And they cannot make you pay a cancellation charge to do so. It was their mistake not the consumers.

Talliesin

Companies have honoured orders in cases like this before (so they look like honourable people).

muffen

Companies have honoured orders in cases like this before (so they look like honourable people).

Not DELL, just look at their last screwup (yesterday).

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/ecommerce/0,39020372,39118131,00.htm

Sposs

I printed off my receipt , does this not mean they have to guarantee the pc or its fraud on their part?

Frank Grimes

Originally posted by Talliesin
Companies have honoured orders in cases like this before (so they look like honourable people).

Yeah, but I'd say with the volume of those PCs that were ordered there's not chance it'll happen in this case.
Unless Dell really wanted to shift all those Dimensions that is

muffen

I printed off my receipt , does this not mean they have to gurantee the pc or its fraud on their part?

Nope, its not fraud on their part, and you won't get it.
Knowing Dell's past history regarding pricing screwups, the best you can hope for is a discount.

Frank Grimes

Originally posted by Sposs
I printed off my receipt , does this not mean they have to gurantee the pc or its fraud on their part?

AFAIK, no. It's the next receipt they send out (the one that it says wait 2-3 working days for) that guarantees it.

Dempsey

Originally posted by Frank_Grimes
AFAIK, no. It's the next receipt they send out (the one that it says wait 2-3 working days for) that guarantees it.

Has anyone got one of them receipts? Nice if someone actually got one of them. Ask them can ya upgrade the memory or something while your at it:D

Moonbeam

no email back and forgot to print order #
silly dell

muffen

Please post here if Dell contacts you back. I really want to know what they are going to do.

Thanks...

Sleipnir

sent an email to theinquirer.net (who had the article about axim's going cheap)
about the error.