€1500 HP PC for €999 - Harvey Norman

dakan

Hi All

HP t3450 - 2 GB Ram & 512MB graphics card & 17" monitor. Was €1500 now €999. Got mine earlier. Guy said there is about 4 left and he thinks the sale ends Tuesday. 6 month and 12 month interest free finance options. Bring photo ID and an addressed bill. Xmass came early for me.

chump

Hey,

Any more specs?
Can't find much from searching model name on google

512mb graphics card - but what card?
What processor, what monitor? etc...

Ruu_Old

Let us know a cupla more details on it if you can at all OP, you picking one up yourself then?


Go Haveh Go!

kaizersoze

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ie/en/ho/WF06b/35123-35527-39847-39847-39847-12356570-74383407.html

chump

meh

god's toy

First post said 2GB ram...

HungryJoey

Harvey Norman do something that really annoys me. For eg.. Alot of their products they Advertise for eg. samsung 32" LCD " Was 1659 nor €1459 " Since when was it 1659 ? Especially when they store is only open no more then 1 week. I noticed that on alot of products I seen when the blanch store opened.

Still they continue to do it on alot of their stuff, Make they products look like bargains by advertising " was... Now "

Harvey norman = Meh to me. Nothing special.

Also, Looking at the specs of that HP from the site, Its terrible. A 2.93 Ghz P4 ? 1GB ram, 7300LE. Either them specs or terribly wrong on the site, Or you got ripped off.

Hj

kaizersoze

If they are the specs of the machine the OP bought (allowing for the usual country variations) it was never worth €1500 and I can't see it being worth €999 either.

thefinalstage

Thats illegal to advertise like that if its true.

To advertise that a price is lowered From X amount to Y amount the product has to be on sale at X amount for at least 30 days within the past 90 days.
Otherwise it is false advertisment.

TerrorFirmer

rofl - that machine isn't even worth 999 euro. An old Pentium 4 processor, and a crap graphics card....and only 1gb ram, not 2.

if xmas came early for you i feel sorry, seeing as you were nearly robbed rather then got a bargin

petes

Harvey Norman suck ass. Crap computers at a high price.

TerrorFirmer

OP sounds like an employee anyway.

6 month and 12 month interest free finance options. Bring photo ID and an addressed bill. Xmass came early for me

Who else would peddle overpriced tat like that?

Doodlebug

AFAIK, a shop can clain "WAS" prices provided ONE of their stores carried that item at that price for 28 days (open to correction here). I remember reading it in an Argos Catalogue sometime.


I agree with HungryJoey - I'm sick of them advertising with these WAS...NOW stickers, as the consumer is fairly powerless to challenge these companies on these claims.

I have to admit, the claim does draw the eye though, so if it increases sales by a few percent, they will continue to do it until they fear being exposed!

TerrorFirmer

Just to compare, Dell do the same machine for about 300 euro less, and for 100 less, a far better Core 2 Duo machine with a better 19" monitor.

swingking

he was only telling people where to buy a reduced computer, I'm sure he isn't selling the item. If people want to show criticism, they should direct their criticism at Harvey Norman, not the poster















BTW Currys is best

Hal1

Build it yourself or get someone you know to do it for you. Components aren't that expensive with the exception of your cpu and gfx. It depends what you want it for really.

wingnut

I hope to god that currys in the best was a sarcastic one.