Dell ireland rip off

Saruman

Look at this. looking at handhelds. http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx/axim_x50?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&s=dhs
Irish ones.

The ones in Britain are cheaper!!
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx/axim_x50?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

It makes the ones in the UK €297 - €432 - €599 That makes them €23 - €39 - €17 cheaper in the UK!!! Dont even get me started on the US prices which i think are like €150 cheaper for higher spec models!!!

To add insult they will not let you order outside your country.. hell they make you tick a box saying you will not export it meaning if i did buy one and wanted warranty they would be curious as to how it got to ireland and might dispute it!!

rondjon

Dell won't deny this either. They've stated publically that they'll charge more in countries where people will pay more.

So, in their words, we can charge more in Ireland than in Spain, because Irish consumers will pay more than Spanish consumers will pay for the same products.

Our own fault?

jesus_thats_gre

I ordered a 9300 Inspiron today.. The price here in Ireland was just under 2,400 euro. The price in the UK was just over 2,000 euro. I just told them that I was aware of the price differences and they matched it without argument. I asked why it was so much cheaper and he replied "competition".

Creamy Goodness

just a thought but wouldn't the fact that the UK vat rate is 17.5% and the irish vat rate being 21% not have anything to do why dell prices are higher in ireland?

RuggieBear

Cremo wrote:

just a thought but wouldn't the fact that the UK vat rate is 17.5% and the irish vat rate being 21% not have anything to do why dell prices are higher in ireland?

bingo

jesus_thats_gre

Cremo wrote:

just a thought but wouldn't the fact that the UK vat rate is 17.5% and the irish vat rate being 21% not have anything to do why dell prices are higher in ireland?

That makes sense.. But then you realise they are assembled in Limerick and shipped to the UK.. That would nearly balance things up...


When buying a laptop here that is 2,388 here and 2,046 in the UK, it isn't down to the 4% difference in the VAT rate.. Especially considering they are willing to match the UK price without arguing once you mention it. They also acknowledged they were cheaper in the UK because their was "more competition". This was about 2 hours ago!!!

parsi

I thought only the Pcs/severs were assembled in Limerick - the laptops & PDAs are made by "insert-totally-unpronounceable-name-of-Chinese-company-here" .

See you changed your sig after the roasting Mick Farr gave ya .... ;-)

jesus_thats_gre

Had just sold the desktop about 5 mins before..

sceptre

Cremo wrote:

just a thought but wouldn't the fact that the UK vat rate is 17.5% and the irish vat rate being 21% not have anything to do why dell prices are higher in ireland?

Yeah, that was my initial thought but the figures still don't add up.

parsi wrote:

I thought only the Pcs/severs were assembled in Limerick - the laptops & PDAs are made by "insert-totally-unpronounceable-name-of-Chinese-company-here" .

The laptops are done in Limerick as well. Even the latitude X300 (the Samsung Q20) despite the two stickers including the "made in China" line that appear on that particular model. No idea where the handhelds are done - presumably as you reckon in China-land. The handhelds are probably assembled by a team of tiny Tims with tiny fingers.

parsi

Learn something new every day...

jesus_thats_gre

The prices in Ireland now seem to be coming in slightly lower than the UK.. interesting..