Dells CRAZY Prices

dfitz1

Just bought this unit from Dell together with a Power adaptor (for auto/air use €70+Vat). It should have been for 1,800+VAT+charger but I got the rep down to 1,555+Vat. Saving of about €320.00, just goes to show what sort of mark ups Dell have on their products if sales rep was willing to drop that amount.
Still a preety hot laptop for the price
What do ye think?

Inspiron 6000 (N05603) (Dell Small Business Website)

Base:
Intel® Pentium® M 750(1.86GHz 2MB L2 cache 533MHz FSB)& ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 graphics

Microsoft Operating System:
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home SP2

LCD:
15.4" Wide Screen UltraSharpTM WUXGA (1920 x 1200) LCD Panel

1 Year European Collect and Return Service

Memory:
512MB 400MHz DDR2 RAM (1 x512)

Video Card:
128MB DDR ATI MOBILITY® RADEON® X300

Hard Drive:
60GB (7.200rpm) IDE Hard Drive

Optical Devices:
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with Software

Modem:
Internal 56K v.92 Capable Fax Modem

Wireless Networking:
Intel ProWireless 2915 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Wireless LAN Card

Bluetooth:
European - Dell TrueMobile™ 350 internal Bluetooth Module

Primary Battery:
Primary 6 Cell 53 WHr battery (does not contain a subwoofer)

Second Battery:
Second Primary 9 Cell 80 WHr battery

Color Choice:
Snap on LCD back cover Mediterrainean Blue

Protect your new PC:
Norton™ Internet Security™ 2005 15-month subscription

Dell Media Experience:
Dell Media Experience 3.0 Delux - Inspiron

Chalk

how did he trick you into that norton subscription

dfitz1

Ha ha,
Its a work PC so I had to get one of the "big" antivirus packages. If it goes belly up the boss can't give out to me. Use AVG Free on my home PC

Jammer

wait till u see the lcd, its sweet

OhPinchy

sounds like a good deal - did you do it over the phone and what was your angle for getting the rep to drop down (i.e. did you say thered be plenty more business coming from your work or something)?

dfitz1

Jammer wrote:

wait till u see the lcd, its sweet

Really Jammer, nice one
Cant wait to get it, its for work but I wonder what Dvd's & games are like on it, for *coughs* in the evenings :rolleyes:

dfitz1

OhPinchy wrote:

sounds like a good deal - did you do it over the phone and what was your angle for getting the rep to drop down (i.e. did you say thered be plenty more business coming from your work or something)?

I've bought about 4 desktops from them previously & told him there was a possibility of 2 more laptops in a month or so In order to process the deal quicker than an invoice I said I'd pay by credit card if he'd increase rpm from 5400 to 7200 on the 60GB HD (about €65 extra) and he did

Jammer

no ghosting on dvds, haven't really tried to play any games to be honest. makes me sad when i goto my 17" LCD on my PC though, it can't live up to the 1920 x 1200

U got a good deal alright..

fintan

I dont think you got as good a deal as you think you did, i built the machine on the small business site to your specs, only thing missing is the travel charger (So I added XP Pro instead) and the price i got was 1,592 ex vat there was a load of upgrades on the standard bundle, so you could have got a much lower price from your rep, here is a copy & paste for reference. Actually looking at the price you paid, it looks like the only thing the rep did was through in free delivery.

Item Description Qty Unit Price
Excl. VAT
Inspiron 6000 (N05603)
Date & Time: Thursday 19 May 2005 12:05 PM 1 €1,492.01
Catalog Number: 5102
Module Description Product Code Sku Id
Base Intel® Pentium® M 750(1.86GHz 2MB L2 cache 533MHz FSB)& ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 graphics 24891 [210-14054] 1
Microsoft Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional SP2 20634 [619-10457] 11
Memory 512MB 400MHz DDR2 RAM (2x256) 24934 [370-11811] 3
Keyboard English - (QWERTY) - Internal Keyboard 22259 [583-10781] 4
Video Card 128MB DDR ATI MOBILITY® RADEON® X300 27104 [490-10390] 6
Hard Drive 60GB (7.200rpm) IDE Hard Drive 24294 [400-11786] 8
Floppy Drives and Additional Storage Devices No Floppy Drive Option 25584 [385-10276] 10
Modem Internal 56K v.92 Capable Fax Modem 6782 [530-10757][640-10239] 14
Optical Devices Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with Software 22843 [429-11676][429-11197][429-11130] 16
Wireless Networking Intel ProWireless 2915 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Wireless LAN Card 26178 [555-10447] 19
Microsoft Application Software Microsoft® Works 7.0 9106 [630-11001] 25
Enhanced Service Packs 1 Year European Collect and Return Service 9928 [680-11635] 30
Protect your new PC Norton™ Internet Security™ 2005 15-month subscription 36110 [650-10365] 40
Power Supply AC Adapter D-Series 65W Power Cord 5614 [450-10579] 41
Dell Photo Album Dell Picture Studio - Photo Album Standard (60 Day Trial) 11900 [640-10343] 85
Paint Shop Dell Picture Studio - Paint Shop Pro 8.0 (60 Day Trial) 11902 [640-10344] 86
Primary Battery Primary 6 Cell 53 WHr battery (does not contain a subwoofer) 22258 [451-10203] 112
Carrying Cases No Carrycase 5759 [460-10041] 118
Money Off Savings Save €100 Ex Vat 15193 [235-10800] 120
Color Choice Snap on LCD back cover Mediterrainean Blue 24948 [320-10130] 380
Dell Media Experience Dell Media Experience 3.0 Basic- Inspiron 26536 [640-10415] 585
LCD 15.4" Wide Screen UltraSharpTM WUXGA (1920 x 1200) LCD Panel 25583 [230-10002] 760

ACCESSORIES

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Item Description Qty Unit Price
Excl. VAT
European - Dell TrueMobile™ 350 internal Bluetooth Module
Date & Time: Thursday 19 May 2005 12:05 PM 1 €30.00
Item Description Qty Unit Price
Excl. VAT
Second Primary 9 Cell 80 WHr battery
Date & Time: Thursday 19 May 2005 12:05 PM 1 €70.00

Total: €1,592.01
Excl. VAT

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dfitz1

Cheers Jammer, DVD's was the main thing for me. Boss thinks I need the screen for CAD and the like

penexpers

That's not that great.

I got

1.7Ghz Pentium M
17" widescreen (admittedly res in only 1440 * 900)
60GB HDD
1GB RAM
Ati Radeon 9700 120MB GFX
8x DVD +/- RW
Intel ProWireless 2200 b/g wireless adapter
4 year next business day warranty (kind of essential for a laptop)

All for 1500 euro, back in January.

jesus_thats_gre

Jammer wrote:

wait till u see the lcd, its sweet

yup tis sweet with the TrueLife coating alright...



Got close to 700 off my XPS2 in the end myself.. Well got 400 off the price and then they added a 300 euro warranty upgrade later for ****ing me about..

ressem

Even though I'm not a fan of Dell.

Using the outlet site, if you're willing to wait and watch,

Inspiron 6000 PM 750 1.86GHz 2MB L2 533MHz - - 8x DVD+/-RW (Multiformat) - D Series No Floppy Drive - - 60GB 7200rpm ATA/100 HDD - - 65W AC adpater - DVD Cyberlink Decoder Software - - 1024MB 400MHz DDR2 SDRAM Memory - - 9 cell Li-Ion 80WHr primary battery - - Internal V.92 - Intel ProWireless 2915 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI - - 15.4 inch WSXGA+ LCD Panel - - 128MB Video Graphic Card ATI M22 - Win XP SP2 Home - - English - Win XP SP2 Home -

Subtotal 970.51
Freight 10.00
VAT 205.91
Total 1,186.42

And you can add a 20" LCD for 450+vat instead of 830, for the advertised front page price.

Now that's a markup. By default they cost more than the equivalent Apple display.

jlang

They had some kind of mixup on their pricing about 6 weeks ago where if you picked the free double memory you also got to take EUR220 off - so I got me a 510m 1.7GHz Pentium M (735), SXGA+ screen, 1Gb memory, 60Gb disk, DVD rewriter, Bluetooth+.11b/g for EUR900 including VAT. At least I assume it was some sort of a mixup, because the next week I assembled the same system on the site and the price was over EUR500 more! Usually the discounts each week change (extra HD, extra memory, 150 off, etc) but the net effect is about the same.

I'm reasonably happy with the system. Keyboard's not great but at that price I'm not complaining.