Request: Large LCD like Dell 24"

jabaroon

Hi All,

Am looking for a large LCD similar to the Dell 24" widescreen one. I was going to buy the Dell one last week, but forgot to complete the transaction and now their special offer is over so it will cost me an extra EUR400....

Anyone know of alternatives or if/when the dell one is headed for another price drop?!?!?

Cheers,
JAb

jmadoyle

am thinking of getting the same screen,
overclockers.co.uk have it for 620 sterling,
cheapest i have found for the 24" dell

jabaroon

never thought of checking there....
nice price....
cant add it to my cart tho (there is no button) so assume they are out of stock (even though the stock status says its in stock?!). As such, dont know how much shipping would be?

jmadoyle

click on this weeks special on the mainpage,
the shipping cost is 22 sterling bringing the total
to £636 sterling, the cheapest i have found on the net,

jabaroon

Cool...thanks....
Just bought one!!!....woohoo!!

chump

pray you get no dead pixels time now

jabaroon

<everything crossed/>

jesus_thats_gre

We have a few of these in work.. Absolutely brilliant monitors...

jabaroon

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

We have a few of these in work.. Absolutely brilliant monitors...

Just got a mail from overclockers wanting me to fax/snail mail copies of visa statements, utility bills and drivers license!?!?!?!?....

<rant>
I know what its for, but its nuts that someone should have to go through that sort of hastle with an on-line retailer. You dont have that sort of cr*p when buying from Dabs, Komplett, Jes or Scan. Really is a pain and I refuse to go to that sort of hastle. They need to change their VISA provider to facilitate me, I shouldn't be inconvenienced to satisfy their supplier?!!...
</rant>

So, long story short. Anyone know of anywhere else where these puppies can be got?

Cheers,
Jab

Illkillya

jabaroon wrote:

Just got a mail from overclockers wanting me to fax/snail mail copies of visa statements, utility bills and drivers license!?!?!?!?....

<rant>
I know what its for, but its nuts that someone should have to go through that sort of hastle with an on-line retailer. You dont have that sort of cr*p when buying from Dabs, Komplett, Jes or Scan. Really is a pain and I refuse to go to that sort of hastle. They need to change their VISA provider to facilitate me, I shouldn't be inconvenienced to satisfy their supplier?!!...
</rant>

So, long story short. Anyone know of anywhere else where these puppies can be got?

Cheers,
Jab

Jab - I'm just going through the exact same thing at the moment, in fact I read your post right after I clicked 'send' on the irritating WE DO NOT USE EMAIL contact us page, telling them that I bought a full system off them a couple of weeks ago and my address matches that on my credit card and if thats not enough then cancel my order.

I don't know why OCUK are asking for this kind of verification, is this a new policy?

Hydromonkey

I managed to get one of these last week, absolutely fantastic monitor. I got it for €946 inc. vat and delivery through www.dell.ie/epp with a 3 year next day replacement warranty. I'm sure the Dell prices will fall back down if you wait, but that might not be an option for you

jabaroon

Illkillya wrote:

Jab - I'm just going through the exact same thing at the moment, in fact I read your post right after I clicked 'send' on the irritating WE DO NOT USE EMAIL contact us page, telling them that I bought a full system off them a couple of weeks ago and my address matches that on my credit card and if thats not enough then cancel my order.

I don't know why OCUK are asking for this kind of verification, is this a new policy?

I know how you feel!!!....grrrr!!!

I have never bought from them before, so I dont know it its a new policy. Apparently the use a credit card company (cant remember the name, but something similar to WorldPay) as opposed to dealing directly with VISA. The restriction around address verification is imposed by the intermediary CC company and not by VISA themselves (eg: the 3% visa levy covers fraud and fees!).

Its absolutely nuts that the need this extra step. I really do hope that lots of people see this and decide against purchasing from them as a result. With a little bit of negative PR and a decline in sales, maybe they will rething their service supplier in favour of one that is actually customer friendly!!!

Jab

jabaroon

Hydromonkey wrote:

I managed to get one of these last week, absolutely fantastic monitor. I got it for €946 inc. vat and delivery through www.dell.ie/epp with a 3 year next day replacement warranty. I'm sure the Dell prices will fall back down if you wait, but that might not be an option for you

If only I hadn't procrastinated originally, I would now have one too for a similar price!!.... Grrr!

JohnK

Pixmania have brought in this policy too. Personally, I wouldn't buy from anyone who requires me to fax them bills or ID. The idea of shopping on the net is convenience. These security checks are not convenient.

Froogle (http://froogle.google.co.uk/) might be able to locate something for you.

Baud

Hydromonkey wrote:

I managed to get one of these last week, absolutely fantastic monitor. I got it for €946 inc. vat and delivery through www.dell.ie/epp with a 3 year next day replacement warranty. I'm sure the Dell prices will fall back down if you wait, but that might not be an option for you

I didn't, because they were charging 792 for the same damn monitor in Germany. I rang them four times on the freephone number, sat on hold for 20 mins each time and never got through. I just wanted to know how they could justify a > 100 EUR difference (once you take VAT differences into account).

L.

Beno

try ebay plenty of those yokes, there are big powersellers buy them in bulk and sell them off one by one

Beno

Baud wrote:

I just wanted to know how they could justify a > 100 EUR difference (once you take VAT differences into account).

L.

we are just willing to pay more, well most of us anyway
simple demand pull inflated prices and our higher price elasticly of demand (economics jargon) We just happen to have more disposable income than the Germans so dell can charge us more

unklerosco

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DELL-24-WIDESCREEN-TFT-MONITOR-PART-2405FPW_W0QQitemZ8717979174QQcategoryZ41808QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

BumFluffy

This seems even cheapqer
http://cgi.ebay.com/DELL-2405fpw-24-WIDEscreen-LCD-TFT-The-Godfather-NEW_W0QQitemZ8714446293QQcategoryZ3695QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Got me thinking, these things are even cheaper still on US EBAY, I wonder would it work out to buy one there (for peanuts) ship it over bang in a power converter and away you go?????

Pauly26

There dual voltage and if you think thats cheap you should check you some of the deals that dell USA are doing check this out!!!

Unfortunately this deal is dead but they come up all the time, thankfully i have a sister that lives in the states and she's alway traveling back to ireland, was really thinking about this for my xmas gift this yr

Here's the link for the site i got the deal from


Dell EPP has the Dimension 9100 2.8GHz Dual Core 1GB System w/ 24" 2405FPW LCD for $1110.

1. Click here
2. Select single 16x DVD+/-RW
3. Select 24" 2405FPW LCD monitor
4. Apply 34% off coupon code: QK9KQ10RWCNMTW

You can also add 2nd monitor 19" 1905 LCD Monitor for $260 - 34% = $172. If you get a lot of upgrades, it might be cheaper to get the 3yr warranty for the extra 6% off.
Specs
Pentium® D Processor 820 with Dual Core Technology (2.80GHz, 800FSB)
Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 2DIMMs
24 inch UltraSharp™ 2405FPW Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
128MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory
160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
56K PCI Data Fax Modem
16x DVD+/-RW with double layer write capability
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr At-Home Service, and 1Yr Technical Support

Pauly26

Just looking at this deal again, im fu*king stupid for not jumping on it, my sister came home last wk i could of having this baby sitting in my room now :mad::mad::mad: man im pis*ed off now thinking about it

clio_16v

http://www.lexsor.com/products/lx043.htm

Dunno if this is of any interest to you but we've these where i work for €999. 27" LCD Tv / Monitor HDTV Ready with 2 yr guarantee...

BumFluffy

Pauly26 wrote:

There dual voltage

WOW!
Just PCs or everything?

DELL de\als every few days
http://hot-deals.org/

http://www.slickdeals.net/category/d-g/#558

seriousy tempting....................

WizZard

BumFluffy wrote:

WOW!
Just PCs or everything?

DELL de\als every few days
http://hot-deals.org/

http://www.slickdeals.net/category/d-g/#558

seriousy tempting....................

America only I would think?

BumFluffy

I did some checking dell machines are indeed dual powered european/american as pauly has mentioned, So just wire up a standard three pin plug and flick the switch at the back.
So simply use the deals provided for Dell US and then have it shipped within the US to family or a friend there (we all must have someone) who then sends it over.

jabaroon

FYI - I ended up buying the monitor from eBay.co.uk for just over EUR900. It also came with a no dead pixel guarantee!!....and now that I have one, I am blown away by it!.....Seriously, if you need a new monitor, get one of these puppies!

BumFluffy

Dell now have the 26" wide pc/tv lcd for 770 [about]

is this not as good/better?

Laguna

One question - This is a HD TV right?, it says HD ready but does that actually mean it's a HDTV or that it's capable of displaying high definition images in 1280x768 resolution but its not actually a HDTV (whereas a dedicated HDTV's resolution is 1366x768) ?

OfflerCrocGod

Laguna wrote:

One question - This is a HD TV right?, it says HD ready but does that actually mean it's a HDTV or that it's capable of displaying high definition images in 1280x768 resolution but its not actually a HDTV (whereas a dedicated HDTV's resolution is 1366x768) ?

LOL it can do a lot more than that! it does 1920*1280 - it's the full big deal! The 24" one is what I'm talking about btw.

Laguna

OfflerCrocGod wrote:

LOL it can do a lot more than that! it does 1920*1280 - it's the full big deal! The 24" one is what I'm talking about btw.

Okay I get you now, but can you tell me if this is a bonafide HDTV please, I'm thinking of picking it up to go with my Xbox 360 and don't want to to be conned into buying something that isn't an actual HDTV!

19" Dell