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.