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Same Part, Same Supplier, Different Prices
linuxwrangler writes "Infoworld's "Notes From The Field column this week includes a comment from a reader who found that Dell listed several different prices for the same part. Intrigued, I grabbed the first part number I found (a 512MB memory module #A0193405) and found that the list price is $289.99 which the price offered to "large businesses". Meanwhile, the GSA/DOD contract price is $266.21 while "home users" find the list-price discounted to $275.49 and "small businesses" fare even better with a $246.49 price. InfoWorld contacted Dell who responded, "Each segment sets its own pricing, and consumers are free to pick the one that's cheapest." Buyer beware."
Maybe internal competition will drive down their own prices.
a 512MB memory module ... $289.99 ... $266.21 ... $275.49 ... $246.49 .... priceless.
:)
a 512MB memory module
a 512MB memory module
a 512MB memory module
Not buying from Dell
But seriously, it always pays to shop around. You just wouldn't expect to be shopping around from the same suppiler.
oops, meant "200 of them"... oh well, so much for my math.
-- If god wanted me to have a sig, he'd have given me a sense of humor.
which dump? I have some vacation time saved up..
every day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
Cup of coffee in a hotel restaurant after your meal = £3.00
Cup of coffee back in your room = £0 (complementary) + free pack of biscuits!
(Just don't make it with the £2.50 bottle of mineral water)
AT&ROFLMAO
Do you realize how insane it sounds that you have to pay them extra to get tech support from someone who actually speaks the same langauge as you? and I _work_ in tech support.
once you go slack, you never go back
Not always, just most of the time. If you're buying a system *with* a monitor, you'll probably do better on the home/soho site. Without, start on the Small Business site. I often end up checking both, but sometimes it's a bitch trying to build identical systems.
I find Dell's quality to be generally acceptable, but it's a real PITA trying to get a decent price on exactly the system/service features I want without them suddenly adding in crap I don't want/need. Given a reasonable alternative (and, no, I don't want to build my own any more), I would change in minute. (BTW, their 3000 line of desktops is definitely a step backwards.)
I wish I felt better about HP's PC products, but their build quality just ain't what it used to be.
HP joke circa 1985: Two engineers, one hardware and one software, take an HP workstation up to the roof. Connecting a long extension cord, they boot it up and then drop it three stories to the pavement below. Running down to see the results, the hardware guy says, "Hey! It's still running!", and the software guy says, "Yeah, but it's still running HP-UX"
Sure it does, because at one point I had to travel to India to train my replacements. ;p
But this is the new Dell/Windows universe where such things are not necessary since Wintel solutions always work perfectly, and the habits of old Unix administrators are just not necessary, so shave that beard, and sit down.
"but money is the God of Algiers & Mahomet their prophet." - Rich. O'Bryen June 8th 1786