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I've pricing Dell 4600 PCs and the prices seem quite high, e.g., $860.00
(after $175.00 rebate and no monitor ordered) + shipping for a 2.8G HT, 3
year limited warranty, XP Home, 512MB RAM, 80G ATA HDD, DVD + free upgrade
to cd-rom r/w, intergrated video and sound, no monitor.

I dunno that price seem high to me. What do you think?

Mike

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"Mike" <wxyz09@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I've pricing Dell 4600 PCs and the prices seem quite high, e.g., $860.00
> (after $175.00 rebate and no monitor ordered) + shipping for a 2.8G HT, 3
> year limited warranty, XP Home, 512MB RAM, 80G ATA HDD, DVD + free
> upgrade
> to cd-rom r/w, intergrated video and sound, no monitor.
>
> I dunno that price seem high to me. What do you think?
>
> Mike
>
>

I think the prices are higher at the moment as well. I config'd a 4600
almost identically (on the small business site) except with an increase in
RAM (512 rather than 256mb), and the price was some $150 higher. (The dual
optical drive special is currently off as is double RAM). I didn't hash it
out for long, but I do suspect the prices are up a bit.

Stew

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I wonder if the unfavorable foreign exchange rate has anything to do with
it?

Mike

"S.Lewis" <fearlessfreep@noyoujump.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Mike" <wxyz09@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:qokLc.2138$ac1.1781@nwrddc04.gnilink.net...
> > I've pricing Dell 4600 PCs and the prices seem quite high, e.g., $860.00
> > (after $175.00 rebate and no monitor ordered) + shipping for a 2.8G HT,
3
> > year limited warranty, XP Home, 512MB RAM, 80G ATA HDD, DVD + free
> > upgrade
> > to cd-rom r/w, intergrated video and sound, no monitor.
> >
> > I dunno that price seem high to me. What do you think?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
>
> I think the prices are higher at the moment as well. I config'd a 4600
> almost identically (on the small business site) except with an increase in
> RAM (512 rather than 256mb), and the price was some $150 higher. (The dual
> optical drive special is currently off as is double RAM). I didn't hash
it
> out for long, but I do suspect the prices are up a bit.
>
>
> Stew
>
>

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"Mike" <wxyz09@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:r3lLc.2195$ac1.288@nwrddc04.gnilink.net:

> I wonder if the unfavorable foreign exchange rate has anything to do
> with it?
>
> Mike
>
> "S.Lewis" <fearlessfreep@noyoujump.com> wrote in message
> news:WGkLc.3041$QO.2659@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
>>
>> "Mike" <wxyz09@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:qokLc.2138$ac1.1781@nwrddc04.gnilink.net...
>> > I've pricing Dell 4600 PCs and the prices seem quite high, e.g.,
>> > $860.00 (after $175.00 rebate and no monitor ordered) + shipping
>> > for a 2.8G HT,
> 3
>> > year limited warranty, XP Home, 512MB RAM, 80G ATA HDD, DVD + free
>> > upgrade
>> > to cd-rom r/w, intergrated video and sound, no monitor.
>> >
>> > I dunno that price seem high to me. What do you think?
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
>> >
>>
>> I think the prices are higher at the moment as well. I config'd a
>> 4600 almost identically (on the small business site) except with an
>> increase in RAM (512 rather than 256mb), and the price was some $150
>> higher. (The dual optical drive special is currently off as is double
>> RAM). I didn't hash
> it
>> out for long, but I do suspect the prices are up a bit.
>>
>>
>> Stew
>>
I bought a 4600 P4 2.8, 512 Ram, 80 Gig HD, 48X r/w cd, 16X DVD Rom,
17" Flat Panel Display (E172FP) , speakers, floppy, integrated video, no
rebate but a price discount offered, and I paid shipping ($99) and tax
(~$50) for a total price of $802 back in March. The difference in price
is definately not due to exchange rate...I think greed is more the issue
here. The same system with even "free" shipping costs $300-400 more
today. No reason other than "they can". In fact I wrote Dell the other
day on this but they just sent me a canned reply. (They probably didn't
read it, and probably don't care.)

I got a good deal but I don't like this company just sticking it to the
consumer. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.I'm sure it will enter
into my desion making process on my next purchase.

Jon

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I purchased a outlet store computer last week, and the price was good. This
week the price are higher in the outlet store. I noticed many vendors have
sales at the end of the month.

"Matt" <matt@themattfella.zzzz.com> wrote in message
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> Mike wrote:
> > I've pricing Dell 4600 PCs and the prices seem quite high, e.g., $860.00
> > (after $175.00 rebate and no monitor ordered) + shipping for a 2.8G HT,
3
> > year limited warranty, XP Home, 512MB RAM, 80G ATA HDD, DVD + free
upgrade
> > to cd-rom r/w, intergrated video and sound, no monitor.
> >
> > I dunno that price seem high to me. What do you think?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
>
> Dell's prices are up and down a lot. That way they can sell to both the
> bargain hunters and the less-careful buyer. If you can wait a while,
> you will get a much better price. Keep an eye on techbargains.com.
> Also you might drop the 3 year warranty---probably it's not worth it.
>

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>I've pricing Dell 4600 PCs and the prices seem quite high, e.g., $860.00
>(after $175.00 rebate

The prices change about every two weeks. In addition you have to check for
coupon codes that are out there at the same time.

I got a good deal about five months ago, free RAM, free burner and free
monitor.

What you have to do it track the coupon codes and wait for a price drop for the
system you want. Either you want the computer and pay for it, or wait for the
price drop
"Anything that doesn't kill you,,,,,,,just hurts a hell of a lot" JLP20

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But are the prices any better elsewhere (for similar components)? I'm
looking to buying a system in the next couple of weeks and this past week
was definitely worse than the week before.

Thanks,

Henry

"JLP20" <jlp20@aol.comnocrap> wrote in message
news:20040721182314.28913.00000214@mb-m26.aol.com...
> >I've pricing Dell 4600 PCs and the prices seem quite high, e.g., $860.00
> >(after $175.00 rebate
>
> The prices change about every two weeks. In addition you have to check for
> coupon codes that are out there at the same time.
>
> I got a good deal about five months ago, free RAM, free burner and free
> monitor.
>
> What you have to do it track the coupon codes and wait for a price drop
for the
> system you want. Either you want the computer and pay for it, or wait for
the
> price drop
> "Anything that doesn't kill you,,,,,,,just hurts a hell of a lot" JLP20

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I recomend Dell all the time,
but I'm going to have to rethink that.

Mike

<jr@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:10frqa8njcs2t02@corp.supernews.com...
> "Mike" <wxyz09@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:r3lLc.2195$ac1.288@nwrddc04.gnilink.net:
>
> > I wonder if the unfavorable foreign exchange rate has anything to do
> > with it?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > "S.Lewis" <fearlessfreep@noyoujump.com> wrote in message
> > news:WGkLc.3041$QO.2659@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
> >>
> >> "Mike" <wxyz09@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> news:qokLc.2138$ac1.1781@nwrddc04.gnilink.net...
> >> > I've pricing Dell 4600 PCs and the prices seem quite high, e.g.,
> >> > $860.00 (after $175.00 rebate and no monitor ordered) + shipping
> >> > for a 2.8G HT,
> > 3
> >> > year limited warranty, XP Home, 512MB RAM, 80G ATA HDD, DVD + free
> >> > upgrade
> >> > to cd-rom r/w, intergrated video and sound, no monitor.
> >> >
> >> > I dunno that price seem high to me. What do you think?
> >> >
> >> > Mike
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> I think the prices are higher at the moment as well. I config'd a
> >> 4600 almost identically (on the small business site) except with an
> >> increase in RAM (512 rather than 256mb), and the price was some $150
> >> higher. (The dual optical drive special is currently off as is double
> >> RAM). I didn't hash
> > it
> >> out for long, but I do suspect the prices are up a bit.
> >>
> >>
> >> Stew
> >>
> I bought a 4600 P4 2.8, 512 Ram, 80 Gig HD, 48X r/w cd, 16X DVD Rom,
> 17" Flat Panel Display (E172FP) , speakers, floppy, integrated video, no
> rebate but a price discount offered, and I paid shipping ($99) and tax
> (~$50) for a total price of $802 back in March. The difference in price
> is definately not due to exchange rate...I think greed is more the issue
> here. The same system with even "free" shipping costs $300-400 more
> today. No reason other than "they can". In fact I wrote Dell the other
> day on this but they just sent me a canned reply. (They probably didn't
> read it, and probably don't care.)
>
> I got a good deal but I don't like this company just sticking it to the
> consumer. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.I'm sure it will enter
> into my desion making process on my next purchase.
>
> Jon
>

Reply to Mike

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I'll check out techbarfgains.com.
I agree re: 3year warranty. otoh,
peace of mind. w/o the warranty
is tech support (such as it is) still available?

Mike

"Matt" <matt@themattfella.zzzz.com> wrote in message
news:qonLc.488$ng5.307@news01.roc.ny...
> Mike wrote:
> > I've pricing Dell 4600 PCs and the prices seem quite high, e.g., $860.00
> > (after $175.00 rebate and no monitor ordered) + shipping for a 2.8G HT,
3
> > year limited warranty, XP Home, 512MB RAM, 80G ATA HDD, DVD + free
upgrade
> > to cd-rom r/w, intergrated video and sound, no monitor.
> >
> > I dunno that price seem high to me. What do you think?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
>
> Dell's prices are up and down a lot. That way they can sell to both the
> bargain hunters and the less-careful buyer. If you can wait a while,
> you will get a much better price. Keep an eye on techbargains.com.
> Also you might drop the 3 year warranty---probably it's not worth it.
>

Reply to Mike

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Where do I find the co,upon codes?
home page?

Mike

"JLP20" <jlp20@aol.comnocrap> wrote in message
news:20040721182314.28913.00000214@mb-m26.aol.com...
> >I've pricing Dell 4600 PCs and the prices seem quite high, e.g., $860.00
> >(after $175.00 rebate
>
> The prices change about every two weeks. In addition you have to check for
> coupon codes that are out there at the same time.
>
> I got a good deal about five months ago, free RAM, free burner and free
> monitor.
>
> What you have to do it track the coupon codes and wait for a price drop
for the
> system you want. Either you want the computer and pay for it, or wait for
the
> price drop
> "Anything that doesn't kill you,,,,,,,just hurts a hell of a lot" JLP20

Reply to Mike

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Uh, try a search with dell and coupon and code
"Anything that doesn't kill you,,,,,,,just hurts a hell of a lot" JLP20

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