Bit the Bullet and bought a Dell

Well, I finally bit the bullet. They came out with $500 off coupon, plus another 7% off and with a $200 gift card. So in essence I got $800 off. I got the 3 year warranty that I wanted for both normal warranty stuff and accidents. I am pretty happy. Spent about $200 over my budget but...

This is what I got:
Item Number Quantity Item Description


223-3191 1 Inspiron 1520, Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 2.0GHz, 800Mhz 2M L2 Cache


313-5395 1 Jet Black Color with Matte Finish


311-7213 1 1GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm


320-5462 1 High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch display (1680x1050)


320-5639 1 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT


341-4770 1 160G 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive


420-6556 1 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, English


310-9093 1 DELL RESOURCE DVD,BACK-UP INSP 1520


420-5769 1 Internet Search and Portal


420-5924 1 Icon Consolidation Application


420-6436 1 Vista, PC-Restore, Dim/Insp


420-6995 1 DELL SUPPORT 3.4,DIM/INSP


463-2282 1 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access


420-7024 1 Media Direct 3.3


420-7244 1 Dell Support Center 1.0


430-0493 1 Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron


420-7468 1 ADOBE ACROBAT READER 8.1 DIM/INSP


313-5197 1 8X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive


420-6464 1 Roxio Creator Basic


313-5014 1 Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy


430-2346 1 Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card


320-5691 1 Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam


412-0968 1 Creative Earbud EP630


462-3905 1 I chose the promotional security package with service


312-0525 1 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Prim


461-3063 1 No ISP Requested


412-1397 1 No Productivity Software requested


412-0358 1 Soft Contracts - Consumer Complete Care


412-0359 1 Soft Contracts - Qualxserve


420-7091 1 DataSafe Online Dim/Ins/XPS


420-7094 1 DataSafe Online 10GB for Dim/Ins/XPS


950-3339 1 3 Year Limited Warranty


950-5442 1 Warranty Support,2 Year Extended


960-2780 1 Warranty Support,Initial Year


960-4667 1 CompleteCare Accidental DamageProtection, Inspiron, 3 Year


960-7391 1 1 yr Automated PC Tune Up


986-4349 1 Bundle LoJack Theft Recovery Service - 3 Year


986-5849 1 Thank you for choosing a Limited Warranty and Service Contract


987-4827 1 Insp Datasafe 10GB,1YR,DHS


420-7273 1 Dell Support and PC Tune-up 1YR


982-8392 1 Type 15- Third Party At Home Service with Nights and Week ends, 24x7 Technical Support, 2 Year Extended


987-7228 1 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Extended Year


983-3080 1 Type 15- Third Party At HomeService with Nights and Weekends, 24x7 Technical Support,Initial Year


987-7227 1 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Initial Year


420-7704 1 Trend Micro PC-cillin InternetSecurity, English, 3-Years Subscription


430-2348 1 Dell Wirless 355 Bluetooth Mod


320-5806 1 Jet Black color w/ 2.0M pixel Camera


310-8319 1 Intel Core 2 Duo Processor


310-8628 1 You have chosen a Windows Vista Premium System


988-0089 1 DataSafe included with DellCare Service bundle

Required for Blu-ray drive - $0.00



Required for Blu-ray drive - $0.00



Save $500 on all Inspiron notebook purchases over $1399 (before tax, fees, shipping & handling) - $500.00



7% off on DellCare Plus Bundle and a $200 Gift Card on system purchases $1499 and above! - $102.97


Product Subtotal: $1,368.03
Shipping and Handling: $0.00
Tax: $0.00
Product Total: $1,368.03

 

if you had purchased it from the dell's udel website u would have got the same config for $1175 with 4Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor warranty + 9cell battery + t7500 processor in addition to your current setup

 

UDell? Please explain. I am a college student and did check out their University site and it would not allow the application of coupons (like the $500 off) through it.

 

just make sure that when a third-party technician will come to fix your laptop he wouldn't drop your notebook on the floor, crack it or damaged it

 

you do realize their prices are just raised initially higher when they have these big coupons...its not a real "deal"... dell university maybe priced lower initially so it will not require the coupon to make it a better deal...

just as a point of reference, your laptop cost 2x as much as mine...i paid 699 for mine...do you feel its 2x as good?

 

check this config ... very similar to yours (marginally better) for 1180
http://premierconfigure.us.dell.com...cs=RC1000213&fb=1&l=en&oc=rcRC1000213-1834570

btw udel is the university of delaware site of dell - www.dell.com/udel

 

Check here: http://www.delluniversity.com/

 

Well I tried doing the same laptop through the College program and it would have cost me $1510 for the same thing I bought.

 

Sorry, I got disconnected before typing the entire thread.

You need to configure the system first and then call a Dell Rep. Most of the time, you will be able to get the price you want!

 

Not a University of Delaware student. I would expect you are supposed to be a student there. Besides after I upgraded it it was $1240 minus 3 years of AV and a few other minor things. Ya would have had a 4 year warranty which would have been nice. Also wouldn't have gotten the $200 gift card. So after I bought all the accessories and stuff, I am guessing it would have been a wash.

 

I bought it online so I wouldn't HAVE to talk to a rep.

 

Phone call always gets you a better price! If saving $200-400 means nothing to you, buy online!

PS: I understand you have coupons to get a similar deal so this may not be applicable to you!

 

I hate that. I hate talking on the phone to reps.

I don't think I would have gotten more than $500 off from a rep though.

 

@sinstoic

that's not true. they don't honor $500.00 coupons in their Phone Dept.

what you have to do is config it online and send a quote to order or just place the order online and than call Phone Dept to get something extra or lower the price. btw you can always cancel your order as long is your computer wasn't shipped to you and even than you have 21 days satisfaction guaranty

 

@stoneysilence

phone csr would discount from the Starting Price and not from the price of the system after you applied $500.00 coupon code online

i don't think there are crazy CSRs out there that will give you a $500.00 off the retail price just for being nice to them on the phone

 

Yes, when you call they don't honor coupons but I am talking about getting a deal without any coupons!

 

its easier to start a negotiation from $1000 on any product than from $1500 product ( you already save from the start without even asking what can be done to close a deal)

CSR over the phone won't give you 50% off the retail, but by placing an order online you already get 33% off the retail plus another 13.33% in gift cards.

You don't even start talking to no one in the Dell corporation, but already have 46.66% off the retail. and if you start to configure a lappy over the phone you going to waste 30-60 minutes of your and CSR time and all that CSR will do for you is knock off 20%-30% of retail price that's it, and its only 300-450 bucks. That's only because live person's time over the phone cost more money to a corporation than maintaining web site's order process and thats why people save more on average while dealing with automated ordering process than when ordering thru a live customer services representative

I am not saying that you should not call to talk to a CSR in Phjone Dept. what I am saying is than is smarter to place and order online with a great deal and than try to call them and see if they can knock off few dollars or give yout something for free. I personally had placed an order 3 days ago and have been dealing with Dell's E-mail Dept and Chat Dept. I might call them tomorrow and see what Phone Dept. can do to close the deal

 

Well, I got notice that my new Lappy was shipped yesterday! Supposed to be here Tuesday! Can't wait!

 

Great! Do tell us more about it once it is in your hands! Your opinion counts!