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    Aafes

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Syntheticfibers, May 9, 2011.

  1. Syntheticfibers

    Syntheticfibers Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey,

    Does anyone know if AAFES orders take longer to ship than regular Dell orders?

    Thanks
     
    Syntheticfibers, May 9, 2011
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  2. Typecast

    Typecast NBR's Tamed Zombie

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    I dont think so. I ordered mine on aafes and got the same edd with my friend last march when we ordered the r3.
     
    Typecast, May 9, 2011
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  3. MikeeDinh

    MikeeDinh Notebook Evangelist

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    i order my unit through them. ordered on 4/22 got it on 5/02
     
    MikeeDinh, May 9, 2011
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    Europeanbum Newbie

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    It depends on if your Oconus or Conus. I know that Oconus takes anywhere from 2-3 weeks longer.
     
    Europeanbum, May 9, 2011
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  5. humjaba

    humjaba Notebook Consultant

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    Ordered mine 4/26 on aafes site (dell says 4/27) and still waiting, shipped to California. I can post back when I get it if you'd like.
     
    humjaba, May 10, 2011
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    joon82 Notebook Consultant

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    Placed order on April 4 and got shipped on 29 April.
    M17x r3
     
    joon82, May 10, 2011
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  7. humjaba

    humjaba Notebook Consultant

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    Well mine shipped yesterday.
    Ordered 4/26 from aafes, dell received order 4/27 and will arrive 5/11.
     
    humjaba, May 10, 2011
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    8bitZombie Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ordered 2 M14 on May 1st through AAFES:

    1st- Soft Black and monitor upgrade to 1600x900

    2nd- Nebula Red with monitor upgrade, 6250 WiMax card, and Bluetooth

    Black one came in today (what a quick turnaround) on 10th. Red one is still in production. Both had a EDD of 5-31-11. This was mailed from Tenessess on May 9th and i didnt choose overnight since its free shipping. Im in Chicago currently.
     
    8bitZombie, May 10, 2011
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  9. DustoMan

    DustoMan Notebook Guru

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    Wow that is a quick turn around. I ordered mine yesturday and it has a EDD of the 31st as well. Maxed out the CPU, GPU, and RAM since with all the discounts I came out well under my $2000 budget. Even sprang for the 2-year Advanced warranty just in case. Now I'm agonizing over what SSD to put in it. And if I should swap out the optical drive for the stock 500GB in a caddy. I figure I have at least have two weeks for either an Intel 510 or OCZ Agility/Vertex 3 to go on sale somewhere.
     
    DustoMan, May 11, 2011
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  10. 8bitZombie

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    Nice upgrade :cool:

    Yah my total of both came out to be $2079. Was looking in Amazon there seems to be a 160gb OCZ Agility for like $270 or go cheap to a $199 120gb OCZ Agility. But it seems Dells EDD is as accurate as the Mayans 2012 prophecy.
     
    8bitZombie, May 11, 2011
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