Buying a m14x in Canada (QC) : Phone or from the web site ?

I'm on the verge of buying a m14x : should i call and try to bargain with a sales rep. or it's always about the same price, save me the time wasting and get the 48hrs shipping from the web site ?

Thanks.

 

Always, always phone. That's a rule with AW systems

Generally, a good over-the-phone rep deal is about 15%. If you happen to get more than 15%, then you've snagged an excellent rep.

If you can't get 15%, try 10% + free warranty upgrade/orion backpack/gift cards instead.

Don't stop until you get it.

 

Too bad i'm not a great bargainer, i'll give it a try this week

 

I'm not either

If you can find a US address to get it either delivered for pick-up or forwarded to you, I can get you an excellent deal with my rep, however for Canada, I know no one that could help ...unless a Canadian buyer with a great discount would like to PM you his/her rep info

Oh I forgot to mention, the "ships in 24hrs" one is a rip off. They charge 200$ more for the screen upgrade (valued at 50$ on the Canadian AW site) and 2 more GB of RAM, which is 34.99$ on Newegg.ca (for a 4GB stick), so you're basically paying 115$ to get it in 48hrs instead of 7-9 days

 

i dunno about 15%. I ordered my m14x about a week after it came out and he gave me like 4% off. And i even tried using 2 reps against each other and that seemed to be the lowest theyd go then. not sure if its gotten better since then for the m14x.

 

Ouch, that's a shame, because when it first came out, reps were giving Farmers discounts generously to US addresses, so you could of had -21% off even if you weren't with Farmers. Some would even stack it with coupons too! Sadly, that discount is long gone now.

Right now, though, I've been seeing 150-300$ discounts for the M14X (including the coupon) in the last week. I know here in Canada it's quite hard to find a good rep ...they seem to only exist if you have a US address.

Out of curiosity, I'm going to try a few tomorrow just to see how the discounts match VS US reps since I'll have some time to kill before work and if I find a good Canadian rep, I'll let you guys know.

 

yes i recall the farmers discount but being from canada i couldnt take advantage of it. i also had a good US rep from someone on here but they are not allowed to ship to canada, so i was stuck.

 

I bought it online and received it two weeks later. (From QC)

 

that would be great as i am a canadian wanting to get one shortly

 

They're $100.00 off at DELL.CA today. So $1,299.99. Not that great of a deal, but it is something.

12 Days of Dell | Dell Canada

Alienware M14X
Intel® Core™ i7 2630QM 2.0GHz (2.9GHz w/Turbo Boost, 6MB Cache)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Quasar Blue
14.0" High Def (720p/1366x768) with WLED backlight
6GB DDR3 at 1600MHz
750GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s
1.5GB DDR3 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M using NVIDIA Optimus™ technology
8x SuperMulti DVD±R/RW Slot Load Optical Drive
1 Year Basic Service Plan

The m11x was on sale last week, and you saved almost $300.00.

 

jesus, i just ordered one yesterday!!! >:|

 

Thanks for the tips Voodooi, I will definitely take this into consideration as I'm deciding between a M14 and M18. Also for anyone else looking for ordering advice, definitely do it by phone and give this a good read:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware/456885-aw-dell-ordering-advice-how-save.html