The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Anyone get a deal ordering a 17xr3 in Canada?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by sinuuar, Apr 3, 2011.

  1. sinuuar

    sinuuar Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    *note I live in Canada and rather not have a headache trying to score one from the U.S. Also i will be using Dell.ca prices. Plus Mfractal removed his post from
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware/452304-how-order-dell-us-non-us-citizens.html

    I'm just about ready to pull the trigger on this, can anyone share their experience haggling over the phone?

    I didn't find much info (read the first 10 pages and the last 30-40 pages of the order advice thread) got some good tips from it tho.

    planning on a 2720qm (4gb ram, 320 hhd, blueray player, 1920*1080 60Hz and 6970 gpu) and upgrade the ram, wifi (to a 6300) and HD with a SSD at a later date. Price is 2099.99 plus $150 for going from 6870 to 6970 (not configurable on the website found on a another thread).

    So that brings the price up to 2249.99

    Should I upgrade the wifi card now? $80 option at dell.ca. I heard this card is pretty cheap and it's mainly for WiDi support.

    I'm really having trouble justifying getting a BD combo unit, I don't actually own any Blueray discs/players/ps3. So bite the bullet or should upgrade that later?
     
    sinuuar, Apr 3, 2011
    #1
  2. kunekaden

    kunekaden Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    590
    Messages:
    912
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I called in and configured the system with them and then said "look, I need a 15% discount." The first guy said no, so I hung up.

    2nd guy said "sure, I can do that. Do you have any coupons to add on top of that?"

    edit: Also, it's +$300 to upgrade to 6970 in Canada, not $150
     
    kunekaden, Apr 3, 2011
    #2
  3. sinuuar

    sinuuar Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Thanks!!! that sounded pretty easy :)

    How recently did you order?

    edit, $300 for the upgrade I guess I'll have to live with that. Shoot $150 sounded so much better lol. Too many days (8) of browsing all these forums.
     
    sinuuar, Apr 3, 2011
    #3
  4. kunekaden

    kunekaden Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    590
    Messages:
    912
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    2+ months ago
     
    kunekaden, Apr 3, 2011
    #4
  5. Hybrys

    Hybrys That Damn Cactuar!

    Reputations:
    976
    Messages:
    1,283
    Likes Received:
    130
    Trophy Points:
    81
    HONESTLY, if you live in Vancouver/Toronto, you can order from Dell.com, and find a warehouse just across the border to pick it up from. (IE: Home Point Roberts Package Receiving US address for Canadians) Do that, claim it at the border, pay the taxes (if they try to put a fee on top of it, tell them it's a duty free product made in the US. But you do need to pay local taxes), and bam, you have it for up to $500 cheaper.

    It's what I'm going to do. I refuse to pay more when our dollar is up.
     
    Hybrys, Apr 3, 2011
    #5