Price comparison US vs Europe

Now that the R3 is available for Europe (UK site) i compared the prices:

2720QM, 6970M, 8GB 1333MHz, 1080p HD screen.

UK price: $4 239
US price: $2 169
Price difference: $2070

So there you have it. Some people have been saying that you might as well buy from Europe because the price difference isn`t that much and it will be the same if you include custom fees with US price.
Verdict: Buy from US if possible. Insane price difference. Please see my thread if you want tip on how to order from the US.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/562083-hidevolution.html

 

That's precisely what you shouldnt do, you need to make a fuss over this phone them up ask them how they reach the price difference given the currency exchange rate and taxes etc. It's never any use to sit back and put up with things like this.

 

Yes i agree 100% with you that we shouldn`t have to put up with these BS prices here in Europe but at the same time i don`t think it will be that easy to make them lower their prices here either

 

Yea, the best I got by talking to sales is £250 off.


That was still on a 1 year warranty/4gb ram/2720qm/3d bundle/standard wifi/320gb hard drive

This cost me £2,450 with the £250 off.


It was so funny I actually laughed over the phone and just quit.


Not worth it.

 

I've sent an e-mail to the head man asking him to explain the pricing discrepancies - I suggest you do so to. I dont mind them adding 30% on to cover vat and import duties but the pricing is just silly at present.

 

The price difference is not justified.

Remember that VAT would have to be paid if you found someone that ships it to you.

 

And still you'll save. VAT= 19.6%

 

Maybe one of us should start a business...

 

On a slightly different note - is it possible to get the UK keyboard and then swap it onto an imported US model?

 

Yes, but the most of the keyboards on ebay and other site are between £50 and £80.

Really just remember hold alt and dial 156 on the numpad = £

Other than that the US layout withholds nothing.

 

The local Dell (in that country) is free to set whatever prices they see fit, what they think the customers in that country are prepared to pay. This usually means double the price or more, compared to the U.S. I have experience from Asia as well. Particularly Alienware models are way overpriced.

And it's always sad to see the upgrade prices on CPUs. For example, for the M11x, upgrading from the i5-520UM to the i7-640UM costs around $380 at Swedish Dell. The bulk price difference for the CPUs from Intel is $60... It's ridiculous.

 

maxed out 3D system £3900 and that does not include the 1600mhz memory or extreme cpu, I'd guess that would add another £800 so the total UK price for the system in my signature would be about £4700, price checked through HID £2600, Dell really really need to address this.

 

The problem is, that europeans are willing to buy it at the price Dell UK etc set because they are unaware that there is so HUGE price difference between Europe and US.

If we were, Dell wouldn`t sell any huge numbers and therefor would have to lower the price. And i don`t think 1-5-10 emails will make them change their prices here either because we would probably need a huge petition against them.

 

I have been buying from the US for a while now! I am sick of paying UK prices.
Its not just Dell, I bought a couple of Envy's which were about 25% cheaper after vat/customs and also gave me the option to configure them unlike the UK HP site.

As long as the product has a global warranty you are laughing. and the US keyboard is easy to adjust to.

 

If nobody does anything then of course the prices will stay the same. They dont have to be unreasonable, just look at the M15x pricing - much more reasonable $1199 in US £999 in UK.

 

Well actually if everybody decides to buy from the USA then Dell Will have to do something about the UK prices

 

and Hidevolution become very busy indeed..........go Ted go lol

 

And what do you propose we do?

I have spoken to countless reps and they blatently do not care. They will happily lose a 2k sale rather than drop the price in line with US pricing.

 

ASUS and Dell have global warranties, how was HP and others?

 

I have imported sager, MSI and HP.
Had no issues with the sager or msi so didnt need the warranty but the HP was a nightmare. Wont be buying another HP thats for sure

 

Did another price comparison, this time the M15X.

Specs: i7 840QM, 8GB 1333 RAM, 1080p screen, GTX 260M with US model and GT 240M with UK model. They didn`t offer the same GPU. The US GPU is MUCH better.

Price:
US: $2174
UK: $3128

Price difference: $954.
Taxes and expenses: $534 (20% VAT $434) + $100 in postal service
Money saved $420

 

Price comparison, US and Sweden.

Specs is : 1080p screen, 8 gb ram, hd 6970m graphic card, i7 2630qm and blu ray player.

US price =2,169.00$
Swe price=4500.00$

2331$ price difference
+25% VAT=582,75$
+ about 150$ for sending it to swe
Total price=3063,75$

Total savings=1436,25$

Sick...

 

The shipping cost with Fedex is about $350.00 from USA to most European countries.

It is about $130.00 with USPS.

 

$350??
Must be some kind of superultrafastdelivernexthourthingy right?

 

No that's the cheapest with Fedex but remember Fedex does not have international ground services...

 

But USPS and UPS does very little ground service too if i remember correct. The last two times i ordered package from US California they flew the package right from LAX to the east coast, then from east coast to Norway.

 

I have no idea why such a price difference but it's not worth the debate. Just check the prices you'll see.

 

I believe you. Perhaps $350 is the price you have to pay if you don`t want the famous package throwing service that some other postal companies offer

 

There are other ways, I can't help more because I guess those services are held by certain import/export agencies, and they should be different from country to country, but I could import my g73 paying something like 55/65 euros (I remember I was disapponted because I had to pay some USA taxes not related to the pc importing procedure, those where taxes applyed inside NY city... ).

 

Well I did get a response from the executive office asking for a phone number to discuss this issue so i'll see what they say...

 

Asia Price
(KOREA)
I7 2720 4gb 750gb

US price : $1749 + tax
AAFES price : $1574 no tax
DELL Korea Price : $2678 include tax and ship

Its not only UK. Its all over the world~

 

fedx shipping to UK is $250 not $350 and that's their priority service

 

Well I managed through one of the UK reps Steve Jones recommended to get a £600 discount on the system - effectively taking the base price to £1200 which is much more reasonable. Still going to see if the executive office can sort out the pricing in general on the site when I get the callback however.

 

Thats an awesome discount! See if you actually get to order it at that!

 

It's done and ordered already!

 

That will put the price comparison to this

M17x R3
2720QM, 6970M, 8GB 1333MHz, 1080p HD screen.

UK price: $3 239
US price: $2 169
Price difference: $1070

Even so that is a very good discount. Is that just for you or did he say that they will offer this to all Europeans on the UK site?

 

Don't forget to add the 20% tax
2169+434= $2603
Difference: $639
Still a lot though

 

Well I received a call back from the executive office saying that they have investigated the issue with the people who set the pricing. They agreed the pricing was ridiculous and this will supposedly be corrected tomorrow. We'll see tomorrow what they've done!

 

Wow awesome if you actually managed to get a big corporation like Dell to lower their prices for us europeans. Big kudos to you if this truly happens Simon

 

I've bought my system in Germany from Dell for 3484 Euro.
In the US for this amount converted to dollars I could fully max my system out...

I thought it is the same with German cars in the US, but not..
for example, Audi R8 5.2 prices from official websites:
in Germany starting from 144400 Euro
in the US starting from 149000 Dollars where is the logic

 

Hm, $50 000 more in their own homecountry. LOL

 

That us price for the car dosent include tax where the germany one might.

 

thats what i got from alienware rep in uk just now after one hour of haggling. this price (£2495) is absolutely ridiculous and insane......

US price for same configuration is $2144

Alienware M17x R3 Alienware M17x Stealth Black

Item Description Quantity Total Price

Alienware M17x Nebula Red 1 £2,062.52
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 2630QM (2.00Ghz, 6MB, 4C) 1
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English 1
3Yr Next Day Hardware Support 1
No Accidental Damage Support 1
1.5GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460M w/ Optimus Technology 1
17.3" WideFHD (1920 x 1080) WLED LCD 1
8192MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x4096] 1
Blu-Ray ROM Combo (Blu-ray read only, DVD, CD read and write) Drive 1
750GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive 1
Dell Wireless 375 Bluetooth Card - EUR 1
Intel Wireless LAN 6300 3x3 (802.11a/b/g/n) Card - EUR 1
Primary 9 cell Li-Ion Default Base Battery 1
No Antivirus Software 1
N03W7V01 1
Alienware M17x R3 Order - UK 1
English Documentation 1
Alienware Resource DVD 1
240W AC Adaptor 1
Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard 1
One free Dell Expert call to help with your PC queries within 60 days of purchase 1
1 year Next Business Day Hardware Support included with your PC 1
Generic Name Plate Engraving 1
No Carrying Case 1
AutoMatic updates - On 1
No speakers required 1
Integrated 3.0 Mega Pixel HD Camera 1
UK 2M 250V Power Cord 1
Mars Red 1
Alienhead Glow 1
Steam® Client and Portal™ Game - Factory Installed 1
(GMT + 00.00) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London 1

Subtotal: £2,062.52
Freight: £16.66
Total Net: £2,079.18
VAT (Rate 20%): £415.84
Total: £2,495.02

 

They wil raise US price then to match UK price. A lot of angry Americans will be looking for you then.

Will see how much they wil lower it, if they do.

 

theres a good £300 price difference now.. i guess it worked. well done...

 

Yep they've lowered it, looks like they fixed the m15x and m17x-r2 prices a bit too. Who said complaining got you nowhere?

 

Wow, that's awesome.

They actually did lower it.



Next job lower it more along with the upgrade prices.

 

Well done

 

Firstly well done on getting the price lowered...

I was really worried that the price had dropped to a point that would have made it pointless me having ordered from the states.

Even with the price drop, my configured, delivered machine was the same in USD from the states as getting it in the UK in GBP. The base model in the UK is now good value but the upgrades are still stupidly inflated, except the 6300 extreme wireless card?? odd.

 

It's still too high but this is the right step and I'm happy that it happened.