AW/DELL Ordering Advice - How to save $$$

The best quote I was able to get was this:
1 Lunar Silver - Anodized Aluminum
1 Intel Core i7 820QM 1.73GHz (3.06GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache)
1 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz
1 Alienware M17x 240W A/C Adapter
1 17-inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 RGB LED (1200p)
1 Crossfire 1GB ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5870
1 640GB Raid 0 (2x 320GB 7,200RPM HDDs)
1 AlienFX Color, Terra Green
1 Alienware Command Center, M17x
1 Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
1 DataSafe Local BackUp 2.0 Basic
1 PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
1 ADOBE READER 9.0 MULTI- LANGUAGE
1 8X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive,QuickSilver
1 CyberLink PowerDVD 8.0 Software
1 Nero 9 Media Burning Software
1 5.1 Channel Audio
1 Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 6300 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO Technology
1 Automatic Updates: On
1 CompleteCare Accidental DamageProtection, Inspiron, 1 Year
1 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Initial Year
1 Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
1 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
1 Soft Contracts,Banktec Care,Alienware
1 Soft Contracts,Consumer Complete Care,Alienware
1 Warranty Support,Initial Year
1 Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR
1 Alienhead Chrome Blue
1 Alienhead Chrome Blue
1 Steam and Portal Factory Installed
1 Standard Nameplate
1 Thank you for choosing Dell
For $2,628.02
Which is about 15% off. I couldn't get hold of my previous Rep who gave me 22% off. He doesn't have his own extension number since he works overseas so.. The current rep told me he'll give me a call to see if he can drop another $150 to satisfy my needs. I'm not even aiming for 20% or over anymore. To think about the nightmare I had to go through to order the first one.. Phew..

 

I just got off the phone (2 hours about from SINGLE rep.) Okay before everyone panics and starts reordering. There are 3 things I want to mention. 1. Memory cannot be upgraded to 1333 MHz. It must be kept at 1066 MHz. 2. Hard drive cannot be upgraded or downgraded. I was forced to get 640 GB at 5,400 RPM even when I told them to change to a cheaper 7,200RPM one. 3. It comes with a wireless printer and a wireless mouse (mouse is crap). Now the best deal ever.
Laptop
224-8108 1 Lunar Silver - Anodized Aluminum
317-3658 1 Intel Core i7 820QM 1.73GHz (3.06GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache)
317-3660 1 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz
330-7841 1 Alienware M17x 240W A/C Adapter
320-8856 1 17-inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 RGB LED (1200p)
320-8988 1 Crossfire 1GB ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5870
342-0669 1 640GB 5,400RPM SATA-II HDD
313-8797 1 AlienFX Color, Terra Green
421-2261 1 Alienware Command Center, M17x
421-1400 1 Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
420-9691 1 DataSafe Local BackUp 2.0 Basic
420-6436 1 PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
410-1883 1 ADOBE READER 9.0 MULTI- LANGUAGE
313-8977 1 8X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive,QuickSilver
421-1304 1 CyberLink PowerDVD 8.0 Software
421-1305 1 Nero 9 Media Burning Software
313-8944 1 5.1 Channel Audio
430-3739 1 Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 6300 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO Technology
330-6348 1 Automatic Updates: On
960-9187 1 CompleteCare Accidental DamageProtection, Inspiron, 1 Year
908-2207 1 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Initial Year
922-3410 1 Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
950-9797 1 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
421-1721 1 Soft Contracts,Banktec Care,Alienware
421-1719 1 Soft Contracts,Consumer Complete Care,Alienware
994-3730 1 Warranty Support,Initial Year
430-0628 1 Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR
421-2611 1 AlienGUIse Theme Manager with Breed Theme
421-1574 1 Alienhead Chrome Blue
421-1593 1 Alienhead Chrome Blue
421-1360 1 Steam and Portal Factory Installed
330-6175 1 Standard Nameplate
Printer
224-6608 1 Dell V313w Wireless All In OnePrinter
904-5400 1 Advanced Exchange Limited Warranty Initial Year
990-7659 1 No Warranty beyond 1 year
903-6147 1 Dell Hardware Limited WarrantyInitial Year
Mouse
A2449391 1 USB Wireless Travel Optical Mouse - Black

All comes out to be $2,570.63 (Including tax. I live in CA so tax is enormous.) compared to $3386.18 with tax JUST for the laptop.
If you are okay with the crappy HDD and 1066 MHz Ram, go for it. I'm planning to buy a SSD and 8GB of ram with the money I saved.

If anyone's interested, yes this time I got a direct extension number and email, shoot me a PM and I'll be happy to give it to you!

Mention Sean and about the offline deal he got. He told me it might not be available by tomorrow so order ASAP.
Oh did I mention not to panic? I'm kidding HURRY UP!

 

You'll want to get that contest info off. Against the rules. I made the same mistake.

Er, contact info.

 

Thanks for sharing. You just saved A LOT of someone's time!

Even without the crappy mouse and printer, it's a pretty big discount. It has a lot of unnecessary / interesting things (5.4k RPM HD, silly mouse, etc.) but it's a great deal... just out of my budget range.

+1

 

Contest info? ? I'm guessing my rep's information. If it is, he told me to share his information to all my friends and family.

 

Yes but you have to do it through PM's and E-mails. Sharing 'personal' contact information is a nada.

 

Ah I see sorry about that. I'll take it off! Thanks!

 

Is it me or did the price on something go down a little? I configured my system I ordered Monday, and it seems less expensive.

Update: I guess it was just me, I forgot about the tax, opps

 

Okay for some reason, even with the ridiculous offer I got, I'm having second thoughts. I really have no use for the wireless printer and the mouse. I really want the ram at to be 1333 MHz and Raid 0 Configuration. Yes I'm VERY VERY picky about these stuff. Should I try quoting this to another rep and see if they can price match this in order to get better discount?

 

My deal was $2609.00 total. My specs are in my sig.

 

Obviously there is a mistake or a typo here! Unless you haven't updated yet.

 

Thank you, good catch

 

Psst... the price you gave above too!

 

Dang, sleep deprived, lol

$2,609.00
Better?

 

Phew finally I can leave this thread for a while. Hahaha! Excellent price!

 

@Flynnaz
Wow I was like "six grand on a laptop? that thing must really be the faizian core model we've been hearing about".

@Doublee
No you cant leave yet!

Second thoughts already? If you're as picky as I you won't be satisfied without the absoulte best you can get. If you even think once about changing your mind, that deals not for you. Who needs a crap mouse and spare printer anyways?

 

Yeah I know but at the moment, I'm on the budget as the money for the returned laptop is still on the way. I didn't want to wait a while until the money gets here. So I somehow dished out around $2800 but I need at least $100 to live off.. (college student ) So I wanted to drop the price to $2700 and no one is really willing to do that for me at the moment. I sent out an email to my previous rep to see if he can price match it by comparing the prices to the one I ordered just now. I also sent an email to my current rep talking about how my class "requires" these components so I might have to cancel the order and see if he can work something out for me. Everything will be answered by tomorrow!

 

I was in the same boat, so I went down from the 820QM to the 720QM, I think I will notice nothing different given the 5870 CF pulling most of the weight in games.

That's a $300.00 upgrade,

 

Yeah I know but again I'm picky about it. So I'm trying to keep the 820QM. If I downgrade to 720QM, I won't be satisfied. I'll just wait a bit and talk to few reps before making my final decision.

 

doublee, I feel your pain.

The other offer was great, it's just I wouldn't take it since most of the stuff wasn't useful to me. I'd rather not spend that much extra money on stuff that I don't need at all. The only time I did it, when I bought bunch of stuff from Razer (in fact few days ago I ordered another $10 mouse pad for my sister). But that was due to ridiculous discount - I paid $30 - not a big deal.
I have a printer at home and rarely use it, since I have access to everything in my computer lab room.

i7 820 is good, but for me wasn't worth the huge jump in price. On Dell's web, after i7620/720, you start paying way more for the similar performance increase. I took the cheapest hard drive since I am planning to save for ~60GB SSD. The only thing I could've changed is RAM (1333 instead of 1066) but OK. I didn't get all the fuss with Intel WiFi - I see everyone is taking that one... I'll mostly be using regular wired LAN on m17x so I didn't upgrade.

 

So I found this link right here Dell Alienware M11x and you can get a considerable discount on certain links if you don't want to beef up your m11x. expires May 27th.

 

It's official! I canceled my previous order. Gotta wait a while in order to get some more discount. Sigh.. delays delays..

 

Coupon - CBC67RMDJCZ7MT
50$ off anything over 499$

Coupon -?8CN$RJ?W5TQ0C
Free shipping

 

$50 coupon has been redeemed already but free shipping works

 

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try that and see if you get 17% off. its for an employee's discount i used.

EDIT: nevermind. it doesnt work. i just tried it again on a new order and it said it had already been redeemed. my bad.

 

I ended up pulling the trigger and getting the m17x and ended up saving about 18.6% on my laptop after talking to a rep named Wilbert

 

Okay I'm back and for good. I spoke to my rep for 3 days now. I got a better deal this time with the specification I wanted! The bundle deal still exists so if anyone wants to try getting the deal I got, shoot me a PM and I can give out his information as he strongly suggested for me to tell all my friends and family to call him for the deal. This is what I got this time:
224-8108 1 Lunar Silver - Anodized Aluminum
317-3658 1 Intel Core i7 820QM 1.73GHz (3.06GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache)
317-3663 1 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz
330-7841 1 Alienware M17x 240W A/C Adapter
320-8856 1 17-inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 RGB LED (1200p)
320-8988 1 Crossfire 1GB ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5870
342-0668 1 500GB 7,200RPM SATA-II HDD
313-8797 1 AlienFX Color, Terra Green
421-2261 1 Alienware Command Center, M17x
421-1400 1 Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
420-9691 1 DataSafe Local BackUp 2.0 Basic
420-6436 1 PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
410-1883 1 ADOBE READER 9.0 MULTI- LANGUAGE
313-8977 1 8X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive,QuickSilver
421-1304 1 CyberLink PowerDVD 8.0 Software
421-1305 1 Nero 9 Media Burning Software
313-8944 1 5.1 Channel Audio
430-3739 1 Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 6300 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO Technology
330-6348 1 Automatic Updates: On
950-3337 1 1 Year Limited Warranty
908-2207 1 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Initial Year
922-3410 1 Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
950-9797 1 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
421-1721 1 Soft Contracts,Banktec Care,Alienware
994-3730 1 Warranty Support,Initial Year
430-0628 1 Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR
421-1574 1 Alienhead Chrome Blue
421-1593 1 Alienhead Chrome Blue
421-1360 1 Steam and Portal Factory Installed
330-6175 1 Standard Nameplate

On site price is $2999.00 and I got it for $2357.10. There is a catch before anything. The bundle deal has to come with a wireless mouse and a wireless printer which boosts the price to about ~$100. So the grand total I paid after CA tax (9.25% UGH ) was $2665.91. Still not bad when I was about to give up and pay full $2800 with the same spec as above. My grand total before was $2850 with the advanced warranty so I told them to change it to basic warranty so it can bring my final pricing to $2750. Instead it dropped even more than expected. With the money I saved, I'm going to upgrade to Complete warranty once my laptop ships out!
*I was also able to keep the Razer Mamba that I received with my previous laptop. So I guess I can throw that into the deal? *

 

here are my ordered specs
1 224-8108 Lunar Silver - Anodized Aluminum
1 317-3656 Intel Core i7 620M 2.66 GHz (3.33GHz Turbo Mode, 4MB Cache)
1 317-3660 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz
1 330-7841 Alienware M17x 240W A/C Adapter
1 320-8856 17-inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 RGB LED (1200p)
1 320-8988 Crossfire 1GB ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5870
1 342-0666 250GB 7,200RPM SATA-II HDD
1 330-3924 Name Plate Engraving
1 330-6106 Personalized Nameplate Trigger
1 313-8796 AlienFX Color, Plasma Purple
1 421-2261 Alienware Command Center, M17x
1 421-1400 Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
1 420-9691 DataSafe Local BackUp 2.0 Basic
1 420-6436 PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
1 410-1883 ADOBE READER 9.0 MULTI- LANGUAGE
1 313-8977 8X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive,QuickSilver
1 421-1304 CyberLink PowerDVD 8.0 Software
1 421-1305 Nero 9 Media Burning Software
1 313-8944 5.1 Channel Audio
1 430-3739 Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 6300 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO Technology
1 330-6348 Automatic Updates: On
1 960-9187 CompleteCare Accidental DamageProtection, Inspiron, 1 Year
1 908-2207 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Initial Year
1 922-3410 Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
1 950-9797 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
1 421-1721 Soft Contracts,Banktec Care,Alienware
1 421-1719 Soft Contracts,Consumer Complete Care,Alienware
1 994-3730 Warranty Support,Initial Year
1 430-0628 Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR
1 421-1574 Alienhead Chrome Blue
1 421-1593 Alienhead Chrome Blue
1 421-1360 Steam and Portal Factory Installed
1 330-5090 Thank You for Purchasing AlienWare
1 463-0742 Special Pricing Applied



original price $2,653.00

now $2166.30

 

THat's what with/witout tax/delivery.... subtotal... total....?

 

without tax
i think it was $177 for tax

 

Subtotal. I visited AW site and configured too much. It seems like I know what's a subtotal and what's not right away. Oh man..

 

oh and shipping was free though I'm going to call tomorrow and see what can do about making it over night shipping

 

Doublee you are getting killer deals! Sending PM to you!

 

My order from this morning! Starting price was $3218.00 after calling a good sales rep. I know, I managed to pay a final price of $2550.63 no sales tax in OR.

1 224-8107 Space Black - Anodized Aluminum
1 317-3658 Intel Core i7 820QM 1.73GHz (3.06GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache)
1 317-3663 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz
1 330-7841 Alienware M17x 240W A/C Adapter
1 320-8856 17-inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 RGB LED (1200p)
1 320-8988 Crossfire 1GB ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5870
1 342-0668 500GB 7,200RPM SATA-II HDD
1 330-3924 Name Plate Engraving
1 330-6106 Personalized Nameplate Trigger
1 313-8791 AlienFX Color, Mars Red
1 421-2261 Alienware Command Center, M17x
1 421-1400 Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
1 420-9691 DataSafe Local BackUp 2.0 Basic
1 420-6436 PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
1 410-1883 ADOBE READER 9.0 MULTI- LANGUAGE
1 313-8569 Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
1 421-1304 CyberLink PowerDVD 8.0 Software
1 421-1305 Nero 9 Media Burning Software
1 313-8944 5.1 Channel Audio
1 430-3739 Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 6300 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO Technology
1 330-6348 Automatic Updates: On
1 960-9187 CompleteCare Accidental DamageProtection, Inspiron, 1 Year
1 908-2207 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Initial Year
1 922-3410 Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
1 950-9797 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
1 421-1721 Soft Contracts,Banktec Care,Alienware
1 421-1719 Soft Contracts,Consumer Complete Care,Alienware
1 994-3730 Warranty Support,Initial Year
1 430-0628 Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR
1 421-1587 Alien Red Glyphs
1 421-1597 Alien Red Glyphs
1 421-1360 Steam and Portal Factory Installed
1 330-5090 Thank You for Purchasing AlienWare
1 462-3235 Thank you for choosing Dell

 

Woww Truly a nice deal! Congrats!

 

Thx! Ya wasn't even planning to purchase today but after the deal my rep. gave, I just had to pull the trigger.

 

Lucky you had no tax! 9.25% tax left a dent in my wallet . We both have pretty much 90% same config and ordered on the same day. Let's hope we both get ours before our EDD? haha

 

Even though I love CA and the Bay Area in particular. Hope to move back down there someday but for now, I don't miss the sales tax!

And it would be nice to get it earlier. But either way I don't mind waiting or having a couple delays also, can possibly get more discounts or some freebies out of it haha. I've canceled 3 different notebook orders so far, in the past 2 months before finally going back to Alienware.

 

Hahaha. I had 2 weeks delay for my 1st M17x and got a Razer Mamba out of them. I was able to still keep it when I returned mine for full refund!

 

LOL nice! Ya as long as Dell compensates us for the wait then I'm all for it.

 

Where you out of your 21 day peroid?

 

Ah OK. I'm asking because I bought very similar configuration (the only difference is I ordered Dell wifi card) for Subtotal: $2,171.60 - without taxes and shipping. I only used EPP and $100 off coupon tho.

BTW doublee are you ever going to order?

 

I was past my 21 days by like.. 4 days I believe but my sales rep told me return policy is 30 days so when I emailed him about how I wanted to reorder with the 5870 Crossfire, he immediately helped me by setting up and giving me the return labels and everything.

Of course. I just ordered yesterday. It's on the page 103 and specs are also on my sig!

 

Hey guys what does this mean? Do you have to work at dell to use it or what?

"17% Internal Dell EPP coupon is applicable online only and is stackable with all existing offers.
Expires Friday, January 28, 2011"

 

I don't know about recently, but from 1999-2005, US Dell employees did not have a discount anywhere close to that.

 

well. to tell you the truth. my aunt gave me a discount code for my m11x. i got 17% off. and from hounding different forums i found a 50$ off any purchase over 400$ and a free shipping code. i ended up paying 774.33 for my m11x as it says in my sig.

i think only the free shipping code still works. i posted it a few pages back

 

Any advice/coupons for the backpack? About to purchase it I got free shipping already but any other coupons? I am about to use amazon its cheaper. But dell would be best.

Coupons please?

 

Buy it from amazonregardless

 

Perhaps a stupid question but is it possible of talking to US sales reps when ordering a machine in Belgium (Europe)? I like the idea that you can stay in touch with 1 and the same sales rep and mail him (heard good things about michael dell for example) when you got problems.

 

yeah just call up dell and talk to a dell sales rep. sometimes you can even haggle a discount out of them. its definitely a good idea if you dont have coupons to lower the price for you already. i know there arent many out right now ( i had a hard time finding any for my m11x ). good luck on your system!

EDIT: i didnt see belgium lolol. err refer to comment below by unreal25.