Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
Hang up, wait and call back and get someone else. Or better yet, wait for the next deal to come around and buy then...
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I know people are PM'ing me asking for my rep and I haven't responded yet. I apologize for the lack of response, but I was waiting to hear back from my friend before I sent his info out. At the current moment there are really no specials to be had.
If you want I will gladly forward you his information, I told him I would and he was fine with it, and you can contact him. As I stated 20 pages ago, my only rule is that you do not Haggle. The rep I giving you is my Personal EPP rep that I have bought 20+ laptops off in the past 3 months and sent over $130k in business. This isn't some Joe Schmoe in India (no offense) who I'm handing out for abuse.
If you are interested send me a PM, but understand that there isn't a whole lot of budge right now with systems. If you are M18x shopping do not bother PM'ing me, because there are NO deals on this at the moment. The profit margin on the M18x is very slim at the moment (due to the lowering of the CFX configuration) and I was barely able to get my special deal from him because it was below cost.
Whoa, I type too fast lol
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My rep is still handing out discounts if anyone is interested, PM me.
Might take up to 2 days to reply since I work double full time jobs right now, but I've received some replies thus far and people have been very, very happy.
US-only, please ...unless you're a Canadian picking it up in the US or if anyone is having it forwarded from a US address, then to another country.
Only works on US-addresses.
Cheers.
(answered about 40 PM's so far ...but I know what it feels like being tight on money. I will not be monitoring this thread so shoot me a pm)
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Hey man. Not to come off as a mooch, but I've been dealing with semi-lingual Dell representatives for the past 3 days and I've about had it. If you could help me out, that'd be great. I'm looking to pay about $1,050 for an M14X. Shoot me a PM
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You need 10 posts to send/receive PM's. Once that's done, I'll answer them all sometime Thursday since I work doubles on Wednesday and will be way too tired to go on the computer
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as others have said, there's not a whole lot goin on as far as discounts atm.. supposedly their back to school sale stuff starts the 22nd. that would be the best time to try again (when somethin pops up relating to alienware that is..)
unless you get really, really lucky with a rep, you can't expect a huge discount to fall into your lap when there isn't some sort of promotion going on. even if a rep gives you a big discount, there's a chance it wont be approved by their management and your order will get cancelled.
since it's a few weeks until back to school time, you can either use this free time to call a shat load of reps to see if you can get a good deal, or you can find something constructive to do to occupy you until the next discount season starts
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Yeah, just wait for the back to school sale. Like most folks, reps like to also take the path of least resistance so having to go back to a manager for every discount is a pain in the for them too, especially if they might not even get the sale (which equals $0 commission).
It'd be nice if they had a save $400 on xfire (bundled) sale and tack on another 20-30% on top of that with the rep!
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Anyone work for any State or Federal government agencies that have used the EPP program to get any decent discounts? I noticed even using the State Employee EPP discount on the website it only shaves about $30 off the M17x R3. I've pretty much read through this entire thread as I've enjoyed hearing about everyone's crazy deals and the pure excitement that each of you must have felt has got me excited to finally try my hand at ordering from Dell again.
I had a very bad experience over Christmas ordering an XPS from them where (to make a long story short) they sent me a non-full hd screen and flat out told me numerous times it was the full 1920x1080 screen. After "allowing" an engineer remotely to try for over 2 hours to get the screen to go to 1920x1080 (with myself enjoying every minute of it), he finally gave up and said there was something wrong with my laptop. I assured him that if he just looked up the part number that I gave him for the monitor he would see that it was not the correct screen. Well, anyways, they tried to get me to keep it by giving me discounts, but the screen was even scratched upon arrival, so there was no way I was keeping it and returned it within days. In the end, they gave me $100 off my next purchase from Dell so I'm thinking, after reading this thread through, an M17x may be in my future.
I'm in the US and would be wanting to speak with an EPP representative about the purchase of an M17x using my State employee discount. The only changes I'd want to the base system is the 2720qm, the 6970m, and the Intel 6300 wireless card. I'm not too much of a haggler so if any of you guys have a great Rep to work with I would appreciate a reference (as I know unfortunately Maynard's may be on the busy side, by the way, gave +1 to ya Maynard, and thanks for helping to put so many smiles on some gaming geeks' faces). Keep posting, everyone, as I've never seen so many perma-grins from getting great deals in my life!
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To get the student or military discount, what proof does Alienware require?
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I am curious as to your guys takes on the follow: I contacted a Dell sales rep whose contact I got from a member here.
I wanted to get a M11x r1 and something for my wife, with a price point of around $1000. Sadly, it seems the $599 M11x are all gone (clearance to get rid of them). He went ahead and priced an entry level M11x r2 and an entry level Inspiron 14R (for my wife).
The subtotal was ~$1570. He was able to shave $150 taking it down to $1420. Not even 10%, lackluster
With the loss of the $599 price, I think an M11x is out of my range now. The rep seemed to be very upfront and honest about how much he could get taken off. He even said that he worked well with that days manager and given that it was near the end of the day, he felt confident he could get the $150. But that seems such a meager amount (it apparently included the DPA pricing).
Do you think this is the best I can get, or should I try again (potentially with a different rep?). He did offer to throw in a wireless printer (wasn't sure if it was free or not), though I declined since I am moving overseas and do not need another item to ship/sell before going.
P.S. I know recently there was a "Farmers" discount that people were using to get good deals (like ~20%?). What exactly was this "farmers" deal?
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...and it doesn't hurt to try If you are ready to close the sale during that call, you'll be amazed at what can be accomplished with a bit of smiley talk and time spent chatting with the rep.
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Can anyone PM me a good rep to talk with, perhaps? I am quite personable, respectful, and generally easy to speak with - I've got a decent track record when it comes to establishing rapport and sweet-talking salesmen, although I rarely have the opportunity to do it these days, admittedly. I'm just a bit nervous at the prospect of calling up Dell and getting some random fellow whom I know absolutely nothing about it - it'd be nice to get a bit of assurance that whomever I'm going to speak with is at least willing to work with me somewhat. Thanks in advance for any help, I truly appreciate it.
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AW/DELL Ordering Advice - How to save $$$
Discussion in 'Alienware' started by DR650SE, Feb 4, 2010.
