How many forum members purchase through Ben or Logan?

This is just a poll so we see how many members purchase a system through Ben or Logan.

I want to get an idea of how many people followed up with what they said they would do and if we should spend time and effort in the future for forum members.

Thank you for your help and honesty in this poll.

 

Sure did...

 

i think the problem with logan or ben is that 12% is even worse that what we can get on our own....

 

Yes, but remember that 12% for non eligible EPP members is pretty good. I am not sure if I could have gotten close to that without EPP.

 

everyone is eligible for EPP

 

Well, I don't work for a company that is eligible so yes everyone if you lie...

 

Or you can purchase through someone who is. Which includes pretty much any student.

 

Nope, did it on my own and got a better discount than they give out.

 

I don't know any students...

No really I get your points guys but nonetheless for people in my situation that knows no students and knows no one working for a company that has EPP (believe me I ask that question even before asking the name of the persons I meet...) then it's a good deal.

But if someone can help me get a better deal than I am all yours, let me know how...

 

you dont have to prove that your a student or anything, nor do they require prove. if the ask the name of the business or school, just say x school or x company. you can place the order yourself online at the dell epp website.

 

Anyways with EPP it's only 10% so we are still 2% less than Logan or Ben.

 

What was your %? I get 16% through EPP and am curious how much could be stacked on that.

 

16% is for boeing employee only I thought.

I got 13.4% as they gave some stuff at a discount on top of the 12%.

 

true, 16% ?? how so? I thought all EPPs were 10%

 

Now the question is can you cumulate the EPP and the 5% notebookreview coupon? If that is possible than the 15% would be great.

 

Nope. I got it much cheaper on my own.

 

How did you do it jesmith8?

It would nice that people just tell us who they went through and/or how they got over 12% discount total.

 

how do I get the EPP discount if I'm ordering from abroad but via the US website? Am I eligible for one?

 

I worked with Ben and Logan, but they weren't budging on their discount. They were 12% max. I just called in direct and got 15%. I'm not sure why they wouldn't budge. Based on my experience, I'd just call in, not even try and do a group buy.

 

I am getting really sad guys...

I am going to call right now and see if I can get more than 12%.

 

Hey Joe let me know if I should cancel my order...

 

I wouldn't worry about getting more than 12%. That's still pretty good. I think the sales guy saw what I was doing. I am literally maxing out the 17x in everything except the HD. I have one here, I can use, so I only asked for a 256 GB SSD. Everything else is . I think their RAM, processor upgrade, and SSD prices are way over priced, so they had room to deal in my system.

 

Yeah I guess it makes sense and depends on what you order also.

 

I ordered this with Ben, $3484.00 before tax. I'm now wondering if i could got a better deal???
LeeU

Item Number
Quantity
Item Description


224-8106
1
Nebula Red - Special Edition - 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

342-0678
1
1TB Raid 0 (2x 500GB 7,200RPM HDDs)

330-3924
1
Name Plate Engraving

330-6106
1
Personalized Nameplate Trigger

313-8791
1
AlienFX Color, Mars Red

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

313-8570
1
Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Burner (BR-R, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)

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

950-7447
1
4 Year Limited Warranty

908-2108
1
Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Extended Year(s)


908-2207
1
Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Initial Year


907-3733
1
Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, 3 Year Extended


922-3410
1
Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year


421-1721
1
Soft Contracts,Banktec Care,Alienware

990-4683
1
Warranty Support,3 Year Extended


994-3730
1
Warranty Support,Initial Year


430-0628
1
Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR

421-2611
1
AlienGUIse Theme Manager with Breed Theme


421-1586
1
Alienhead Chrome Red

421-1596
1
Alienhead Chrome Red


421-1360
1
Steam and Portal Factory Installe

330-5090
1
Thank You for Purchasing AlienWare

 

Seems high. How much is that if you configure it on their site?

 

It is Dept of Defense EPP, I did not have any coupons either. The 4 yr in home and Blu Ray recorder pushed the price up.
LeeU

 

it really depended on what you ordered from them... Mark and I got >15% off from Ben and Logan.... not 12%. They based their discount on configuration.

 

yeah I noticed that the warranty was one thing that you could not save on with them... in other words no discounts on that option with them.

 

Did you formally have them give you a quote after the official release or did you just ask for more than 12%? That is odd that they would not budge with you... you were dealing with a maxed out system. Mark spent 12K and got a little more than 15%

 

Yeah, I got a quote from them after release. They did offer an additional $50 which is about another 1% but then wavered on free NBD. At that point, I called in to see if I could get better, and I did, first guy that answered. I think Ben/Logan were betting that I'd just stick it out and order through them.

 

lol.. right

I just called in the epp and spoke to a rep.

 

I left Ben a message to cancel the order, I would not be too mad except I bought a laptop from him last month then a set of Sony surround sound speakers, then I see that they are giving 12%-15% discounts on the same computer I bought + I have 7 day shipping, for the same $19.00 for shipping that I paid he could have got me 3-5 day shipping.
LeeU

 

I ordered mine back in Feb and ended up getting 18%. I used EPP, a 5% coupon, and 3% for opening a DFS account. As long as you pay it off in 1 year there is no interest. Came out to almost $1000 off.

 

I ordered from Ben from Team Blackhawk.

Space Black - Anodized Aluminum
Intel Core i5 520M 2.4GHz (2.93GHz Turbo Mode, 3MB Cache)
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz
17-inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 RGB LED (1200p)
Crossfire 1GB ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5870
250GB 7,200RPM SATA-II HDD
Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate, 64bit, English
Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Burner (BR-R, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 6300 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO Technology
Year Limited Warranty
CompleteCare Accidental DamageProtection, Inspiron, 3 Year
Warranty Support,2 Year Extended

Before Discount $3,133 Before taxes
After Discount $2,594.33 No tax

Having it shipped to Iraq I am tax exempt. Granted I can't get NBD to Baghdad, but whatever, I'll be home on leave when it gets to Iraq. I also have a brother that does work for Boeing, so I had that applied as well. Not to mention I stacked a coupon on it so I saved just over 17%.

I went to Ben after the regular rep I had messed up numerous things such as EPP discount, system color, Name misspelled for the engraving ect.