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You need 5 posts on the forum before you can PM rich, that's what's holding you up ATM.

But it's well worth doing - Stevies rep saved me over £400

Damn, beaten to it

 

Welcome to the NBR. You need 5 posts to use PM system. Check first post in this thread, below is a passage referring to PM details.

Edit:

Me too

 

Spot on , guys! - thanks for jumping in and helping out! +rep to you both!

Rich - when your post count is up, shoot me a PM and we can get started saving you some dosh....

 

Hi all regulars and long time lurkers.

I just had a few questions:

1. Isn't BundleBox giving a US address rather then UK? Or maybe it's just me not finding the right info, but if I google bundlebox I only get US address provider.

@steviejones133: Some time ago you mentioned Forward2me and they do seem to give you a UK address.

2. Can I still use Your contacts (reps) even though I'm not a UK resident?

 

I gave BundleBox as an example of the type of service you would need to find so that you could get a UK address that would then forward your purchases on to you.

I don't know which freight forwarding service you could use, I would advise a bit of research and maybe even contact a few to ask them if they can assist. Explain to them that you need a UK address and then your item forwarding on to you in your country.

If all goes well with that, I dont see any reason why you cant use my rep but I dont want to give out false information regarding to the delivery of your machine.

BTW guys - 680m is up on Dell UK. I'm gonna see if its available in sli on the 18x and will get back to you....

Just an update. Although SLI is not visible on the UK website, it can be added manually now for the M18x R2 - UK website price from my contact is to be £1020 (£850+vat) which is more than what I was expecting....it actually doesnt make sense for it to be THAT much more than one card...if its £430 for one card & heatsink, surely it shouldnt cost that MUCH more for SLI...my maths says that 2 cards and 2 heatsinks should be around £860 so that means the SLI ribbon is costing £160 LOLOL - mind you, looking at a single 675m vs. 675m SLI, thats also alot more than double the cost of a single so I guess its in line with Dells pricing strategies.

Saying that, it annoys the hell outta me that in the US, single 680m is $550 and SLI is simply double the cost.....this just isnt fair pricing!

Its £430 for a single 680m in the 17x.....

So, those of you who want to order from the UK/Ire, you can PM me and I can see if my rep can help out, if you like.

 

So for 680m SLI does your rep accept arms , legs , kidneys etc ??

I would of thought the pricing would of been inline with desktop GPU's as a guide. Early adopter and price gouging withstanding

 

Hahaha - I would have to sell my organs too at those prices. I knew that they were gonna cost alot more than AMD as they always do. what is unfair though is that Dell's weird pricing sees us pay alot more than double the cost of a single gpu for SLI.

Guys in the US just simply pay double the cost of a single which really peeves me off....if it were the same in the UK, £860 would be far more realistic vs. £1020.

 

It's still a massive mark up from the 7970m though, would have to be a hell of a performance increase to justify it IMHO

 

Pricing aside , I would still be interested in seeing the figures for the 4gb VRAM version versus the 2gb VRAM version in single and SLI mode , cos its bugging me

Whats the reason that Dell aren't offering the 4gb VRAM version ??

 

Not sure. TBH, from what I've read up on the differences, it actually wont make much of a difference. It's also possibly cheaper for Dell to acquire the 2gb versions....

 

Just wanted to say thanks Stevie Jones and your Rep as my M17X R4 arrived today and I totally love it!!! Absolutely fantastic, and a great saving from you guys. I'm writing this message on it now. Will get a picture up when I got time. Cheers

 

Awesome news, Oli - glad you love it and we were able to save you some dosh at the same time - look forward to seeing your pics!

 

Here's a quick pic guys, sorry it isn't great. AlienFX set to light green. One thing that I notice which all pics I've seen don't convey is this machine is a beast and big! However it is totally portable, and not too heavy (can have it on your lap, and move it about with ease), I know many reviews have the weight as a 'con', but I wouldnt agree with that tbh. The quality of the laptop is exceptional, keyboard feels so smooth and the AlienFX is an awesome feature. I came from a 15" Macbook Pro, and thought I wouldn't change from Apple, however this is another level imho.

 

Nice pic mate...and you are right - Alienware IS on a completely different level to Apple - IMHO, much better quality and build and of course, performance.

 

Hello,

I am looking to buy an M18x and have a quote from Dell with some discount, do you this your contact could get a better deal for me?

The following has been added to the order
Intel® Core™ i7-3720QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.6GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680M
8192MB (2x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
Killer Wireless-N 1103 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO with Bluetooth 4.0
3 Years NBD with Premium Phone Support
Total:£2,376.75 after discount
£2,638.63 before discount

Can anyone tell me if this is a good deal or not?

 

Hello budgiebowler

I am planning of buying a M17x R4 with the exact specs you have listed above. The only difference is that rather than paying over £2000 for it online, stevies rep offered it to me for £1630. If you don't need an M18x R2, then I suggest that you get the M17x R4. Either way speak with stevies rep and see how much he can save you

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

 

Thanks for the reply, how do i get the details of Stevie's rep?

I can't PM anyone

 

You need five quality posts on the forum to unlock the PM privileges.

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

 

Ah i see thanks for the info, just 2 more posts to go

 

Wont take you long then

 

Not got the ability yet but have posted over 5 times?

 

Just keep on posting and checking if you can PM....sometimes its 5 or more, but not many.

 

Ok I will keep posting and checking

Looks awesome, hope to have one soon

 

Just to let everyone know the 680m SLI is up now to view on the uk store at £1020 i just cant see 10-15% performance worth such a jump in price over the 7970M xfire.....

 

Budgie, You may have to wait 24 hrs before PM's are unlocked.....maybe...

 

Stevie do you know if there is any difference between M18X R1 Space black and the M18X R2 Cosmic black

Im sure the old M17X R2 was Cosmic black had a hard choice between that and the awesome Nebula Red

 

Not 100% sure Luke, I think the R1 black was more like a gunmetal dark grey - havent seen an R2 pic.

 

My warranty was up at the start of June.

They quoted me £175 which is a bloody disgrace.

Anyone got any advice on how to haggle to get the price down?

Cheers

 

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Thanks for the info, Bro - learn something every day! +rep.

 

i had both revision for about a week, hence i can say tht both color looks almost same

 

for a year or 3?

 

Lots of things you could say, for example find another computer company that has a warranty of the same time span for less money and get him to price match (say well if it costs that much I would rather go with computer X)
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Another would be to say you really want to buy this computer but your worried about busting it or something and tell the rep you would rather not buy it if you can't get the warranty cheaper.
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These sales reps are on commission all you have to do is make them believe that lowering the price will make you buy the computer I personally do not condone outright lying however.

 

My fella does sell extended warranties too

 

Would just like to say thanks to Stevie for geting his contact to call me.

Will be looking to place the order next week as the quote was great.

For anyone looking at alienware speak to Stevie

 

I am about to order m14x but the prices are too high for me and forcing me to reduce down the specs. Stevie, is your mate still around to see if he could get me a good deal.

 

Of course. When you have PM access, hit me up and I will hook you up!

 

Just a heads up, I couldn't see this posted anywhere. For the next 48 hours the Alienware website has 10% off everything.

 

Nice find! +rep.

Looks like everything is not quite everything - I cant see the 18x discounted....

Guys, please note that I'm pretty sure that this cannot be "stacked" with additional rep. discount....its one or the other generaly..... but on the whole, rep discount works out more....

 

Stevie - reasonably long-time UK-based lurker, looking to place an order. Was stuck for a long time between an o/c OriginPC EON-17s (pro?) lappie or the o/c AW M18 R2 with 3920XM. I work for myself and a lot of my time is spent on very large financial models which tend to need higher processor speeds and larger RAM to go through the grind. I have spent the last 6 months remoting into my home desktop as it was significantly quicker, but now that the ivy bridge mobile CPU's have come out, I am ready to make the step to get fully mobile again.

Is your rep able to help? What details do you need?

Muchas gracias,

Digit100100

 

Or you could see the first post in this thread.

 

PM received and replied to. Let the money-saving commence!

 

Just to give you an thumbs up, Stevie.

 

Hi! Does anyone have ordering advice for us Canadians? alienware.com currently has better promotions than alienware.ca does and so I am looking to order through them however the window to take advantage of tehse deals is quickly diminishing. Are customs fees covered by free shipping promos, I have found coupon codes that will give me a leg up on price adjustment? I need a computer pretty soon and so I am in a bit of a hurry.
The model I am specifically looking at is the M17X R4 with AMD Radeon 7970,
i7 3610QM, 8GB of memory, and 750GB 7200RPM HDD, this comes out to about $1849 U.S. at the moment.

 

I suggest you have a look at this thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware/669327-alienware-sales-assistance-thread-redux.html - it's specific primarily for US/Canadian customers so you should be able to get a good deal "at home"

 

Stevie,

Order placed...while multi-tasking on conference calls - your chap is very easy to deal with. It's a work PC, so a toss-up between money savings from bringing it in from the US versus comfort of dealing entirely with local entity was resolved by a more than decent price.

M18x-r2, 3920XM o/ced, GTX 680M (I listened to either you on salebility, or the devil on my left shoulder, or both), blu-ray - base spec otherwise but it will get a further kick up the rear when it arrives courtesy of 32gb of RAM and 2 x 256 Sammy 830s that are sitting waiting already.

Digit100100

Oh and I can't believe I forgot to say this, but Many Thanks!

 

Ordered my m17x yesterday from Stevie's rep, got a great price for it.

Alienware M17x Stealth Black
Intel® Core™ i7-3720QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.6GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680M
12288MB 1600MHz Dual Channel DDR3 (2x2GB + 2x4GB )
750GB 7,200rpm SATA 6Gb/s HDD
17.3" WideFHD (1920 x 1080) WLED LCD
BluRay Combo (Blu-ray read only, DVD, CD read & write)
Killer Wireless-N 1103 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO with Bluetooth 4.0

Should have the laptop in a couple of weeks. Thanks Stevie (+rep)

 

Great news guys!!!

I'm so glad that you both were able to get a great deal on your new purchases. Now the wait begins....

 

I think the wait might be quite some time The rep confirmed to me today that there were delays and no stock on some main parts.

 

Let's hope Dell act fast and get stocked up on whatever's in short supply....