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    What can I spend £400 on at Dell?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by css_jay99, Mar 28, 2011.

  1. css_jay99

    css_jay99 Notebook Consultant

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    As the title says.

    I am about to buy A full Loaded Dell XPS 15 (i7-2820QM + 3yrs......)
    With coupons/discounts it will be around £1650.

    If I spend £2000+ on a single invoice for Purchase of a capital assets, I am allowed to clawback the 20% Tax.

    This means that I need to spend at least an additional £350 with Dell to bring my purchase to £2000 which will then mean I will get about £333 further discount from the tax man.

    Question is what else can I buy from Dell?

    I was thinking of an Inspiron Duo for £480 => (£1650 + £480) , I will get a refund of £355. This kind of means that the additional purchase is only costing me £125!

    Maybe I can buy a 22" Samsung TV from Dell..... but might be difficult convincing Taxman that it is a capital asset ....

    css_jay99
     
    css_jay99, Mar 28, 2011
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  2. pinsb

    pinsb Notebook Consultant

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    Why not wait till the 30th and see what promos Dell put in for the XPS 15, I reckon you'll get your XPS 15 for nearer £1400 so you then can have £600 to spend.

    Also I assume you're having to order through Dell business? If you order through Dell Home this voucher code will give you 10% off XPS stuff till 1st April.

    CLBLBLD$2P6PBN
     
    pinsb, Mar 28, 2011
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  3. xmacro

    xmacro Notebook Geek

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    Maybe I'm missing something . . . but why are you spending 350lbs to save 333lbs ? (yeah, I don't have the symbol for pound)
     
    xmacro, Mar 28, 2011
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    hiodie Notebook Enthusiast

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    So they can get £350 worth of stuff for £17...seems like a good deal to me
     
    hiodie, Mar 28, 2011
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  5. Bronsky

    Bronsky Wait and Hope.

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    Makes a lot of sense to me. I would do the same. I would say the TV is for video-conferencing. :D

    Bronsky :cool:
     
    Bronsky, Mar 28, 2011
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