Dell only sells Vostro to business?

I tried to buy a Vostro and the customer rep said they were only sold to business customers???

 

That isn't true. Vostros can be purchased by anyone, but you need to do it by calling in to the "Small Business" section or go to their website.

 

I didn't even know about vostros till the CSR offered me that instead of the inspiron 1720 I wanted. I mentioned nothing about being in business, in fact, I was enquiring about student discounts. lol.

 

it depends on the csr. for government purposes dell isnt supposed to sell to a non business. that said some just make up a personal business and call it their own name. or you could make up your own origional business and have fun with the name and get a good laugh out of the csr. they just need something to type into the spot on the form. You can lie and its ok

 

Yep, I tried it myself and it worked. I just don't understand why Dell does it this way. What if we just want a more durable notebook!? Lenovo and HP don't ask, why Dell, why?

 

im not sure either. but im sure there is a good reason!

 

They wanted a taxpayer id and said if i tried to buy it online the purchase would go through and then 3 days later be refused?????WTF

 

Maybe it's to make it sound exclusive when it's not?

 

They'll need a business name.. I guess it's a required field. It doesn't matter that it's not an actual business, they don't care. So you might want to spend a few minutes thinking up a name for your "business".

 

i made a profile before i ordered one. there's a spot on there to list your business name. once completed, you can order any damn laptop you want

 

maybe make your name "dell secret shopper" and you might get special service

 

There's more money selling 2 $1000 laptops to a 'consumer' (2 laptops that break down/wear out prematurely) versus 1 $1500 laptop to 'business'.

Thats why Dell et al don't push the Latitude line to 'consumers', even though such often represents better overall long-term value through the use of higher quality and longer-lasting components.

 

That's crazy--and not true, at least here in the U.S. My Mother in Law wanted a latitude, so we ordered her one from Dell's Small Business web site. They did require a company name, so I just put her name in as the compnay name. The latitude arrived at her house about a week later.

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