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    Good Price

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by mdavis166, May 7, 2005.

  1. mdavis166

    mdavis166 Newbie

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    Ok I made a purchase from dell outlet on friday.

    Dell Inspiron 9300

    Pentium m 760 2.0 ghz

    17 inch u xga with truelife

    1 gig dual channel DDR2 533mhz

    256 mb Go6800

    60 gig 5400 rpm

    cd-rw/dvd

    Dell 1450 wireless 802.11 a/b/g 54mbs

    XP Professional

    9 cell battery

    1 year warranty

    Dell deluxe nylon carrying case

    total after tax and shipping
    $1760.00

    Did I make a smart move?Is this a good price?I usually don't even consider refurbished but because of Dells excellent reputation and the one year warranty I figured I have nothing to loose.














     
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    nice specs, exactlly what i had built for my 9300..but went with a different computer instead. (700m)

    anyway that is not a bad price at all i dont think
    however i do think you could have gotten it new with those specs for cheaper using the 750$ off coupons that dell has out now.
    but not a bad choice at all.
     
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  3. Gargoyle

    Gargoyle Notebook Evangelist

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    good price but how much of a diff. to builing one new using the coupons that dell releases?

    I have almost exactly what your getting and am very pleased.
     
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    mdavis166 Newbie

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    Current price of a new 9300 with the exact same specs and with 750 off coupon is $2,258.66.

     
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    yassarian Notebook Deity

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by mdavis166
     
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    mdavis166 Newbie

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    It looks like the benefits are, I save over 400.000 from buying a new one, and comes with the same warranty as a new one and shipping only takes 2 days. I figured the worst thing that can happen is a 35 percent off coupon comes along next week or two and I miss out on saving 100 bucks at the most for a new one, with the same warranty.
     
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    mdavis166 Newbie

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    Yeah I was wanting to ask,
    How much does it cost to purchase an additional 1 or 2 year warranty which covers accidential incidents as well as defects on this refurbished laptop? I tried looking for prices on dell's website but couldn't find them. I wouldn't mind spending an extra 100.00 dollars for this kind of coverage becuase there's no telling what the college enviroment is gonna do to this thing on down the road.
     
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  8. Gargoyle

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    yea for the $$ you saved it would be a good idea to call Dell and ask them how much they would charge you to add another year and accidental protection.

    plus if you bought it using a credit card alot of them offer to cover it for 1 extra year past the maqn. warranty. It mirrors the dell warranty. thats why I put mine on my Amex. card
     
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    did you put in shipping and tax? Its like 200 dollars more to ship to Murfreesboro Tennessee 37130
     
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    also where in the dell website are you getting your price?
    I'm going under dell home & home office. I am still getting the same amount.
     
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