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    HUGE M1330 Price Difference (Confused, a bit)

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by tremonti22, Jun 26, 2007.

  1. tremonti22

    tremonti22 Notebook Consultant

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    Hey, so I was shopping around, looking at some M1330 options, and I came across the Dell Canada website. I built this system on both the U.S. and Canadian Dell site:

    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7100 (1.8GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
    Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition
    Slim and Light White LED Display with VGA Webcam
    2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
    120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
    128MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 8400M GS
    8X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW Drive)
    IntelJ 3945 802.11a/g Mini-card (added to the CA system for the sake of being exact)

    This would be almost ideal for me. The price?

    $1,799 USD vs. $1639 CAD ($1531 USD)

    That's almost a $300 difference. Am I missing something? Is there anything stopping me from ordering through the Canadian website?
     
    tremonti22, Jun 26, 2007
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  2. DoubleBlack

    DoubleBlack Notebook Deity

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    Yes, it's illegal.
     
    DoubleBlack, Jun 26, 2007
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  3. tremonti22

    tremonti22 Notebook Consultant

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    Well that's no fun.

    Why does Canada get such a big break, then? Dell is a U.S. company, after all.
     
    tremonti22, Jun 26, 2007
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    syxbit Notebook Evangelist

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    illegal?
    isn't that a big harsh?
     
    syxbit, Jun 26, 2007
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  5. FusionZ06

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    :eek:

    It's not illegal...

    However, they won't ship to the US.
     
    FusionZ06, Jun 26, 2007
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    Wow, Canada doesn't get shafted by retailers for once. Go Dell.

    The price difference is probably because of the upgrade to the LED screen is $0. It's probably a price mistake that will be corrected before long.
     
    Bordello, Jun 26, 2007
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  7. matt_h1

    matt_h1 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Its not illegal :p you may have to pay duties on it when it comes into the USA though, It depends how much your country lets you import Duty Free. Here its $1000
     
    matt_h1, Jun 26, 2007
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  8. matt_h1

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    Oh, I should point out, the 1520 is Cheaper in Australia to ^^
     
    matt_h1, Jun 26, 2007
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  9. Cam_86

    Cam_86 Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't know... Keep in mind dell has been screwing canadians for the past 4 years. Not only have their prices not reflected the MASSIVE jump in the currency value($0.66 = $1 american in '00. $0.96 = $1 american today) until now, but they also refused to release any half decent coupons. You would see a "$500 off any purchase over $1200" in the states every now and then. Best you would see in canada was "$200 off any purchase over $2000".

    Maybe this is their way of leveling out for the canadian consumer. I mean 5 days ago a inspiron 9400(canadian version of the e1705) was literally half again as expensive as the e1705, even if the config.s were the exact same.
     
    Cam_86, Jun 26, 2007
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  10. tremonti22

    tremonti22 Notebook Consultant

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    Well I wasn't notebook shopping then ;x

    I do have a buddy up in Canada. We'll see.
     
    tremonti22, Jun 26, 2007
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    Well what I meant was somehow working something out then bringing it back here, and not paying importation taxes (which 99.9% of everyone would of done) was illegal.
     
    DoubleBlack, Jun 26, 2007
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  12. Jokkon

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    because the m1330 in canada do not have the white led screen i think
    we only get the standard crap led screen
    oh wow nevermind, last time i checked it only had the standared screen my bad my bad
     
    Jokkon, Jun 26, 2007
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