Help! Buying E1705

I am on the way home from deployment and my N3010 Fujitsu died. For three weeks I have been posting and trying to find any coupons in the coupon section of this forum for the following configured E1705. My wife has been calling Dell and either the coupon is no longer good or it must be configured exactly as per the coupon "small print" Why can't I buy it configured as per the coupon get the discount and make a suplimental addition trading in the lower grade single core for upgraded CPU etc.. etc.? I'm out at sea so searching the internet to find coupons is out of the question, just making this post took an act of God.

Inspiron E1705 - Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2400 (1.83GHz/667MHz FSB)
Operating System - Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Operating System Re-Installation CD - PC Restore recovery system by Symantec
LCD Panel - 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
Memory - 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
Hard Drive - 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
Combo/DVD+RW Drives - FREE!8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
Wireless Networking Cards - Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card
Video Card - 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS
Sound Options - Integrated Audio
Primary Battery - 80 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

David

 

BTW thanks in advance.

David

 

This is the code for $750 off a notebook $1999 or more: 4XJ062M1S1KXF2

Make sure your notebook is above this price for it to work (the price with the line through it usually...not the Dell red price).

 

Try calling the EPP group at Dell, they might have discounts for servicemen.
Right now both Dell home and EPP (employee purchase program) have 34% off, EPP has an added 12% if you get the better warranty.
Through EPP you should be able to get that config with a 4yr complete care warranty for around $1650.00 . Dropping the warranty down can save another hundred or two or more.

 

Thanks to all. I'll email my wife and see if she can call. Hoipefully it works.

 

Thanks to all and I finally bought the 1705.

They do not combine discounted prices with any other discount offers, military discounts (6% by the way), etc. So the best I could do was to take the $750 coupon off of the $2221 original price = 1471 plus sales tax, and shipping , Final cost = $1593.

This is the best price I could get. By the way the other coupons are only for 350 and 450, so the 750 was the top coupon out there, and also it EXPIRES on 6/7/06. I didn't have time to go back and forth. I read the disclaimer in the internet and it did say that it cannot be used in conjunction with other discount offers. It does kind of lure you in though. At any rate, I went ahead and ordered it. It will be sent out by June 15, and takes 3-5 business days to get here.

SPECIFICS

Inspiron E1705, Intel Core DuoProcessor T2400 (1.83GHz/667MHz FSB)
17 inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WUXGA, for Inspiron 9400/E1705
1GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm, for Inspiron 9400/E1705
256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS, for Inspiron 9400/E1705
80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive for Inspiron 9400/E1705
Image Restore
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, English without Media, for Inspiron
DELL SUPPORT 3.0
Windows Media Player 10
Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access
Complimentary courses: Look for EU icon
Dell Direct Download
Icon Consolidation Application
Internet Search and Portal
Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron
Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0, for Inspiron
8X DVD+/-RW Drive, for Inspiron 9400/E1705
CyberLink PowerDVD v5.7 Decoding Sofware for DVD Drives
Integrated High Definition Audio, for XPS M1710
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps) for Inspiron 9400/E1705
Network Associates McAfee 7.0,English,90-day Trial
80 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, for Inspiron 9400/E1705
AOL for Broadband
Broadband Icon for Inspiron
NETZERO ISP
Netscape ISP
Corel WordPerfect 12 plus Trial of Quartro Pro and Presentations
1 Year Limited Warranty
No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
Warranty Support,Initial Year
Type 12- Mail-In Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
Thank You for buying Dell
PC Restore Recovery System by Symantec
Thank you for choosing Dell
Paint Shop Pro Standard
Basic digital Music,Photo and Game experience
No Broadband Expresscard technology currently available
State Environmental Fee for display 15 inches, less than 35 inches

Subtotal: $1471.00
Shipping & Handling: $0.00
Tax: $114.01

Total: $1593.01

 

Ah man I think you could have recieved a better deal. Good luck though, your machine kicks ass.

 

Probably so but given my situation out here at sea it's the best I could get. They make finding coupons an absolute PITA and I suppose the multi-billion conglomerate deserves my money more than I. Either way I'm happy to have it sitting at home awaiting my arrival.

 

Congrats and get home safe.

 

Your configuration is great... but warranty of only 1 year? I guess it's a matter of personal confort, but on a machine at this price, 2 or 3 years added warranty maybe worth considering.