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    Order Dell Windows 7 upgrade DVD's Now Free Ship

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by HCW, Oct 21, 2009.

  1. HCW

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  2. HCW

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    Just placed my 4 orders :) Not sure why somebody rated this thread so low
     
    HCW, Oct 21, 2009
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  3. Cin'

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    Not bad! :) But you should probably add:

    Upgrade Program Description



    Cin...
     
    Cin', Oct 21, 2009
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  4. iLLuSi0N

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    Thanks, just ordered mine.
     
    iLLuSi0N, Oct 21, 2009
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  5. DRFP

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    Thanks did it
     
    DRFP, Oct 21, 2009
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  6. spud387

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    Just placed mine as well. sweet.
     
    spud387, Oct 21, 2009
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  7. chewyeong90

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    Thanks ! Ordered mine too ! It's free =)
     
    chewyeong90, Oct 21, 2009
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  8. MartinSch

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    Thanks HCW! Ordered mine just a sec ago :)
     
    MartinSch, Oct 21, 2009
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  9. mattmjb0188

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    Glad the upgrades are shipping, however what about the poor people who bought a PC the night of June 25 lol. IMO I think they should of done it effective Jan 1, 2009 because Windows 7 was in beta and things were on schedule. Oh well.
     
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    mattmjb0188, Oct 21, 2009
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  10. hdplus

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    ordered mine too.. thanks
     
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  11. Darkbandit

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    Just placed an order for mine as well..Thanks for the headsup
     
    Darkbandit, Oct 21, 2009
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  12. hdplus

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    status shows processing ... did anyone get an expected shipping date ?
     
    hdplus, Oct 21, 2009
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  13. alpine101

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    £15 in the UK, just ordered mine
     
    alpine101, Oct 22, 2009
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  14. hdplus

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    win7.dell.com creeping this morning... unable to load page...looks like a lot of people want to upgrade ... funny what about people who bought vista crap shouldnt they be compensated ? Anyways who knows .. to me 7 also is on the same lines. ..
     
    hdplus, Oct 22, 2009
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  15. HCW

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    Mine shipped
     
    HCW, Oct 22, 2009
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  16. iLLuSi0N

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    I haven't even gotten an estimated ship date yet. Does anybody know anything about the processing time on this?

    HCW What method of shipment is dell using (next business day, ground.. etc).
     
    iLLuSi0N, Oct 22, 2009
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  17. RaLX

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    :mad: I don't know what happened with my password... it's not working... and Password Recovery page is broken!! and the worse thing is that I reported it to them and only received a stupid response "Refer to FAQ or call phone support"!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:
     
    RaLX, Oct 22, 2009
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  18. Streetmagus

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    Ordered mine, seems to be taking awhile just loading the webpages. I think theres a huge amount of traffic right now ;D
     
    Streetmagus, Oct 22, 2009
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  19. hdplus

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    yes its too slow .. almost like 1-2 mins for loading one page .. looks like they are running windows 7 ;-)
    .. anyways looks like HCW is the only one who has shipped .. i am still seeing nothing .. it shows order number and date ordered, thats it ..
     
    hdplus, Oct 22, 2009
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  20. hdplus

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    i think if i see their release schedule, looks like they will start their shipping only on October 26th, so it cannot ship before that, looks like HCW is seeing something wrong ... or maybe dell is just confused, they opened the floodgates without thinking of the consequences.
     
    hdplus, Oct 22, 2009
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  21. nxcapture001

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    just ordered my...free shipping
     
    nxcapture001, Oct 23, 2009
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  22. 1989.1989

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    just ordered...still wondering why did i order this (premium)...
    have been using win 7 pro for a while.
     
    1989.1989, Oct 24, 2009
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  23. HCW

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    It says shipped but still no tracking number
     
    HCW, Oct 25, 2009
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  24. jid

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    Does it say who it shipped with?
     
    jid, Oct 26, 2009
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  25. checho

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    20 € in Spain.

    Just ordered mine :)
     
    checho, Oct 26, 2009
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  26. HCW

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    No it doesn't :eek:
     
    HCW, Oct 26, 2009
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    Yet another case.
    For some unknown reason, page randomly is "braking" a users passwords. And yes, pass recovery script is not working. It never worked in fact. This issue is known by Dell from about two months. I found this long time ago (yes, I have one account lost that way - and my TAG is locked, and I can't order my upgrade kit :mad: ). Mailed many times, usualy answer is coming from nobody (automatic). Once someone wrote me they know that issue and working on it... that was more than month ago.
    There are lot of people who has the same - password is not working and they have blocked for upgrade because his TAG is already registered (in his broken accounts). Seems Dell is doing nothing with that.

    BTW orderd upgrade for my another two laptops (I have 3 in family) - 35USD for each kit (will came in one parcel). "Free" is not so free in the EU.

    EDIT:
    I resolved my problem that way:
    Dell lead me to Win7 customer support (in my national lang, so I suppose it is local). They couldn't restore or reset my password, but when I proved I'm right owner of my service tag, they were able to delete TAG from database of Win7 registration program. This way I could register it again (making another account).


    K.
     
    kitir, Oct 26, 2009
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  28. SimonT

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    Dam I have paid for mine already for the UK, but still no ETA on delivery
     
    SimonT, Oct 27, 2009
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  29. 1989.1989

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    just shipped~~~ ;)
     
    1989.1989, Oct 27, 2009
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