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    So I've been in the boxing stage for 4 days now.

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Weapon X, Aug 12, 2007.

  1. Weapon X

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    What's dell's excuse? They've run out of boxes?
     
    Weapon X, Aug 12, 2007
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    They're on backorder :D
     
    etexbill, Aug 12, 2007
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    Dell is currently having a shortage on duct tape.
     
    taso89, Aug 12, 2007
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    "You know...I have worked in production before and boxing really does take a long time!"

    Seriously, I have no idea. The only guess is that part of the boxing process takes place in America.
     
    mattstl77, Aug 12, 2007
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    lol, dell must have one complicated box
     
    UltimateIdiot, Aug 12, 2007
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    Did you get upgraded to "Next Business Day" shipping?

    I have a suspicion that to mollify some customers, Dell says they upgrade you to "next day" shipping, but then, what they really do is ship the normal, cheaper way, and then just tell the customer that it is still in "boxing" for several more days until the package is 1 day away - then suddenly they say "Shipped!" and so the customer -thinks- that they received it via "next day" shipping.

    Thats my tinfoil hat theory of the day.
     
    mtylerjr, Aug 12, 2007
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    That is a pretty good sounding theory.
     
    Jack_1521, Aug 12, 2007
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    Dude, you're just loving throwing that theory back in my face with a healthy dose of sarcasm, aren't you?
     
    Mr. Anderson, Aug 12, 2007
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  9. Weapon X

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    Yeah, I was bumped up to next day shipping for free.
     
    Weapon X, Aug 12, 2007
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    along with the shortage of cover lids, THERES NO MORE CARDBOARD BOXES!!!

    and tape....
     
    XxXKUL, Aug 12, 2007
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    I think they're just lying again to try to appease customers. The person with the theory about next-day shipping and holding the laptop and saying it's in "boxing" for a few days - that makes sense to me. I think Dell would pull that trick in a hot second. Think about all the freebies and coupons they're giving out. I'm sure they're gonna try to recover it somehow.
     
    nikkilb, Aug 12, 2007
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    Boxing begins when computers are crated in Malaysia, and continues in the destination country where the computers are taken off of cargo 747's and put into the pretty consumer boxes with the manuals and everything else to make the computer complete.

    Or so I've read. Sounds like a believable statement to me.
     
    RyanHurtt, Aug 13, 2007
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  13. tonywan

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    mine is still in Build =(((
     
    tonywan, Aug 13, 2007
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    mine finally went into boxing stage after 36 hours of testing(which kind of worries me because that must mean there were issues with my system)
     
    bigmo, Aug 13, 2007
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    urs is much faster than mines =(
     
    tonywan, Aug 13, 2007
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    Well made me chuckle on a monday morning :D lol
     
    Datamonkey, Aug 13, 2007
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    I think the boxing stage is when they ship the computer from Malaysia(or where ever the heck they build them) to a Dell warehouse in the states
     
    rtracer, Aug 23, 2007
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