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    What's the best discount you have negotiated from a Dell Sales Rep?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Glasswalker, Jul 17, 2007.

  1. Glasswalker

    Glasswalker Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, thought this might be a neat thread to see the trend on what kind of discounts people are getting. I will kick it off by listing my recent "aquisition" lol

    Please list specs, then retail price according to the configurator on the website, as well as the currency it is in (USD, CAD, EUR or whatever) and then the final price you paid without any tax. Also if you used a coupon code or other "official" discount, please list it.

    This will be an interesting comparison, I purchased this laptop through my corporate account (I am IT Manager for a large development firm so I make all the IT Purchases. It is my personal laptop, I just used our dedicated sales rep to make the purchase). Should be interesting to see how my discount compares to the retail sales discounts (so I can tell if our rep is really giving us as good a deal as he says he is lol)

    I purchased an XPS M1710 Special Edition:
    2.16GHz Core2 Duo CPU
    2GB Ram
    100GB 7200RPM Drive
    802.11N/A/G internal
    Bluetooth
    Geforce Go 7950GTX 512MB
    2 9Cell Batteries
    Bluetooth Mouse
    Dell D-Port standard port replicator
    DVD Burner
    Vista Ultimate with media
    Office 2007 Pro with media
    3 year completecare nextday onsite warranty
    Shipping included

    $4683 CAD Original price according to configurator (and I don't know if shipping would be free through the retail site)

    Price I paid: $3311 CAD No coupons used at all (this discount was 100% "negotiated")
     
    Glasswalker, Jul 17, 2007
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