XPS 1530 UK T9300 Pricing

Anyone ordered one yet?

I have and I was wondering what kind price I got compared to others. Not to feel smug if I got a good deal, just to see if I got stiffed for not haggling hard enough.

I've been looking at some of the other post and people are getting really good deals on the T8300 processor, but I haven't seen anybody ordering the T9300.

This is the config I ordered for £917, it was about £990 before he applied the discount. The guy said there was a premium for the t9300 because of supplies, but I thought this was simply replacing the T7700 and would weigh in at the same price (it does on the US site) .

XPS M1530 CORE 2 DUO T9300 2.50GHz,800,6M 1 S
Display 15.4" WXGA+ Widescreen (1440x900) TFT with Truelife 1 S
Memory Dual Channel 3.0GB (1X2GB + 1X1GB) 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM 1 S
Hard Drive 160GB Free Fall Sensor (7200RPM) 1 S
8xDVD+/-RW Slim Slot-Load Drive, including SW 1 S
Battery XPS Primary 6-cell 56WHr Li-Ion 1 S
Graphics Card 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT 1 S
Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-PCI Card EUR 1 S
European - Dell TrueMobile 355 internal Bluetooth Module 1 S
English - Vista Home Premium 1 S

I'm not all that bothered about £20 or £30, as I'm really keen to get my hands in it, especially since this is the second xps 1530 I've ordered (the first one returned for a grainy 1680x1050 screen), but if it's a really big difference I may consider cancelling and re-haggling.

Thanks

 

It is hard to compare Euros to the Canadian Dollar since prices dont really translate to well. but in Canada you can get the same specs you provided for about $1800 CDN. So I think you did get a really good price. Plus the Penryn processor is worth spending a little more. It will save you about 2 - 6% on battery and give you approximatly 10% faster performance in office applications. if you play games you may not see a difference since the video card if your limiting factor not your processor.

 

Hey

I have just ordered a t8300 and that was an additional £50.00 from the t7500. and she told me if i wanted the t9300 it would be £80.00.

But dell prices change day to day and consultant to consultant.

 

Mine was pretty much the same, just the HD, RAM and battery are different. The original price was also £990, so are comparable I suppose.
Specs:
XPS M1530 CORE 2 DUO T9300 2.50GHz
15.4" WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT with Truelife
Dual-Channel 2048MB (2x1024) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
250GB Serial ATA (5400RPM)
8xDVD+/-RW Slim Slot-Load Drive
XPS Primary 9-cell 85WHr Li-Ion
256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT
Vista Home Premium

Total cost: £912

Assuming that the website listings are right, my system has cheaper HD (£15), cheaper RAM (£40), more expensive battery (£46), a difference of £9 net, and it cost you £5 more. That's an overall difference of £4. That's fair, assuming that we're both equally skilled at haggling.

 

Thanks, I feel a little better now.

Fingers crossed it's going to be better than the last XPS I had - apparently the sandy speckle effect and anti-light radiation coating was by design, at least according to the tech guy ).

Good karma to all.

PS I've actually just remembered it's a smidge cheaper than the t7700 w/1680x1050 screen I originally had.

 

I could have got the T9300 with mine for an extra £70. I decided not to bother because for me (gaming wise), the T8300 is plenty @ 2.4ghz and the it's certainly not going to hold the 8600 back even with the 3mb of cache rather than the 6mb cache of the T9300.

My total (if I include what I'm getting back from Quidco) for the same spec as my signature but with the T9300 would have been £767 delivered, or under £800 without Quidco.

 

Your's was the example I was looking at when I posted.

Looks like you got a fantastic deal.

 

Yeah, the trick is to get Dell sales to ring you.

If you ring asking for discount, they have the upper hand.

If you can get them to ring you, the tables turn and you can dictate the deal

 

Yeah, that's what I did. I played it like I was going to buy a HP instead, but I can't have been all that convincing.

Oh well.

 

Hi guys, new to the forum and i have a price quote from dell for you:

Dell XPS M1530 T9300
Midnight Blue
1680x1050
3GB DDR2 RAM
320GB SATA 5400rpm
8x dvd drive
next gen wireless n card
=£1016

Does that sound about right?

Any input welcome.

Thanks

 

The op has a great config! great price too, the 2.5 GHz is the best processor top ££ saving great,

im still waiting for the led backlight display, its taking its time to come!

 

Well the led is something else to consider. Will the waiting never end!

 

XPS M1530 CORE 2 DUO T9300 2.50GHz,800,6M 1 S
Display 15.4" WXGA+ Widescreen (1440x900) TFT with Truelife 1 S
Memory Dual Channel 4.0GB (2X2GB) 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM 1 S
Hard Drive 320GB (5400RPM) 1 S
BR - Combi Drive
Battery XPS Primary 6-cell 56WHr Li-Ion 1 S
Graphics Card 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT 1 S
Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-PCI Card EUR 1 S
European - Dell TrueMobile 355 internal Bluetooth Module 1 S
English - Vista Home Premium 1 S
3 Year Consumer XPS Premium Hardware Support

Got it for £1250...what do you guys think?

 

Well, to give you some kind of comparison I could have had:

T9300
1440x900
2GB RAM
250GB 5400RPM
6 Cell
DVDRW (not Blu-Ray)
Standard Warranties
Wireless N

All for £797 inc Delivery (or £765 if you include what I get from Quidco).

Is the extra HD space / RAM / Warranty / Blu-Ray worth over £450 more?.

As I mentioned, if you want to bargain hard to get a decent deal - get Sales to ring you, as then you are FAR more likely to get a bargain . Mine was originally an online deal hence my Quidco still stands .

 

Nice specs, any web links for the UK Penryn option on XPS 1530 yet ?

 

No links as of the 16th March that I could find. Give them a call and take Flam3h's advice and get them to call you with some kind of discount, or, when it does become available on the website, try and find some coupons and give quidco a go. I think you get another 5% off/back.

Flame3h, can you confirm this?

 

Yes it's 5% of the order value minus VAT and shipping.

An example of getting them to ring you. Place your order online (with all the discount you can find). Ring them the next day saying you are not happy with your order as other people are getting better prices and you now plan on getting one with slightly better spec's.

Try to barter on the phone (before cancelling) - they will generally not budge or amend your order (this is to just show your not happy with your price). Cancel the order.

Once cancelled they will generally phone back within a few hours (they want the sale, the telephone rep's get commission).

When they ring back, proceed to haggle like mad (you have the upper hand!)- try for cheap upgrades (got my screen from 1280 to 1440 for £20) and extra discount (I managed 3-5% on top of an expired 10% voucher, as I said I would have waited for another 10% voucher to appear before I would re-order).

Should give you some idea about how to get a half decent deal out of Dell .

 

took the advice and got a spanking deal. i rang up and asked for a price quote which he gave and it was stupid like 1200 quids so i said thats not what i was after and iv seen deals around (on here) for alot cheaper so he came back for 950 quid. i then said i would think about it in which time after three days he rang back and offered me a deal. i got:

t9300
4gb ram
160gb 7200rpm hdd
wireless n
case
remote
8600m gt nvidea
1440x900 screen
bluetooth mouse
vista

for a final price of 930quid!!!!!!!!!!!

coming on friday hopefully. good times

thanx for the advice

 

Yes I agree that it is best to phone sales and hum and haw with them! They are desperate to sell sometimes. In my case I phoned on the last day they offered 'buy now pay 1 year later'. I ended up getting a top spec XPS 1330 with 3 years on-site warranty for £925.

 

Hello,
I've just been quoted £908 for a Red Product 1530.(see list below). The Sales Agents first quote was £969 which I politely declined... I'm determined to do 'battle' with regards to haggling, as I know that this price isn't keen.

Has anyone spec'ed up a similar unit and got a fantastic deal?

I going to haggle re delivery charge ie I'm not paying it LoL... and will negotiate on extended warranties etc.

Look forward to reading your replies

Julie

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XPS M1530 (PRODUCT) RED CORE 2 DUO T8300 2.40GHz,800,3M 1 S
Display 15.4" WXGA+ Widescreen (1440x900) TFT with Truelife 1 S
Fingerprint Reader Biometric for XPS M1530 (PRODUCT) RED 1 S
Crimson Red XPS M1530 (PRODUCT) RED & 2.0mp camera for CCFL Display 1 S
Memory Dual Channel 4.0GB (2x2048) 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM 1 S
Hard Drive 250GB Free Fall Sensor (7200rpm) 1 S
Graphics Card 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT 1 S
Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS
Total 969.00

 

I got:

Dell XPS M1530 T9300
Black
1440x900
4GB DDR2 RAM
320GB SATA 5400rpm
8x dvd drive
next gen wireless n card
=957€ ( I don't pay VAT as I live in a special city, imagine Gibraltar for you, but I had to pay 150€ for shipping, included in the 957€, which are... 755GBP).

 

Thanks for responding so quickly! Dell are def' being cheeky regarding the price for a Product Red....It would appear that I cant even change from Vista Ultimate to Premium which keeps the price high.

I really like the red but common sense may have to prevail...

Let battle commence!

 

I got the Vostro in my sig for £521 from Dell, but with only 1gb of RAM and a Celeron 550 CPU. I then ditched the Celeron myself for the Core 2 Duo which I got on eBay for £150, and picked up a 4GB DDR2 kit on Amazon for about £65

So in total I got mine for about £740

 

I got the same PC as u (RED as well - love the colour ) but with 2GB of ram, 250gb 5400 HDD, 1680x1050 screen and 1 year complete care for 800.00 quid, but I haggled like hell xD

 

Hi Moa,

I'm just going to keep on haggling until I wear the poor woman down:laugh:

 

I dont want to sound sexist, but it was much easier to haggle with guys than ladies ^^

Altogether, It took me 3 calls and 3 different sellers to get the deal ^^ It should arrive tommorow, cant wait! ^^

 

heres mine first i haggled like a *****, then the dell ops kept fighting between each other(they kept cancelling my order), was escalated and eventually sorted out.


XPS M1530 CORE 2 DUO T9300 2.50GHz,800,6M
Display 15.4" UltraSharp Widescreen WSXGA+ (1680x1050) TFT with TrueLife
(Wide Viewing Angle) got the screen upgraded to 1920x1200 at no extra cost
Fingerprint Reader Biometric with BLACK accent
Memory Upgrade from 512MB to 1024MB
Save £350 (inc VAT)
25% OFF ON 2YR XPS PREMIUM WARRANTY SUPP
CCFL backcover black & 2.0mp camera
Documentation English XPS M1530
Ship Accessories UK XPS M1530 - Power Cord 3 PIN
Resource DVD XPS M1530 - (Diagnostics & Drivers)
Memory Dual Channel 4.0GB (2x2048) 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive 320GB SATA (5400rpm)
8xDVD+/-RW Slim Slot-Load Drive, including SW
AC Adapter 90W - 3 Pin
Battery XPS Primary 9-cell 85WHr Li-Ion
Not Included Carry Case
Graphics Card 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT
Dell Travel Remote control
Modem Not Included
European - Dell TrueMobile 355 internal Bluetooth Module
Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-PCI Card, EUR
Internal Keyboard Uk/Irish (QWERTY)
English - Vista Home Premium 1 S
English Microsoft Works 9.0 (Word Processor, Database) with Recovery CD
Dell Support Center 2.0
English - Adobe Reader 8.1
UK Internet Service Provider - Tiscali
English McAfee Security Centre 9.0 - 30 Day Trial Version
No Warranty Upgrade
Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and
On-Site Support)
No Accidental Damage Support
To access Online Training or free trial, please go to www.learndell.com/euro t
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GBP
Subtotal 747.23
Freight 0.00
VAT £ 130.77
Total 878.00