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    You can't beat this with a stick...

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by SVrider, Jun 22, 2007.

  1. SVrider

    SVrider Notebook Geek

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    Removed...
     
    SVrider, Jun 22, 2007
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  2. admlam

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    Mind sharing how? :p (please don't say military EPP)
     
    admlam, Jun 22, 2007
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  3. swarmer

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    Woah!!! How did you get that price?
     
    swarmer, Jun 22, 2007
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  4. odin243

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    Seriously man, share the love!
     
    odin243, Jun 22, 2007
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    syxbit Notebook Evangelist

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    probably the recent tailormade dell $500 off $1000 deal
    lucky
    still, my thinkpad costs me a little over $1100 after all discounts. so I'm not jealous :D
     
    syxbit, Jun 22, 2007
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  6. SDIX

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    hmmmm how did you do that? I might change my inspiron order if I could get a good price on a latitude!
     
    SDIX, Jun 22, 2007
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  7. foosa123

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    *says in golem voice*
    he stole it!!

    lol but srsly man that a freakin sick deal!
     
    foosa123, Jun 22, 2007
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  8. SVrider

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    I don't think I wanna say how but it wasn't anything illegal or through EPP. All I will say it was unadvertised and only lasted like maybe 2 days...gone now though sorry.
     
    SVrider, Jun 22, 2007
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    Seriously. You post a new thread about this amazing deal on a new Latitude but then won't tell us how you got in on it? WTH. Was there a similar deal on a D830? How do I keep missing this stuff over the past 2 weeks?
     
    Rowen, Jun 22, 2007
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  10. SVrider

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    Nope it was only for the D630 and like I said it wasn't advertised and its done now.... but if you notice there are no more Inspiron 640m's available?
     
    SVrider, Jun 22, 2007
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    Dell Outlet probably
     
    compsavy, Jun 22, 2007
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  12. Sirius_GTO

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    wait, what was the price and what was the specs? what system was this for?
     
    Sirius_GTO, Jun 22, 2007
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  13. chuck232

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    This thread is so terribly useful.

    Even though you've now removed the original post, it doesn't seem like you ever revealed how you got this amazing deal (which I can't even see now...). Just needed to brag a little eh? ;)
     
    chuck232, Jun 23, 2007
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  14. odin243

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    It was something like $775 for a D630, T7300, dedicated graphics, mostly spec'd out, I think.
     
    odin243, Jun 23, 2007
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  15. Sirius_GTO

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    I'm thinking gift cards?

    I can get a fully loaded D630 for 1K with 3 year complete care warranty so I'm not too jealous :D
     
    Sirius_GTO, Jun 23, 2007
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  16. compsavy

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    possibly during the Inspiron 640m shortage is also. I read inccidents(<-- check spelling) where Dell were giving people a D630 because the delay was like 1 month or something
     
    compsavy, Jun 23, 2007
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  17. SVrider

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    Yea I guess thats my bad for stirring stuff up, I knew people would jump all over it. So heres the story and keep it on the DL. Basically they discontinued the 640m but still had ads and promotions out there running for $599 and people wanted them. When they found out they couldn't get what they wanted (640m) dell tried to replace it with 1501's or upsell to a D630. If and only if they didn't want the 1501 and didn't want to pay the extra for the 630 then there was a coupon code that took something like $7XX off the D630 and brought it down to $599, throw in a couple upgrades and you get the number I posted before. It was only valid for like a day though and unadvertised (they deactivated coupon code) and you will notice they pulled the I640m from the website...
     
    SVrider, Jun 23, 2007
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  18. compsavy

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    Yes I was right, sorry for the useless post
     
    compsavy, Jun 23, 2007
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