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    Will sales reps give a discount?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by nochancemrp, Jun 10, 2008.

  1. nochancemrp

    nochancemrp Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm looking into a P-172S FX. With $75 off it comes to like $1444.

    Just wondering if I could get free 2 day or overnight delivery or something. BB has it in stock but the CPU is slightly slower, and I wanted to use the monthly payment plan. Maybe they'd work something out for me?

    What have you guys experienced?
     
    nochancemrp, Jun 10, 2008
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  2. Nirvana

    Nirvana Notebook Prophet

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    sure they will.
     
    Nirvana, Jun 10, 2008
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  3. nochancemrp

    nochancemrp Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hmm all he can do is free shipping.

    $1420 still is good though.
     
    nochancemrp, Jun 10, 2008
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  4. flynnaz

    flynnaz I am a Night Elf Mohawk!

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    That is a pretty good price from gateway, the P-172s fx is nice because of the fast hard drive, and the faster cpu, but the P-6080fx from best buy has 4gb of ram instead of 3gb, and bluetooth, it also has a slower but bigger hard drive, they go on sale every few weeks forb $1,249.99 too :). Just some things to think about. I linked the gateway spec page for you information.

    http://www.gateway.com/programs/pseries/index.php?page=specs
     
    flynnaz, Jun 10, 2008
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  5. Lakjin

    Lakjin Notebook Deity

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    sales rep gave me a hundred extra off on my M-152XL
     
    Lakjin, Jun 10, 2008
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  6. flynnaz

    flynnaz I am a Night Elf Mohawk!

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    My rep told me you can easily get 10% off right away, the rest is your salesmanship :)
     
    flynnaz, Jun 10, 2008
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  7. nochancemrp

    nochancemrp Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well I made the purchase.

    I ended up getting it for $1417 shipped free. For a mere $30 more than the Dell 1530, it seems like I got way more bang for my buck. Which is what a lot of posts indicated with this PC.
     
    nochancemrp, Jun 10, 2008
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  8. flynnaz

    flynnaz I am a Night Elf Mohawk!

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    Gratz, see you in the game grid :)
     
    flynnaz, Jun 11, 2008
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