Dell deal on Cyber Monday, any idea?

Hi All,

Is any one aware of the Dell Cyber Monday deals in Home segment. Is there a chance that Dell will offer more that $400 coupon thats currently prevailing after 21st Nov?

Please help me decide. I am planning to buy Inspiron 1420. The last day to use $ 400 coupon is 2mrw. please let me know if i should wait for further discounts.

Thanx in advance

Regards,
Punk

 

they had a $500 coupon and a $150 gift card included a week ago. So yes, there will be better deals. I would wait for the new processors to come out in January which will lower the price of the 7000 series processors... hopefullly

 

Thanks Buddy. Thanks a lot for the info. How much you expect the prices to be lowered bt 100$ and by when can we expect a good deal on 7000 series processors...arnd $500 or more

Whats this gift card...can we buy anything using this gift card...including digicams from dell site?

 

Yes, you can buy what you like with the gift card.

Right now is not a good time to buy a Dell. The coupons are pretty weak. I'd wait a week at least and see what comes around.

 

Coupons are weak...I thought thats pretty good...$400 off currently...as this will be my first notebook, i havnt been part of notebook world earlier and not aware abt how strong a coupon can go and at what time.

I am very worried as $400 off deal closes tommorrow...and i just want to make sure that i will get a good deal this year if i leave this $ 400 off.

How strong a deal you expect Simic in term of dollars off in coming days?

Thanks a lot for sharing your comments

 

Remember, it's not so much how much the coupon deal offers off ($500, $400, etc.) but what sort of specs you're getting for your money. This is because Dell will inflate prices and then offer a large coupon and engage in other slightly deceptive practices. So in spite of these seemingly great deals (and don't get me wrong, some are very good deals) and in spite of their build-on-demand model, Dell is still pretty much like any other consumer computer company. That is, prices do not rise and fall, rise and fall, in any significant way, except for during short periods (weeks, perhaps a month). To keep up with competition, though, the long-term trend will always be downward--better specs for less money.

"and i just want to make sure that i will get a good deal this year if i leave this $ 400 off. How strong a deal you expect Simic in term of dollars off in coming days?"

It's hard to say what will happen within a 4-5 week window. Unfortunately at least for us, Dell claims to be selling laptops like hotcakes in this last quarter. But better deals will come along. If it concerns you, just use the $400; it's a fine deal, especially if you want the laptop now.

 

He raises an excellent point, although the $500 off coupon made it seem like the time to buy a laptop was last week, I configured one with the same specs as the one I bought a couple months ago, and it was seriously only like $25 less than what I got mine for with identical specs except the new ones have T7250 and mine has a T7300.

Whenever they have a huge coupon like that, they jack up the prices on the desirable upgrades like DVD-RW, vid cards, higher end processors, 2gigs RAM, and the bigger hard drives.

 

the general rule for lappies is buy when u want one...dont w8 for abettter deal otherwise u will w8 forever lol

 

New deal seems to be weaker just $300 off
But one thing i came to know dell keeps on offering some or the other deal all the time. we just need to wait and watch for the deal that suits us.

I have to wait for the a $500 off deal

 

let me point out how the deals went

$500 of $1399+
$400 of $1299+
$300 of $1199+

So if u config up to those prices then use the coupons u always come out with $899

 

Not true at all, there are definitely better times to buy. Today for example, is not a good deay for a Dell, in the next couple weeks there will be much better offers. Likewise you need to be aware of upcoming technology releases as they will affect prices significantly.

 

Thats true only if your initial config is worth $1199. What if you have configured a system worth $1399, in this scenario you are bound to loose whenever $ off goes down.

Like in my case my config is $1444 which i will increase to $1499 just to claim $200 gift card

System Color Jet Black
Processor Intel Core2Duo T7500(2.2Ghz
Display High Resolution, Glossy Widescreen 14.1 inch display (1440 * 900)
Video Card 128MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8400M GS
Memory 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
Hard Drive 120GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Optical Drive CD / DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)
Wireless Intel® 3945 802.11a/g Mini-card
Bluetooth Options Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)
webcam Integrated 2.0 Megapixel Webcam
Battery 85Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)
Sound Options High Definition Audio 2.0

So for me $ off matters, ofcourse for people with config arnd $1k, it doesnt matters much.

 

Thats idiotic simply b/c u are convinced that Dell doesnt price gouge and they DO...so keeping that in mind they will keep prices the same no matter if the new centrino architecture comes out or not

 

but i agree today is bad day to buy...last night would have been better

 

Yesterday may have been a bad day to buy through the Home Office program, but what about today through the education discount program?

I'm looking at buying an Inspiron 1520 through the higher education student discount program. The build I chose has a list price of $2100 but will be $1580 after discounts (I will also get a $200 gift card). As has been mentioned above, the size of this discount alone isn't a good indication of how good the deal is, so I've pasted the specs below. Can anyone comment on how good a deal this is (note that the education discount is always 12%--so the "regular price" for this build is really $1848)? Also, for someone looking to get a laptop that will be good for work and games, would anyone suggest changes to this build?

Inspiron 1520 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition VHP3E
System Color Jet Black BLK
Memory 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz 2G2D
LCD Panel High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch display (1680x1050)
Video Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT 256AC
Hard Drive Speed: 160GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) 160GB72
Network Card and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Combo or DVD+RW Drive CD / DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive) 8XDVDRW Sound Card ExpressCard Sound Blaster X-Fi® Xtreme Audio Sound Card
Wireless Networking Cards Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card DW1505
Camera Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam DCAMERA
Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD IWRK
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) No Subscription (30-day trial) TMNO [420-7701]
Battery Options 6-cell Primary Battery and 9-cell additional Lithium Ion Battery 6BT9ABT
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options DellCare Value DHS3DCV Dial-Up Internet Access No ISP requested NISPFSS
Bluetooth and Wireless USB Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR) TM355I Dell Digital Entertainment Yahoo! Music Jukebox - Music Player SEP Doms Camera Module Jet Black color w/ 2.0M pixel Camera DBLKWC
Processor Branding Intel® Core™2 Duo Label IC2DNB
Labels Windows Vista™ Premium VPN
Datasafe DataSafe included with DellCare Service bundle

 

thats good but what he was saying was that today and until the 29th the deals blow...its $300 off as of today whereas yesterday it was $400 off

 

actually today may be better. its 200 off 899 . so that brings it to 699 as lowest possible price. yesterday it was 225 off of 949 which comes to 724.

 

Yah today is better for those who are looking for inspiron somewhat similar to base configuration....but for those with configuration above $1199...its a poooor deal

Counting days till 28th...hope we get a better after that...

 

Is there anyone out there who have any idea what sort of deals Dell throw during this period and specially on Cyber Monday

 

Your lack of gramar skills makes it impossible to grasp what you're trying to say, but it's safe to say your "general rule of lappies" is something you came up with on your own and is flawed (to put it nicely).

 

Yes, but if you had configured a 1300 when the offer was at $300 @ 1199 your total would be 1000,
and if you had configured a 1300 when the offer was at $400 @ 1299, your total cost would be 900.

See the difference? Even though it works out to the same according to your calculation, the bigger coupons allow you to go for more upgrades purely because your system can be spec'd out with more expensive configurations.

That said, Dell does play around with its upgrade prices.

 

it was 400 for 1299 i believe

 

I realize every one here is looking at the Inspiron models, but you should take a look at Dell's Vostro line as well. They seem to have better prices/performance specs right now. (click on the small buisness link at the beginning)