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    dell auction (dELL HAS AUCTIONS)?

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by DumbDumb, Jul 17, 2013.

  1. DumbDumb

    DumbDumb Alienware !Wish money wasn't the problem.

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    DumbDumb, Jul 17, 2013
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    misft33333 Notebook Consultant

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    I do not know what to think about this...Awesome?...checking it out now
     
    misft33333, Jul 17, 2013
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  3. HopelesslyFaithful

    HopelesslyFaithful Notebook Virtuoso

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    is this actually a dell afflicted/owned site? also is it like the scam quebids? or is it just like a dell ebay?
     
    HopelesslyFaithful, Jul 17, 2013
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  4. DumbDumb

    DumbDumb Alienware !Wish money wasn't the problem.

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    this is dell owned as far as i can tell..
     
    DumbDumb, Jul 17, 2013
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  5. HopelesslyFaithful

    HopelesslyFaithful Notebook Virtuoso

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    it is like ebay or que bid?
     
    HopelesslyFaithful, Jul 17, 2013
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  6. knight427

    knight427 theenemysgateisdown

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    This makes sense. Dell Outlet is an awesome place to get current gen machines at great discounts once they start giving out the 20% coupon codes. But the older gen machines were priced either by a faulty algorithm or total morons. Clearly Dell had no idea how to price old inventory, so what better option is there than to auction them off?
     
    knight427, Jul 17, 2013
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  7. HopelesslyFaithful

    HopelesslyFaithful Notebook Virtuoso

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    yea it does sound good!
     
    HopelesslyFaithful, Jul 17, 2013
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  8. baii

    baii Sone

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    They used to do this on ebay, guess dell decide that give ebay a share aren't the brightest thing.
     
    baii, Jul 17, 2013
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  9. HopelesslyFaithful

    HopelesslyFaithful Notebook Virtuoso

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    they rather give it to the government instead in sales taxes -_-
     
    HopelesslyFaithful, Jul 18, 2013
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  10. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    I am surprised they didn't use the dell URL though like auction.dell.com because dellauction.com sounds suspicious.
     
    HTWingNut, Jul 18, 2013
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  11. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    A quick whois reveals the actual owner, which is indeed Dell:

     
    katalin_2003, Jul 22, 2013
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  12. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    Right, but how many "regular" users will do that? How often do you get spammed by your bank or other site that says only visit sites with end of their domain name "xbankx.com" or whatever?
     
    HTWingNut, Jul 23, 2013
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  13. HopelesslyFaithful

    HopelesslyFaithful Notebook Virtuoso

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    the site really does scream SCAM site though...the url is fishy...the concept is fishy. You can see why the non-gullible people would question the site
     
    HopelesslyFaithful, Jul 24, 2013
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