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    Haggle Down Sager Price?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by bifnewman, Jul 5, 2009.

  1. bifnewman

    bifnewman Notebook Evangelist

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    Has anyone tried to haggle down the price with XoticPC or any other reseller? What did it for them?
     
    bifnewman, Jul 5, 2009
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  2. bifnewman

    bifnewman Notebook Evangelist

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    I just found out something great... Check out this chat with an XoticPC rep:

    Xotic Rep: Welcome to our real-time support chat. How can I help you today?
    Joey: Can I change internal system components such as CPU, RAM, and HDD's without voiding a warranty if I buy the Sager NP9850?
    Xotic Rep: Good evening Joey
    Joey: Hello
    Xotic Rep: Sure, with Sager you can change any of the components inside without voiding the warranty
    One of the reasons we love that company so much
    Joey: So if I buy my laptop with a P8700 and decide to upgrade it after a couple months if its not good enough, can I sell it?
    Xotic Rep: Of course. That is actually what I reccomned to most people. As Quad technology becomes more prevalant in the industry and software supports it more readily then i suggest to most customers that they take out a dual core and replace it with a quad
    Selling the CPU would be easy
    Joey: Ok great thanks

    You can buy a stock NP9850 and sell the CPU, HDD, and RAM without voiding warranty...
     
    bifnewman, Jul 5, 2009
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  3. MrButterBiscuits

    MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~

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    Wow that's cool beans... however please make sure before posting any reps names you ask them! They can get in trouble if they haven't authorized it
     
    MrButterBiscuits, Jul 5, 2009
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  4. ganzonomy

    ganzonomy Notebook Deity

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    yea, don't get xoticpc people in trouble. They're nice people and they don't deserve to get put out into the soup. I wouldn't call that haggling either so much as reclaiming / minimizing a loss incurred by buying the lower cpu.

    Jason
     
    ganzonomy, Jul 5, 2009
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  5. MrButterBiscuits

    MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~

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    No he was saying it is really cool that Sager warranties are not voided by trading parts out... in particular the CPU
     
    MrButterBiscuits, Jul 5, 2009
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  6. shadowfox952

    shadowfox952 Notebook Guru

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    VERY nice to know.
     
    shadowfox952, Jul 5, 2009
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  7. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The resellers' margins are thin enough as is that I doubt any one of them will haggle the price down with you just on general principles; however, many of them (incl. XoticPC and Powernotebooks, if I'm not mistaken) will price match a bona-fide price quote you get from another reseller.
     
    Shyster1, Jul 5, 2009
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  8. BobXX

    BobXX Newbie

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    Price-matching is about as good as you'll be able to do, assuming you can find a cheaper posted price elsewhere, that is.
     
    BobXX, Jul 5, 2009
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  9. shadowfox952

    shadowfox952 Notebook Guru

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    @Topic: Yea, Xotic's prices are the lowest I've seen, so I don't know how much you'll be able to haggle with them.
     
    shadowfox952, Jul 5, 2009
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  10. bifnewman

    bifnewman Notebook Evangelist

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    I just want to know if anyone has done it and if I should try it... What should I say?
     
    bifnewman, Jul 5, 2009
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  11. IKAS V

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    It's worth a shot but don't expect anything, the best you can do is probably price match like others have said.
     
    IKAS V, Jul 6, 2009
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  12. Blueman101

    Blueman101 Notebook Evangelist

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    you can haggle with eurocom but you will end up back where you started because there prices are a little high to begin with. :)
     
    Blueman101, Jul 6, 2009
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  13. icehell

    icehell Notebook Evangelist

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    xoticpc,PNB,...etc...... haggle waste of time

    try:

    rjtech.com
    pcmicrowork.net
     
    icehell, Jul 6, 2009
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  14. sabricaze

    sabricaze Notebook Evangelist

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    PNB and Xoticpc guys are in this forums too, by the way.

    .....
     
    sabricaze, Jul 6, 2009
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  15. bifnewman

    bifnewman Notebook Evangelist

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    i know xD.... what is PNB?

    unless rjtech can give me a NP9262 with SLI 9800M GTX, E8600, 4GB RAM, 250GB 7200RPM HD for 1900 or less then I probably dont want to go with them... no use price matching with rjtech as i would buy it without cpu ram and hd's....

    EDIT: Its actually 2 320GB 7200RPM.... Should I go for the NP9262?
     
    bifnewman, Jul 6, 2009
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  16. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    pcmicrowork.net doesn't lead to a valid webpage; however, if you meant PC Microworks, read the stickied thread at the top of the forum, and then decide if you want to do business with them.
     
    Shyster1, Jul 6, 2009
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  17. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Power Note Books, of course! :D
     
    Shyster1, Jul 6, 2009
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  18. bifnewman

    bifnewman Notebook Evangelist

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    lol XD

    10char
     
    bifnewman, Jul 6, 2009
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  19. icehell

    icehell Notebook Evangelist

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    Sorry its http://www.microexpress.net

    Haggle with those companies not worthing,they maximum will give you 30$ discount if you are so lucky!!!!! :D
     
    icehell, Jul 6, 2009
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  20. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    thats why it says user upgradeble :rolleyes:


    and you still have not removed the reps name
     
    The_Moo™, Jul 6, 2009
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  21. duane16

    duane16 Notebook Consultant

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    In this economy it wouldn't hurt to try to save a couple bucks by haggling the price down; but as many posters have already mentioned, it would be hard to get the price any lower than what is already advertised on the website. I think XoticPC has some student discounts/offers if you are a student. Good luck though.

    Duane
     
    duane16, Jul 6, 2009
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  22. bifnewman

    bifnewman Notebook Evangelist

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    yep... i can get a student discount...
     
    bifnewman, Jul 6, 2009
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  23. sirmetman

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    I bought 2 lappies at once from them, and if I remember, I think they gave me a small discount... or at least free shipping or something. But yeah, thin margins, don't expect much.

    It is cool that warranty coverage survives upgrades though. Of course the upgraded parts won't be warrantied... and any cascade failures caused by the upgrades won't be covered either... but still, it is nice that it doesn't completely void your warranty to upgrade.
     
    sirmetman, Jul 7, 2009
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  24. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    Personally, I don't mind paying enough to keep a good company/industry alive. Especially when they'er already selling them with such low margins. Haggling $30 on a $2,000 laptop just doesn't sound like a reason to do business with someone. I'd rather have that brand new $2,000 supported by a company who stays in business and aims to keep me happy.
     
    rschauby, Jul 8, 2009
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