grumble...dell...grrr...

Geminiwave

Well I started smelling some interesting smells out of my current CRT. Hot glue smells to be precise...and in fact I was watching the glue melt in the back of my monitor and the whistling just getting WORSE...and WORSE. Anyway Sony is off my list of acceptable companies at the moment.

So I saw this sale on dell LCDs. They had a 20" widescreen that was $231 after 20% discount. The trouble is that it didnt have the rotating display thingy (and then later i found out its a TN display so thats REALLY not happening). So I was talking to a dell representative and she was like "well its only $50 more for the 2007wfp!" to which I was like "hot damn!" so I went on and ordered it and used my 20% off coupon. I get the bill and its $350!!!! That is NOT what I was promised. So I checked...apparently she was thinking that the 20% off would be taken off its list price right now. Unfortunately its list price is AFTER a 15% discount. And the rest of the amount is tax (Which they charge BEFORE the discount). So basically you get taxed for the $400 display and then have 20% taken off (because they dont stack discounts). so it comes out to be around $350.

...grrrrrrrrrr. So yea. I got billed WAY more than I was expecting and now its created problems with my budget. not HUGE problems, but problems nonetheless.

I really dislike these days how I have to watch every company like a hawk. There was a time when some things I could just buy and not worry so much about the price...but now they'll tell you one price and charge you a VERY DIFFERENT price. Isn't that like bait and switch? I mean I was told it was only $50 more...

Geminiwave

oh oops.

this was meant for FWZ. I was gunna make lots of swearwords about dell.

dj_stick

moved

go have fun

Geminiwave

I ...Hate...DELL!

bobbytomorow

Lets not kid ourselves gemini, by hot glue you really mean hot cum, and by whilst you really mean you accidentaly shot some into your monitor vents checking out the latest "britney spears preggers upskirt" at deansplanet

Geminiwave

actually it was chelsey clinton down-blouses...

sigh...but see I'm kinda proud of myself I mean the height and distance of that sucker...sheesh. if I had pushed one of those out during sex the girl would be coughing up cum.

bobbytomorow

Call me crazy but I dont think the wife would be too impressed if you made her dress up like chelsa clinton just a word of warning cheers mate

Necrosis

Just think you could of bought a 22" Samsung with just about the same specs for the same price. Awe...

Geminiwave

well I can always return it. which is what im considering

SFOSOK

Thats what you get for believing people

BiGBrOwNPimpsta

dell = cunt
fuck that whore michael dell, shit motherfucker, bitch, hoe, nigger, shitty fucking dell 2007fpw, kike, paki, cheap reffed out shitty tech support, cummed on motherfucker products, NAMBLA supporter, money slutbag tricked gemini

(tricked gemini maybe because he is gay?)

edit - forgot the words FAGGOT, wanker, tipdrill and bloody in the post

Tinkerhell

my virgin ears are hurting after that! Such naughty language. For shame.

Judas

Ask questions... I always ask the before price, the after taxes price, and aftering shipping and all the bells and whistles are taken in price.. then i ask for a quote to be sent by email clearly showing how all the discounts and coupons and everything are add in.

Phone em back, and start bitching.

Zardon

I think im the only person on the planet who really likes Dell. Yes, feel free to flame me

Sandok

Na Zardon, I concur with you... Nobody beats dell for laptops imho! I mean, they are rigid and robust as hell! I've dropped, soaked and burnt mine but it still runs

Only Alienware looks better than dell but that's out of most people's cost range...

Judas

I like dells Monitors...

As far as the computer systems go, i only recommend them if the people don't want my own, as they ask me what i think is the best "prebuilt" which imo, is dell, but dammit, they are shittay.

Just Learnin'

Judas

rotfl...

Zardon

Cool, I normally just work on my laptop, but thats kinky I guess if you are into that sort of thing.

pr0digal jenius

I can't stand dell desktops...or their marketting practices [sell crap in bulk in order to drive profits up]

Ther higher end stuff is top notch though, and aside from the cheap latitude piles of crap, their laptops are excellent....they are the WORST about installing junk software though...my god.



As for what happened to you gemini...shame on youf or ordering over the phone, is all I have to say

Zardon

You think? the latitudes where the only laptops to pass testing standards in a strict independent testing regime in the UK last year. they dropped them from heights, exposed them to extreme heat and cold, and the only one that passed was a latitude. sony, alienware, hewlett packard, the list goes on and on. all failed.

Latitudes IMO are some of the best business laptop machines you can get , if you get the right model. I think dell get a bad press, some of it is justified yes, they are so large - customer service tends to suffer, but honestly I think they turn out a really decent product range overall.

Of course this is just all talk, everyone who deals with a company who turns out xx million computers a year will have a different experience, im obviously just going on my own in work and a laptop I had of theirs years ago, which is still working perfectly fine when a sony one died with much less abuse and with a much shorter life span...

you speak to anyone about a certain company there will always be an issue somewhere down the line, but obviously the larger the company, the more sales..... the higher percentage of issues.....

SFOSOK

I was looking around online for who would have the best gaming laptop that wasn't rediculously priced. Kept comin back to Dell so I think that is the way I will go when I'm done with my training. Hopefully DX10 will be stable and there will be some good mobile cards out

Geminiwave

I like their monitors (which is why I was attempting to purchase one) and their 3 year waranties...and their lattitudes actually. I got one for my grandpa which is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! It made me rethink taking apple up on their refund (they screwed me around so much taht I asked for my money back and they agreed...but then everything got fixed so I didnt take it) it was super light and had a great battery life and wasnt ugly...and it had a built in 3G modem. I just popped my sim card in and it worked. I wasnt even AWARE that they had built in 3g modems for laptops yet. It was insane but there you have it. We didnt even order a sim card slot (and nowhere in the specs was it described. just came with the lat)

But...they REALLY pissed me off.

Besides I got a better deal on an acer which isn't quite as good but its a good deal larger.

SHHH! DUMBASS I'M IN THE CLOSET!

pr0digal jenius

I've never seen a latitude ast more then a few monthes, personally...the inspiron's I've experienced seem much better machines. Like allan said though...that's me personally, and I may have witnessed a fluke

Just Learnin'