[DEAD] Dell SB - Dimension 4600 2.4/256/40/48xCD for $139+tax AR ($100 rebate)

[Leejai]

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[Leejai]

Originally posted by: Bee01

So it shipped tomorrow? So Dell can still yank your computer from being shipped. Heh I see it super unlikely they will honor any of these.

Hey, I didn't write it My guess is that their system assumes that once it's packaged it'll be shipped the next day. I'll remain skeptical until I see a tracking number.

Did you opt for next day shipping?

 

[Bee01]

Did you opt for next day shipping?

My order e-mail:

Shipping/Handling Method
Lowest Cost

I ordered this morning before the thread appeared on here, and before the FW thread had any replies. Fingers crossed!

 

[Kipper]

Ehh, both of my orders got canceled. Well, there we go.

 

[tart666]

(from fw) so... if they ship at least one, they can't claim it's a mistake, right? guys with shipped orders, can you post / PM your order number, pls?

 

[missedtackle]

I around the same stage as Bee01 and I ordered around Noon EST and with standard shipping.

 

[hytek369]

how much was next day shipping?

 

[Wei]

this is so freaking hot, how did i miss this? i was on this forum all day today

 

[cutty]

My order of 2 systems got cancelled also.
They even didn't send me an email.
Man, I've bought 3 monitors from them in the past years, shouldn't they sale me two systems so I can use with the 3 monitors I bought before? :|:|:|:|

 

[porkbun]

Nope, they made another mistake by honoring an order of a mistakenly-priced item.

Originally posted by: tart666
(from fw) so... if they ship at least one, they can't claim it's a mistake, right? guys with shipped orders, can you post / PM your order number, pls?

 

[aregon23]

I am in two minds about it! I know it was probably a mistake and it just got abused by the egay'ers. But hey, if you run a multi billion dollar company, how difficult is it to pay someone to write a simple script that makes sure errors like this don't happen. Is it that hard to come up with a script that monitors band width or popularity of products and raises a flag before the www community gets in too deep? It was probably like a feeding frenzy out there, which should have triggered all kinds of whistles and bells over bandwidth usage, computer sales, page hits, etc. Just sad that Dell is not going to suck it up.

Well there will be others! And I will get in before the rest of the piranas!

 

[spanky]

now i don't feel so bad about missing this deal. heheh :evil:

 

[mchammer187]

Originally posted by: spanky
now i don't feel so bad about missing this deal. heheh :evil:

 

[TecJunkie]

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It's just irritating to me to see this kind of lack of accountability. When local businesses behave in this manner, they have attorney generals and local news stations breathing down the back of their neck. Dell does it and says "oops" and then does it again. I just don't like the policy of "if we said it on the web, we don't have to stand by it". That's all.

And I don't like having a carrot dangled just out of reach.

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I so feel you on that. The difference is if your grocer makes a mistake and eats a couple thousand $ on mispriced steaks or something its not the end of the world. If an online retailer has such a problem (whether its their fault or not) your can have thousands of orders in one hour, which means millions of dollars in losses, and thats a different ballgame. That being said I really want this, but i will eat my hat if i get the one i ordered at 12:29 PM today. Actually i just checked status online and its CANCLED!

 

[TecJunkie]

Originally posted by: schizoid

Originally posted by: Phocas

Originally posted by: IgoByte

Originally posted by: BOBBY RIBS
YEAH! I got confirmation on all 25 orders. 5 diff credit cards finally pays off. Hope it works! :beer:

I hope you're joking...

I hope so too.

I hope not.

i hope i figure out what the hell your talking about

 

[TecJunkie]

"It seems like Dell just hired some new guy that has been making all these mistakes"


ITS THOSE DAMN NEW INTERNS.

I want steven back. [btw he got fired after he was caught bying weed in NYC]

 

[simsk]

For what it is worth I looked into their forum information since the WD 200GB HD deal had a forum response. It seems to me that this is an excellent place to make a point. So I thought I'd include an address.

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=cc_general&message.id=43716

- Companies make mistakes. Good companies honor them. Dell showed they were a decent company last week when the two totally seperate rebates on the WD hard drive came about and they indicated they would honor the rebates for those who purchased them. When I bought my first Dell in 98, it was reliable and performed as I wanted. I have bought other dell computers, they are also reliable and good. It would something to see a company always do right by their customers - even by their own mistake. I significant gesture to show they really do value their customers. I'm watching and I hope you'll weigh in on the forum.

Hey I don't shop at Fry's or BestBuy because of their way of doing business. Fry's can't sell anything reliable to its customers (ever buy ram, or a laptop there?) and BestBuy won't back a warranty. If this becomes the way DELL does business, it will quickly spread and they will shrink because no one will look at them. It's like strike one with me.
- First time shame on you Dell, second time shame on me for continuing to do business with them.

PS think of this - if DELL really earned 40 Billion (yeah Billion) this year in revenue and say it is on track for 60 Bill in the next couple of years, then this is big but not that big. Even if they lost $300/system (conservative estimate) * 1,000,000 systems = 300,000,000. Yeah it is a lot to me (obviously if I'm trying to scrape out a 139.00 computer from dell) but not to DELL. 40 Billion / 356 days = 112 Million. So that is at worst 3 days earnings. I don't honestly believe that in a few hours of opportunity that this deal was available that a million of these computers were purchased. So worst case this is less than 1% of revenue. Plus this can be written off and minimized. I think this deal can and should be honored. Especially by the "leader of E-business".

 

[ElGuache]

Well, I missed on this deal.

 

[schizoid]

I'm a smart guy.

I'm getting my PhD.

After reading selected posts from this thread, I feel stupider.

I swear this thread contains some of the most "interesting" logical leaps I've seen. Ever.

It's amazing what people will think when you tell them they can't have a $500 for $150.

 

[KenSr]

I was looking at Dell forums and saw this.
It seems to Me if they are willing to make good on this $100 mistake they should make good on the 4600 $400 mistake. My guess is there was alot more hard drives ordered than 4600's.

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=cc_general&message.id=43716

On September 25th and 26th, two $100 rebates were erroneously posted on Dell"s website for the 200GB Western Digital hard drive. Both of these rebates will be honored for customers who purchased the drive during this period. However, for customers who purchased prior to the posting of the second rebate, because there is no possibility that these customers relied on these rebates when making their purchase, only one rebate will be honored. We will be posting updated rebate forms for this drive as soon as they are available, and will be extending the period for submission

 

[ftrainwill]

good post there simsk, you make a valid point as to how much money they profit. you also have to figure out that a system for 500 is the retail price, you need to account the actual cost to make one of those systems. I know that the mark up on these bad boys aren't that high, but still, there is still a lot of profits involved.

I just hope I get an email from them stating that they are going to let my order go through =0)

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: ElGuache
Well, I missed on this deal.

 

[robertsmith]

No cancellation here :-> Status:
Package Shipped on 10/10/2003 Stage: In Transit

Status: On Schedule, 10/9/2003 9:24:00 PM
Carrier: FEDERAL EXPRESS
Delivery Estimate: October 16 - October 18

I ordered a 2.8/9800 Radeon/no rebate/512 RAM/3 year wr.

 

[PrimeRisk]

My order is Cancelled.... Bummer. Better luck next time & congratulations to those who got in.

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: Sammy5000

Originally posted by: aregon23
But the guy who said he ordered the computer through AnandTech definitely bought the smile back!

That was hilarious.......

But stupid! Look at this below!

[W]Over at the Fatwallets forums, the thread on this deal was locked with the following message:

Edit by Moderator: We have been contacted by Dell and have been told that this "deal" is likely not to be honored by Dell Small Business. We will pass along more information as we get it.

Oh well...[/W]

Now Dell is going to be scanning the forums very frequently now. It will be much harder to get a hot deal since every time they make a database change they will probably scope the forums.

-Por