Dell say's they'll honor all $200 rebates!!! (WD 200G HD)

[Gujski]

Congrats to all who got in on it!

I didnt :disgust:

 

[CherryBOMB]

Originally posted by: cchen
anyone have links to the rebate forms? i'm missing one of them

REBATE#1
REBATE#2

 

[mikeford]

21 days to deliver makes you wonder just how many we are talking about.

 

[Mawashi]

That's great! I was one of those that got it before the first email when out but now that everyone is going to get it's even better!
For $22 i'm not complaining but this drive is noisy!

 

[ElGuache]

yea, I got the e-mail from Dell.

 

[Lager]

Did any of you guys already receive your hard drives?

 

[sniperruff]

this may sound stupid... i never had a HD over 120gig and never paid attention to it...

we need some sort of adapter to let OS recognize it as over 137 gig right? is the controller included in this retail box?

 

[zephyrprime]

Awesome! Lucky I got in on this deal.

 

[Lehemann]

Yes. Free Ultra ATA controller card included.

Originally posted by: sniperruff
this may sound stupid... i never had a HD over 120gig and never paid attention to it...

we need some sort of adapter to let OS recognize it as over 137 gig right? is the controller included in this retail box?

 

[LuNoTiCK]

Definately deal of the year. I just wish I ordered another one, I know this isn't going to be enough. I also wish I used fatcash and a coupon, but still, a great deal.

 

[s1moore]

Mine came in yesterday, the rebate forms will go out tomorrow. I am pleasantly surprised that Dell decided to take the hit in order to maintain there honor. Nice to see from a big business.

 

[Trikat]

I didn't even receive mine and it said ship date of 10/1. But I got the email yesterday so that means they are probably going to cancel it. I really wanted a 200gb.

 

[beaver]

ordered two. One received a couple of days ago. Another trapped by Dell. Seems I can get both. Thanks Dell and OP.
Yes. the "crappy" plastics package contains a 200GB HDD, a controller card, a UPC and two purchase proof (#1 & #2). 3-yr warranty. Better than Maxtor.

Dell must suffer. It advertised the HDD three days on its website last week.

 

[HoosierDadE]

Ok, I received this email on Oct 2, but have not received one saying the deal is still in effect. My order was on Oct 26. So are only SOME buyers getting the deal? HAs anyone who got the email below, got the one saying the deal is back on? FWIW, I did NOT cancel my order.

Valued Customer,

This note is in reference to your order for a 200 GB Western Digital hard drive that you have placed. It has come to our attention that duplicate $100 mail-in rebate coupons were posted online on the product page for this drive, although there is only one rebate available on this drive. We do not want any customers to have ordered this drive based on the mistaken assumption that $200 of rebates applied, so we want to give you this opportunity to cancel your order if there was any confusion resulting from the duplicate rebate coupons.

If you wish to continue your order with $100 in applicable mail-in rebates with a revised ship date, you may do so by contacting the US_DELL_Notify@Dell.com mailbox. If we do not hear from you within 3 business days of this notice, we will conclude that you do not wish to continue with your order, and we will cancel it. Please respond with your order number or customer number please.

Thank you,
Dell Notification Team

 

[DUKAT1]

HoosierDadE
I answered your question in the other thread where you asked it.

I'm sure many others will be glad to answer it too!

 

[waxking1]

The 137 gig limitation in XP is only when SP1 is not installed. If you are doing a clean OS install then the SP1 can be slipstreamed into the OS at the time it is installed.

 

[InfiniteSadness]

If anyone hasn't received the mail yet, check your spambox. I found two dell emails didnt get through the filter for Hotmail, whereas the first cancellation notice did pass.

 

[Budmantom]

In case anyone wants to make a quick buck, I will buy any and all wd200gb drives for $23


Tom

 

[Henny]

Can you be more specific? Doesn't the drive need to be installed before the XP install and before the SP1 install? Will the 137g limit jump to 200G right after the SP1 install?

What do you mean "slipstreamed"?

TIA

Originally posted by: waxking1
The 137 gig limitation in XP is only when SP1 is not installed. If you are doing a clean OS install then the SP1 can be slipstreamed into the OS at the time it is installed.

 

[NogginBoink]

Way to go Dell.

This is the customer service that will keep them at the top of their industry and win them customers.

Wish I'd taken the chance on it.

 

[chibchakan]

I cancelled my order and after reading D3ll was accepting both rebates I emailed them at US_DELL_NOTIFY@DELL.COM to reinstate my order. I hope everybody that cancelled cause they were afraid they would get screwed emails them so they don't lose out. I got the following email:

Dear Valued Customer,

Due to the overwhelming response to this promotion the Western Digital hard drive will have twenty one days lead time before the item ships. We will be posting revised instructions for submitting rebate requests and will be extending the submission deadline.

If you would like to cancel your order due to the long lead time, please contact us at the US_DHS_NOTIFY@DELL.COM <mailto:US_DHS_NOTIFY@DELL.COM> <<mailto:US_DHS_NOTIFY@DELL.COM>> mailbox, with your order #. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused you and thank you for your patience in this matter..



Dell Notification Team

Who would be stupid enough to cancel?

 

[afty]

Originally posted by: Henny
Can you be more specific? Doesn't the drive need to be installed before the XP install and before the SP1 install? Will the 137g limit jump to 200G right after the SP1 install?

What do you mean "slipstreamed"?

Basically, you have to copy the contents of a WinXP cd to your hard drive, apply the SP1 patches, then burn a "slipstreamed" copy of the CD and use that to install. This is the only way to be able to create a >137 GB partition when you install.

Here is some more info:
http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/winxp-sp1-bootcd.html

 

[K-squared]

Well, yes and no (in reference to "... they actually spent time considering.... " comment).

This is like the umpteenth time Dell has done this. They [inadvertently?] post a super hot deal - usually involving a rebate - only to pull it in a few hours after being barraged with orders. The scenario then usually goes something like this:

1. initially they "play" dumb;

2. then they state it was an "error";

3. followed by the classic "the rebate/both rebates are not valid - you may cancel your order" e-mail message;

4. then after a large number of cancellations, the "oops! We've decided to honor the rebate/both rebates" message.

5. this is followed by the long order delay (hoping more will cancel - which they will), subsequent "you must respond or your order will be cancelled" messages (hoping some will fail to respond - which some will), and repeatedly pushing back the projected shipping date (hoping yet more will cancel - which they will).

Anyone remeber this happening with the Radeon 8500 Pro two years ago, or the WD 120GB 8MB Special Edition harddrive last year (both of which - btw- were Sep/Oct hot deals) ?

Originally posted by: theshamu
You've got to love Dell - they actually spend time "considering" this kind of issues and in the end decided to take a loss and keep us customers happy. My order hasn't shipped so I was disappointed with the first email, but really saw no reason to be mad - $20+ for a 200GB hard drive would be super nice to have but you know someone is losing a lot of money on it. Anyways, I guess everyone should be happy now, since they set the window to 9/25-9/27, that pretty much covered all the orders I would think.

 

[Munkeeboi]

For those who have gotten your drives, will you be sending your rebates in ASAP?

 

[Henny]

Thanks!! This was very helpful.

Originally posted by: afty

Originally posted by: Henny
Can you be more specific? Doesn't the drive need to be installed before the XP install and before the SP1 install? Will the 137g limit jump to 200G right after the SP1 install?

What do you mean "slipstreamed"?

Basically, you have to copy the contents of a WinXP cd to your hard drive, apply the SP1 patches, then burn a "slipstreamed" copy of the CD and use that to install. This is the only way to be able to create a >137 GB partition when you install.

Here is some more info:
http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/winxp-sp1-bootcd.html