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Desktop PC @ £246 (15"TFT/512MB/80GB/CELERON D 2.66GHz/DVD+CDRW) [CLOSED]

Flimber
Flimber Posts: 736 Forumite
in It's gone, but was it any good?
At Dell, obviously. Not their best ever offer but seemingly not a misprice this time. An extra £58 for a 17" TFT monitor makes it £303.15 total. Take £11 off either price to downgrade from the DVD/CD-Writer combo to a plain CD-ROM drive but you'd have to be slightly mentally-affected to do that.

E-Value Code is dmuk4 - D04302a

Also, under the terms of their current "Free Printer" promotion, this one is not listed as exempt* so it may qualify (after a post-purchase phone call, maybe). And if it does qualify an upgrade to an all-in-one scanner/printer/copier is a paltry £17.63 under that promotion.

Cheers,
Mike.

* "The offer exludes Dimension D04245 and XPS, and Inspiron 1000"
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  • johnllew
    johnllew Posts: 1,928 Forumite
    And there's a further 2.5% discount available on Dell purchases (in the form of cashback). Click here for details.
  • redfox
    redfox Posts: 15,336 Forumite
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    or preferably use the MSE referral link to rpoints to get a discount (in the blue bar at the top of this page) so not only the buyer but MSE benefits as well. It helps keep the MSE site going and free for you all to use!
  • alared
    alared Posts: 4,029 Forumite
    No modem included but adding one only takes the price to £251-45.
    Paying £11 to upgrade dvd/cdrw means thedvd only plays does`nt burn.
    Still a good price,you get what you add and pay for.
  • simes
    simes Posts: 377 Forumite
    Cheers,
    Just ordered..
    With the CDRW..

    It seems silly to me paying the £12 extra for the DVD/CDRW drive. You can a DVD rom for £12 ( buying elsewhere ) and have two drives. Or more sensibly buy buy a DVD burner ( not from Dell) for as little as £30 and stick this in the spare slot ( or remove the CDRW and stick it there - a DVD burner also does CD writing).

    Now to find a cheap PCI graphics card with TV-out...
  • tonyg_2
    tonyg_2 Posts: 494 Forumite
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    Does anyone know whether this comes with a free printer?
    Thanks!
  • Flimber
    Flimber Posts: 736 Forumite
    redfox wrote:
    or preferably use the MSE referral link to rpoints to get a discount (in the blue bar at the top of this page) so not only the buyer but MSE benefits as well. It helps keep the MSE site going and free for you all to use!

    Of course ! I posted in a hurry and couldn't find an easy-to-insert affiliated link. And still can't...

    Mike.
  • MyUserNamesTaken
    MyUserNamesTaken Posts: 4,486 Forumite
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  • Cuppatea_3
    Cuppatea_3 Posts: 354 Forumite
    Flimber wrote:
    Also, under the terms of their current "Free Printer" promotion, this one is not listed as exempt* so it may qualify (after a post-purchase phone call, maybe). And if it does qualify an upgrade to an all-in-one scanner/printer/copier is a paltry £17.63 under that promotion.
    Do you mean that they will ring and then I query the free printer or I need to ring them after I get confirmation? It definitely isn't included in the list of exempt offers, so it seems quite reasonable and a good argument for it being included in this offer.
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  • tonyg_2
    tonyg_2 Posts: 494 Forumite
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    If anyone manages to get the free printer (or cheap upgrade) I'd be really obliged if they could post here. Thank you.
  • randan
    randan Posts: 393 Forumite
    I have gone for this deal as it seems very cheap for what is included. I would not think that the Free printer offer aplies as normally the Dell site shows the printer in the list of specs for the item you are buying. If you try to order the D04305 you will see that the printer is listed with the option to upgrade to the better model. The spec of that machine is less than the one on offer here and the price is higher.

    Of course I will be querying the offer when no printer is delivered - I agree that this model is not excluded from the offer but would doubt if they will give even a cheap printer on a deal such as this.
    Your really can not beat a good bargain !!!
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