laptop £1000 reduced to £500

Kyle_2

Woolworths have this on offer and it looks like a good deal http://www.woolworths.co.uk/ww_p2/product/index.jhtml?pid=50504399
I know every time someone puts this type of item on here they get shot down saying theres a better machine around the corner but i am very close to orderng one and i would really appreciate all your money savers advice

seanparkin

Evil celeron processor.

Dont touch with a (very long) barge pole.

bamberbamboo

that looks great kyle, maybe one of the "whizzy pc types" on the forum could tell us if it is a good buy?? if so fancy that myself but will wait for the next 10% night again should be quite soon so it would be £450.00,

bamberbamboo

seanparkin wrote:

Evil celeron processor.

Dont touch with a (very long) barge pole.

wow now that was quick

barginunter

Agree plus not much memory - think you could do better.

redfox

there's a thread on the previous Medion laptop, the 320, offered by Woolworths here - it might be worth a read for some advice

Edinburghlass_2

Also thread here in the Techie Board but mainly about Woolies half price advertising ploy

gizmoleeds

Woolies' "half price" offers are a joke. I believe they have one store in the country where these things are sold at extortionatly high prices in order to validate the "half price" claim. Wouldn't touch them with a bargepole.

wealthsaver

gizmoleeds wrote:

Woolies' "half price" offers are a joke. I believe they have one store in the country where these things are sold at extortionatly high prices in order to validate the "half price" claim. Wouldn't touch them with a bargepole.

Woolworths are the only shop where you can buy cds, DVDs gifts etc in our local town (apart from second hand ones from Charity shops!)- and they are frequently cheaper than the out of town Sainsburys and Morrisons. Woolworths have been part of the high street for years and are moving with the times to keep up with the Supermarkets.

I used to work for a retail company who used "Market town pricing". They charged a higher price that cynically took advantage of the local population being unable to get the goods cheaper elsewhere without travelling at cost or ordering mail order and paying a delivery charge.

At least with the Internet, people have a choice now and can use sites like this to seek out the best deal.

wolvesinwales

There's a Dell Inspiron 6000 on offer for less than £500 at the moment.

Intel® Pentium® M 725A Processor (1.6GHz 2MB L2 cache 400MHz FSB) & shared graphics memory
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2
Memory 512MB 400MHz DDR2 RAM (2x256)
Hard Drive 60GB (5.400rpm) IDE Hard Drive
Modem Internal 56K v.92 Capable Fax Modem
Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with Software
Intel® ProWireless 2200 802.11b/g Mini PCI Wireless LAN Card
Warranty 1-Year Collect and Return service
Primary Battery Primary 6 Cell 53 WHr battery
15.4" Wide Screen UltraSharpTM WXGA (1280 x 800) LCD Panel

£498 inc vat and del

Final discount comes off as you add it to the basket.

E code 901 - N11602A

Teak

gizmoleeds wrote:

Woolies' "half price" offers are a joke. I believe they have one store in the country where these things are sold at extortionatly high prices in order to validate the "half price" claim. Wouldn't touch them with a bargepole.

I think that practice is now against the law. The original selling price must of been in effect at the particular store within a certain time frame. Something like 28 days in the last 6 months.

However, note it's not the original selling price but the RRP price they quote. Many shops never sell at full RRP, yet quote it to make the saving look bigger than it really is. Direct-Golf always do that in their catalogue. So in a sale they might say £120 saving over the RRP, yet in reality it's only £20 saving over the normal in-shop price they were selling at.

Remember BBC Watchdog covered a TV bidding channel that overpriced the guide price in tv auctions to make savings look bigger than they really were. The TV channel claimed they were just going on the manufacturer's RRP price. Pretty sure TS/OFT looked into them and they ended up closing. Wonder why shops are still allowed to get away with it though?