Cheap Dell Laptop Inspiron 1.5 GHz 1300 £299 delivered. (merged) [CLOSED]

kingkano

im not sure those upgrades are worth 100quid myself. the memory is 25quid, the screen is around 30 off them, the hard disk if you really need it???

whata debacle this is. I really hope this gets on watchdog....

soolin

kingkano wrote:

im not sure those upgrades are worth 100quid myself. the memory is 25quid, the screen is around 30 off them, the hard disk if you really need it???

whata debacle this is. I really hope this gets on watchdog....

Enough people have complained to Watchdog so it will be interesting to see if anyone gets contacted for more information.

What would have been interesting is if one of the Wathdog staff tried to order the laptop, and got the same run around that several of us got!

Soo

Sybarite

I attempted to place an order yesterday which came to £366 (Upped screen, battery+mouse) which will be cancelled as it was through the EPP scheme, £48 extra gets me 256 Ram (which I'd have bought as 512mb is really minimum spec) and +20G HD which seems reasonable to me.

slojo

The original N02135 offer (link in OP) which should have been £299 but was £339 is now showing as £399! This despite still being advertised in today's papers at £299.

slojo

...and this makes even less sense given the new N02135a offer which is better all round and still cheaper than the new price for this model

coolforcash

Perhaps the Dell newspaper adverts should be nominated as the MoneySaving joke of the month for Feb!

coolforcash

jaymac wrote:

The Hot Offer with wider screen, bigger hard drive - 60gig and 512 mb memory at £397 looks a good deal, wish I'd waited till this week!

This one also comes up as "EMPLOYEE PURCHASE PROGRAM" - does that mean it'll also be cancelled or is it ok because it's gone via "dmxdimension" (whoevever they are)?

coolforcash

Chuffy wrote:

At what stage do you do this? Once the order has been confirmed or when you receive the goods?

I cancelled the day after I ordered a different Dell laptop last week and got offered no discount whatsoever! I'm not sure if you are liable for the postage to return it if you cancel after you've received it!

slojo

coolforcash wrote:

This one also comes up as "EMPLOYEE PURCHASE PROGRAM" - does that mean it'll also be cancelled or is it ok because it's gone via "dmxdimension" (whoevever they are)?

Don't think it is an employee deal - you can get to it via the website with code 305-N02135a

coolforcash

slojo wrote:

Don't think it is an employee deal - you can get to it via the website with code 305-N02135a

You're right - just found it using that code. That means you can click via Quidco and get 4.5% cashback too so £379 seems better value than the £299 "deal". - £80 more for double the memory, bigger screen and bigger hard drive. Plus no need to call that friendly order line because all done online!