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

venna

As far as I can see on the online, £339, one you no longer have the option to upgrade the battery (I'm sure you could a couple of days ago).

Sid_Harper

venna wrote:

As far as I can see on the online, £339, one you no longer have the option to upgrade the battery (I'm sure you could a couple of days ago).

You're quite right - and you can't get the spare battery that you could before either. Looks like they're trying to restrict choice (since you can on the higher 1300 base models like n2135a).

Sid_Harper

scoobies wrote:

Guys - a little OT here

Looking for a new Dell dektop - what day and how often do the new Dell deals appear?

Cheers
Scoobies

They seem to change on Wednesdays generally. And a few weeks ago they used to do Saturday Specials (e.g. free delivery, free McAfee, and they had a not-bad offer on one of these 1300s at one point).

jaymac_2

Which companies are registered with dell for EPP, does anyone know?

marlowtech

jaymac wrote:

Which companies are registered with dell for EPP, does anyone know?

Loads and loads...any large organisation that buy's Dells...Heinz for example...most public bodies/councils etc...)

Sid_Harper

Just in case anyone was thinking it... it would be rather dishonest to claim you worked for one of these companies if you didn't and technically would be committing fraud or obtaining goods by deception.

marlowtech

Sid_Harper wrote:

Just in case anyone was thinking it... it would be rather dishonest to claim you worked for one of these companies if you didn't and technically would be committing fraud or obtaining goods by deception.

I'm pretty sure it wouldn't work anyway. You have to give them an agent number (or something similar). As Sid says, it is fraud and I definitely would not advocate it!

slojo

Somewhere in the past 49 pages I am sure people have said that they tried it and Dell cottoned on pretty quickly and cancelled their orders

marlowtech

slojo wrote:

Somewhere in the past 49 pages I am sure people have said that they tried it and Dell cottoned on pretty quickly and cancelled their orders

I'm really sorry for being dense here, but why would anyone want to pay more for something than just picking up the phone. As soon as you tell them that you've spoken to customer services and they're able to track the call by your own phone number, there is no hard sell.

Honest - you just get the laptop.

Would someone either confirm I'm right or wrong on this?

Amba_Gambla

Wooohooo!!! used marlotech's script and it worked a treat. Even managed to call on a non 0870 number.... (came under my free mobile minutes, so cost me diddly squat!)

Total length of call: 14:25
Upgrades offered: none
Upgrades asked for (and received): Battery & screen

thanks all!