Dell Inspiron 1300 £299 Inc VAT & Delivery (merged)

1jim

sorry for the bold above, couldnt work out how to revert it to normal after cutting and pasting the ref number
this all seems really odd, they seem to be changing the specs as they go along as mine is definatly the same

lovebargains

Well I have emailed, and will phone tomorrow, I was told a dvd rw, and that is what I want!

ginga96

phoned upand managed to order this today, well happy only took 2 calls and 45 minutes on the phone, the 1st order got lost.

madkid88

i want one of them,who shall i call and what shall i say.

marlowtech

madkid88 wrote:

i want one of them,who shall i call and what shall i say.

OK, latest update from the Dell insider is that there should be no trouble in ordering anymore...he offered to sell me 5 with no problems...(max order is 5 per customer)

But.....

...it is important to note that there are differences between this offer, and the £299 offer of about a week ago.

1) NO wifi
2) It is not DVD r/w, it is a cd r/w with DVD

Other than that, just call up and order one (or 5)...

If you get any trouble with the sales person, remember the following :

1) get the salesman's name first off
2) Explain that you have spoken to Dell customer services and they have told you to tell the salesman that there is a "cradle to grave" in operation (the salesman will know what this means), and that if the salesman does not sell you the laptop without any upgrades (unless you want them of course), or hangs up, or gives a phony order number etc, you have been told to call customer services back, quoting your own telephone number, and they will track it to the salesman and discipline them.

This really works (although I was told you really will have no hassle anymore).

If this does not work for anyone (or if it does come to think of it), please post on here...

It's still a good deal, but obviously without the wifi or the DVD r/w it's not as good!

Bubba_Shaboo

marlowtech wrote:

2) It is not DVD r/w, it is a cd r/w with DVD

Bubba_Shaboo wrote:

Page 16 The Daily Telegraph Saturday March 4, 2006

.........
Integrated 8xDVD+/-RW Combo Drive

Personally if I was ordering one myself I'd argue the toss long and hard that the advert clearly states 8xDVD+/-RW Combo Drive NOT 24x cdrw/3xdvd combo drive although I must admit Old Mother Shaboo decided to try and order one of these today and was told it was only a CD writer (I wasn't there to argue the toss!!).

@ marlowtech on a slightly different note, I don't suppose your friendly Dell employee has wind of any upcoming offers to replace this one, perhaps another 'Weekend Special'?

Cheers,

Bubba©

1jim

marlowtech wrote:

...it is important to note that there are differences between this offer, and the £299 offer of about a week ago.

1) NO wifi
2) It is not DVD r/w, it is a cd r/w with DVD

It's still a good deal, but obviously without the wifi or the DVD r/w it's not as good!

My Order confirmation states
Global- Dell Wireless 1370 802.11b/g Mini PCI Card
and
Fixed Internal 8X DVD +/- RW Drive with Software

This was orderd on Saturday and was the £299 offer,

1jim

I also thought the offer was limited to one per customer? thats what it said in the paper
cheers
Jim

madkid88

its not worth gettin this becoz last weeks one was better wasnt it,will wait out for a better offer

lovebargains

1jim wrote:

My Order confirmation states
Global- Dell Wireless 1370 802.11b/g Mini PCI Card
and
Fixed Internal 8X DVD +/- RW Drive with Software

This was orderd on Saturday and was the £299 offer,

Same here, my confirmation did say cdrw, but I got back in touch with Dell, and they said that was a typo, and mine will be dvdrw. Bought an extra 512 ram from lowestonweb for £25, so I am well chuffed! Same laptop is £339 in todays papers.