Dell 5150 £449 with P4 HT, 19" and ATI (merged)

biglugs

What should I do now, sit tight and wait or phone them up and ask about the order

If you call them it will DEFINITELY alert them to the fact you are buying one of the "mispriced" items. If you say nowt there is a chance your order will sneak through the system. Personally I would keep quiet and see what happens - if you receive your PC great, if you don't hear again you haven't lost anything. If you decide to order a different PC and this one also turns up you can sell it on Ebay for a profit.

Mr_Cresote

Yeah, I did have a look at the Order Status...

Unfortunately your order has not been found.

but..

If you placed your order online within the past 48 hours, please wait and try again in 24 hours time. This will allow time for the order to load into our online status system.

I think I'll phone them ...the suspense is killing me

Mr_Cresote

OK biglugs I'll take your advice and keep quiet

quoia

Mr_Cresote wrote:

Yeah, I did have a look at the Order Status...

Unfortunately your order has not been found.

but..

If you placed your order online within the past 48 hours, please wait and try again in 24 hours time. This will allow time for the order to load into our online status system.

I think I'll phone them ...the suspense is killing me

My order was placed at about 4am on 17th - and it's apparently "in PRE-PRODUCTION" according to the order status - and I only paid £345

Nickle_2

Mr_Cresote wrote:

What about this for a good deal?

Pentium4 3.00GHz
XP Home Edition
512MB
80GB HD
48x/32x/48x/16x CDRW/DVD-ROM combination Drive
19" Flat Panel Monitor
128MB graphics card
Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse

evalue code: D03515 (home section) and reduce support to 1-Year Collect and Return

The above spec plus 160GB HDD is now priced @ £410.
Still v. good deal for a Dimension 5150. E-value: D03511.

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www.DealsCentre.co.uk

quoia

Nickle wrote:

The above spec plus 160GB HDD is now priced @ £410.
Still v. good deal for a Dimension 5150. E-value: D03511.

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www.DealsCentre.co.uk

Sorry but this doesn't seem to incluse a "free" TFT upgrade to the 19".

That is another £103.40

(well not if you follow their instructions of going to Dell's webite and using codes DLC and D03511 anyway)

Or click on their link- Dell Dimension 5150 from dell.co.uk

Nickle_2

quoia wrote:

Sorry but this doesn't seem to incluse a "free" TFT upgrade to the 19".

it was there 20min ago. but you are right, free 19" upgrade is gone now...

you can try E-Value: D03515. It still has 19" upgrade. Price: £448.54

quoia

Nickle wrote:

it was were 20min ago. but you are right, free 19" upgrade is gone now...

you can try E-Value: D03515. It still has 19" upgrade. Price: £448.54

Yes but that's the one I DID BUY - for £345 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

biglugs

What's really galling is that Dell's misprice arose because when they threw in the "free" upgrade to a 19" TFT they forgot to increase the base model price to make up the cost of the "free" upgrade.
Dell's marketing really is a disgrace, which is why I feel absolutely no shame in taking advantage of every misprice they manage to come up with.
Best of luck to everyone who ordered these machines - I really do hope you get them.

JGal

Ordered a 5150 with 19" screen for £349 on Friday 9:30 AM.

Sometime this afternoon the order has appeared on the Dell order status page. Shows Order Processing stage complete and now at pre-production. Haven't been able to check my email to see if there is anything from Dell about wanting another £100. Will find out 2moro.