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Dell £339 Laptop 15.4" widescreen, wireless, DVDRW (NOW GONE - that's all folks!)

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  • smsmasters
    smsmasters Posts: 991 Forumite
    Mine is in transit now.

    SHANNON, IE 04/18/2006 5:27 P.M. EXPORT SCAN 04/18/2006 5:26 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN
  • A few people mention changing their cover to 90-Day Collect and Return service to save money. Any reason for this, i.e. are the 1 year and 3 year options not worth the money?

    We don't need the 'training' that comes with the extended warranties but surely there's a warranty beyond 90 days in case of equipment failure? Anybody find a 1 year guarantee in the box with their new laptop?
  • wolvesinwales
    wolvesinwales Posts: 2,255 Forumite
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    A few people mention changing their cover to 90-Day Collect and Return service to save money. Any reason for this, i.e. are the 1 year and 3 year options not worth the money?

    We don't need the 'training' that comes with the extended warranties but surely there's a warranty beyond 90 days in case of equipment failure? Anybody find a 1 year guarantee in the box with their new laptop?

    All Dell branded computers come with a standard 1 year warranty

    See Section 7 of Dell's Terms & Conditions
    With the 90 day CAR you are agreeing to pay carraige to return your system to DELL if there is a problem with it after the 90 days. I'm not sure about the cost of DELL returning it to you though, anyone had experience of this ?
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    Blimey what was that ?
    That was your life mate
    Oh I wasn’t quite ready can I have another go ?
    Sorry mate only one per person.
  • smsmasters
    smsmasters Posts: 991 Forumite
    Mine is out for delivery now! Strange how it went from Ireland to Germany first. :D
  • Roger_Rampant
    Roger_Rampant Posts: 3,282 Forumite
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    A few people mention changing their cover to 90-Day Collect and Return service to save money. Any reason for this, i.e. are the 1 year and 3 year options not worth the money?
    All Dell upgrades tend to be over-priced

    Usually after you have bought the PC with 90 day C&R you will have someone ringing you up from Dell to try to sell you a longer warranty. You'll find their prices are substantially cheaper at that stage than they were when you bought the PC online, also you can haggle with them.... ;)
    Thanks to all who post constructively.
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    ave an A1 day!
  • J400uk wrote:
    They are bloody stupid and blamed it on an "internal processing error", so i demanded it to be re-ordered so eventualy they did. I just spoke to somebody in india who gave me an order number so its on "1. Order Processing" stage now according to dell website. not happy :mad:


    Where did you get your customer number from j400? I got an order number, but am unable to track progress without a customer number..
  • Maddie
    Maddie Posts: 858 Forumite
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    magicplastic,

    your customer number is shown on the pdf attachment to the confirmation email.
    Proud to be a moneysaver! :cool:
  • smsmasters
    smsmasters Posts: 991 Forumite
    WTH, mine says out for delivery since 6:30 am but nothing yet! What time do they usually deliver?
  • Maddie wrote:
    magicplastic,

    your customer number is shown on the pdf attachment to the confirmation email.


    Thanks - still waiting for my confirmation email, so that explains it!

    I was given the order number over the phone..
  • smsmasters
    smsmasters Posts: 991 Forumite
    Ok, laptop just arrived @ 2.15 PM! Time to open it hehe!
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