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Dell Dimension 8400 (High Spec) + 17" Monitor only £468

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  • Phonix
    Phonix Posts: 837 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Note that quidco offer a 4% rebate at dell
  • iwantitnow
    iwantitnow Posts: 564 Forumite
    Phonix wrote:
    Note that quidco offer a 4% rebate at dell

    If it is only the cashback you are after then you could go through quidco

    However if you want to be kept updated of all the very best of the bargains stick to this forum and

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=488255#post488255
  • Phonix
    Phonix Posts: 837 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Those offers are posted on other boards on the internet, there are many buyt off hand hotukdeals, themoneybag etc, mse :doh:
    However if you want to be kept updated of all the very best of the bargains stick to this forum and

    If I'm not mistaken you get a 10% rebate at rpoints for anyone who buys through your dell link not to mention that you make money on referring people.

    At least be open and honest about these things rather than resort to using the most honourable feature of rpoints to justify your earnings whilst forgetting that this honourable aspect is synonymous with the very site you're posting on.
  • iwantitnow
    iwantitnow Posts: 564 Forumite
    Phonix wrote:
    At least be open and honest about these things rather than resort to using the most honourable feature of rpoints to justify your earnings whilst forgetting that this honourable aspect is synonymous with the very site you're posting on.

    Congratualtions on editing your post for the fourth time.

    Perhaps the honourable thing for you would be to concentrate on earning
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=547040#post547040
    rather than going round posts with your quidco link. Maybe this will help you resolve you poor credit rating pal

    Until then keep off my back
  • Phonix
    Phonix Posts: 837 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Do you want people to earn effectively a 100% rebate on their purchases? This is my only real question.

    please leave out the irelevant stuff as it's personal and uncalled for and obviously not meant for these boards.
    Perhaps the honourable thing for you would be to concentrate on earning
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com...7040#post547040
    rather than going round posts with your quidco link. Maybe this will help you resolve you poor credit rating pal

    What does my credit rating have to do with this thread? Also are you suggesting I'm not employed?
  • Lady_K
    Lady_K Posts: 4,429 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I have rang Dell and asked if they give all the software included in any deal onto disc too including a copy of windows xp. They said basically no which I don't really like. They said they come fully installed ready to use and if it crashed I could ring up technical support but I would not have a windows xp disc. I've heard about recovery discs ect and the back up partition on a dell machine but I still think they should provide a proper windows xp cd. Its putting me off getting a dell now. And I bet they are premium rate numbers for tech support too and hard to get through to. I'd rather have a windows xp disc its a bit of a con really as you buy it expecting to have the disc like any other pc would have with it

    In fact I cant even find technical support apart from email tech support... dont like the sound of it
    Thanx

    Lady_K
  • Lady_K
    Lady_K Posts: 4,429 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I found this whilst looking up about dells customer support too and lots of other complaints about it too, its all putting me off getting a dell big time

    http://www.itreviews.co.uk/forum/7060
    Thanx

    Lady_K
  • the number is the important part, and thats on the side of the machine.
    Grab a copied disc, and use that with your number.

    Sounds like a software error to me, which all makers of PCs do not cover in a warranty.

    PC world ( if you were to buy one from them) will tell you the same as dell.
  • puno
    puno Posts: 107 Forumite
    I too would rather have an original cd but didnt get one with my laptop.

    I ran the dell xp cd creation tool and created the cd-rom. I've since used it to do a fresh install and it just runs like a standard xp disc with none of the dell customisation. So although it would be better to have an original disc, the one you can create is just as good.

    I guess dell got hacked off with everyone flogging the cd on ebay and thats why they stopped it.
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