Current Dell Offers (merged) [CLOSED]

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Dell's August offers are out now.

They have a fairly well specs Dell Inspiron 6000 at present for £691 (evalue code D-N08606) remember to drop warranty down to one year). Remember if you use Rpoints you get another 3% off (this excludes VAT and delivery though) Main features are:

Pentium M 725A (1.6 GHz)
768GB Ram (1x 512, 1x256) - massive amount of ram
40GB HDD - OK a bit small
15.4 inch wide screen lcd
64MB Graphics card - Radeon X300 - OK a bit old now
8 speed dual layer DVD writer
Free Dell 720 printer

Saying that I picked up a Dell Inspiron 6000 from the Dell outlet yesterday for £620 with the following specs:

Pentium M 740 (1.73 GHz)
512GB Ram (2x256)
60GB HDD
15.4 inch wide screen lcd
64MB Graphics card - Radeon X300
8 speed dual layer DVD writer

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Another offer on Dell, posted from Rpoints:

With the Pentium - £509 and with the Celeron -£491

"Change the warrantee to 1yr and the CPU from 1.4 to 1.6Ghz.

Or stick with the slower 1.4CPU if you want it slightly cheaper

Remember to choose the right wireless card for your CPU choice.

Evalue code: D-N08605 £509 Delivered

Intel® Pentium® M 725A Processor (1.6GHz 2MB L2 cache 533MHz FSB) & shared graphics memory, Microsoft®
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2
512MB 400MHz DDR2 RAM (2x256)
40GB (5.400rpm) IDE Hard Drive
15.4" Wide Screen UltraSharpTM WXGA (1280 x 800) LCD Panel
Intel Media Accelerator 900 Graphics Up to 128MB shared system memory
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with Software
Primary 6 Cell 53 WHr battery
AC Adapter D-Series 65W Power Cord
English - (QWERTY) - Internal Keyboard
Internal 56K v.92 Capable Fax Modem
For Celeron M Processors - Intel® ProWireless 2200 802.11b/g Mini PCI
Wireless LAN Card
Intel® ProWireless 2200 802.11b/g Mini PCI Wireless LAN Card
Microsoft& Works 7.0
No security subscription
Paint ShopPro Basic Edition
Photo Album SE Basic
Dell Media Experience 3.0 Delux - Inspiron"

Happy_saver_4

Last night went to order the d-d07302a. My loan computer crashed and Dells telephone order phones had closed. So missed that deal as Dell won't accept it first thing this morning :mad:

Anybody found a good deal on the 3000 in the August offers and can give me an e-value code.

Cheers - Happy (not so at the moment)

specs78

I have been watching this thread with great interest. You see I'm after a a new computer for in and around £600. I would like it to have 1024mb of ram, and a good processor, and a 256MB graphics card (if possible) I'm looking to play Battlefield 2 on it, and do various other tasks (internet etc.) What PC on the Dell site would you suggest?

I've noticed that they are doing free double memory, and free delivery on some PC's. If none of these machines on the Dell site aren't up to the job, what PC could you suggest instead?

Thanks in advance

EDIT: What's the difference between the various warranties that are available through Dell? (I've noticed that to get a cheaper deal, you have to delete/change the warranty on some machines)

biglugs

Been away on hols for a few days - just checked my emails and Dell are going to send me the Windows XP and drivers CDs for my Dimension 3000. I suggest that if you buy one of these machines you kick up a fuss and make sure you get yours too.
By a remarkable coincidence in my almost abusive Mr Angry email to Dell I accused them of using the sort of behaviour that less reputable companies like Tiny use. And lo and behold Tiny have gone bust and now you can see why it's so important to get hold of the original installation CDs.

tonyg_2

Searcher2 wrote:

Just thought I would post in praise of Dell Customer Service (I know, I know..machines are usually good but service is not). As mentioned earlier I was surprised when I didn't receive a free 64Mb USB memory key - but a poster here pointed out that the offer disappeared on the day I ordered. Before I found this out I had emailed Dell to ask why I had not got one.... they rang (from India I assume) today to see if I was happy with the service and to ask about the 64Mb key and I told them that I realised that the offer must have run out on the day I ordered. The lady said that as a gesture of goodwill they would send me a free 64Mb USB key out anyway! So 1 x Dimension 5100 3Ghz P4 base unit + remote keyboard, 1 Inspiron 6000 and 64Mb key for £584!! Sorted.

What email did you use for Dell customer service? I can't find one for personal customers.
Thanks, Tx

Searcher2

tonyg wrote:

What email did you use for Dell customer service? I can't find one for personal customers.
Thanks, Tx

UKI_Customer_Care@dell.com or ring 01344 860456

Roger_Rampant

Just thought I would post in praise of Dell Customer Service (I know, I know..machines are usually good but service is not).

Although Dell (like many big corporations) tend to be quite incompetent, I have found that they are genuinely committed to good customer service. I know it doesn't always seem like that though

biglugs

At least Dell ALWAYS answer my emails, have a proper customer service tracking system and their Indian call centre staff are VERY polite and genuinely try to help you.

Personally I've never had any serious problems with Dell in the 6 PCs I've bought from them in the past year - even the latest one when they didn't include the XP CD they still came round to my viewpoint after a little prompting.

Not much consolation for those who bought from Tiny, but I prefer to buy from big organisations like Dell who are actually making profits - it gives me a little more sense of security.

Jimble

Has anyone got any valid evalue codes?, none of those mentioned are working for me.
Thanks in advance.