Advice On New Laptop Under $425 or so

[Tom]

There's a 15% coupon for Dell home outlet TP1CH37H9M5Q3M

good til 4/13 but sometimes they end offers early.

 

[Emulex]

the outlet sucks now they mark up then issue a coupon.

used to be the 25% coupons would last for 3-4 hours at night before they jacked the prices so you could reap some nice deals on custom box returns. scratch'n'dent is your only hope nowadays on a deal at outlet and you probably find a better deal at hp business outlet imo

 

[Tom]

the outlet sucks now they mark up then issue a coupon.

used to be the 25% coupons would last for 3-4 hours at night before they jacked the prices so you could reap some nice deals on custom box returns. scratch'n'dent is your only hope nowadays on a deal at outlet and you probably find a better deal at hp business outlet imo

They don't raise prices when there's a coupon. There's just a lot more people scarfing up the best deals when there's a coupon. So a casual look at the inventory may only show the higher priced inventory.

It is weird that there's variation on prices even for the exact same configuration. My theory is the Outlet price is based on the original selling price when the particular item was new. And the list price varies over time, and where in the world it was sold.

Example. I was shopping for an Alienware m11x. Most Core 2 Duo models had before coupon prices of $549 to $599. But once in a while there would be a few for $529. Then for some reason one showed up that was $519, and it wasn't even the base model, it had 4gb ram and a 7200 rpm drive.

Based on the detailed invoice, I think it probably was originally from the Brazil market.

btw, it's a pretty cool little games machine, and I love the 8 hour battery life when not gaming. It ended up costing me about $390 plus tax, but it's a long story why the final price was that low.

 

[Emulex]

yeh you can totally get them to cough up 10-15% more if they send you a machine not described perfectly - i did that to get my multitouch pink computer for the toddler for $300 shipped and those were not cheap back then. 9200m? says 9400m on the sales receipt. Guess i'll have to return or. of course if you give me $40 refund i would consider keeping it. deal done. Studio 19 one multitouch 7hp 4gb ram,250gb drive,wireless key and mouse. great for kids cause they are low res so you dont end up playing a 640x480 old dora game thats 2"x2" on a 24" hd display.

they make mistakes alot. 😉