Lay off the pipe.
You couldn't build some of the systems dell offers at the price they sell em for.
dell and best buy aren't too different
BB wants to sell you crap at fill price and give the appearance of service
Dell mark up their crap and has coupons or some other "deal" every day to give the appearance of buying something on sale
Except for the big sale they had last month, my laptop config price hasn't changed at all no matter what coupon Dell releases.
BB wants to sell you crap at fill price and give the appearance of service
Dell mark up their crap and has coupons or some other "deal" every day to give the appearance of buying something on sale
Except for the big sale they had last month, my laptop config price hasn't changed at all no matter what coupon Dell releases.
Phoenix86
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And since your still looking at the Dell, I'm assuming all that means it's one of the cheaper machines available? So these coupons and discounts DO accont for cheaper prices. Again, they are ALWAYS in hot deals, so they do have good pricing, even if it requires coupons. At least it's not the bait and switch that is "mail in rebates."
you don't get it, do you? the significance of this ad isn't that it'll only attract best buy's so-called undesirable customers, it's about dell putting best buy's business/customer service practices to shame - publicly. in fact, i'd argue that this ad serves more to attract every-day customers than the ones best buy is attempting to "shun". dell wants to make the following point (in big bold letters at the top of their ad, in case you didn't read it): at dell, we love all customers.
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Adul
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This post has the stench of a fanboy all over it. I'm calling you out and demanding that you select a Dell system then select equivalent parts from Best Buy and post the results for everyone to see. Hell, I won't even make you buy everything from BB, but you better buy some of it from there. You can PM to Frys on whatever you can find also. We're waiting......<tapping foot>
GTaudiophile
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DanTMWTMP
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hehe, although i'm not too fond of either companies, that ad is funny 
well, i must admit a did buy a lot of stuff from dell, i mean you can't resist some of their hotdeals! some of their systems hotdeals are so hot that you can't even make your own system for the same price ahha. but those are like once every year kind of things, but still
lol @ http//dell.com/bestbye
well, i must admit a did buy a lot of stuff from dell, i mean you can't resist some of their hotdeals! some of their systems hotdeals are so hot that you can't even make your own system for the same price ahha. but those are like once every year kind of things, but still
lol @ http//dell.com/bestbye
hahah! omfg... ya you buy that Dell. with the propriatary Motherboard that doesnt perform as a off the shelf would..you buy that craptastic memory that doesnt even meet Kingston Values specs...
buy that craptastic case that you are trapped into useing
I built a A64 3000 with a 6800GT from the ground up that Pounds Dells top of the line XPS 3.06 HT with all the bells and whistles that he ended up paying close to 3000 for... into the ground in benchmarks... and real world perfomance..
my friend who bought that POS sold it and had me build him an A64 with good parts that he can upgrade as he needs to...
My parents bought a Dell and its been to service for RMAed parts 4 times this year.. they re not using this POS for anything but Email and internet... and it was one of the 1500 buck Dells...
I am a Computer tech by trade and I see Dells all day long that are fubared and then when the users try to call tech support they get some moron on India that asks them if they are sure the computer is turned on...
Dell sucks.. computer newbies and posers only need apply...
DELL = Modern Day Packard Bell...
same business practices.. same crappy reject proprietary hardware sold at a premuim price..
you want a machine Intel or other wise that performs you buy ABIT/ASUS/INTEL/and sometimes MSI everything else is second hand crap..
oogabooga
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i love the website link on dell
www.dell.com/bestBYE
haha great stuff, that image was too great to be real... almost. I'm still going to bestbuy to pricematch stuff and be an ass with that and coupons, woowoo!
www.dell.com/bestBYE
haha great stuff, that image was too great to be real... almost. I'm still going to bestbuy to pricematch stuff and be an ass with that and coupons, woowoo!
the only thing proprietary is the motherboard power supply and case?
and the motherboards have a proprietary bios so what
do i need to overclock my machine to 4 Ghz nope
this is what i got for $1800
2 20" LCDs
6800 GTO (faster than non ultra slower than GT)
1 GB 400 Mhz DDR2
1 Dual Layer DVD Burner
Windows XP Home
SB Audigy 2
nice keyboard
crappy mouse
decent case (better than a cheapie but no antec thats for sure)
350 Watt PSU
80 GB HD
ohh noes i was scammed :roll:
first thing I did was wipe the dell do a standard XP install
add a 74 GB Raptor and a 300 GB Maxtor SATA 2nd Gen Drive (raptor from newegg and maxtor from zipzoomfly)
if I tried to to ask a BB manager for the same thing than I would probably be laughed out of the store
i have never had to use tech support because I find I can easily find a solution to any problem that has arisen so far because I have put together several machines in the past
EDIT: and don't say stuff about it being a SALE
because remember I AM A DEVIL CUSTOMER and dell welcomes my business
excellent marketing stradegy!
anyone who has not heard of Best Buy's policy will know of it now!!
anyone who has not heard of Best Buy's policy will know of it now!!
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