Buying Dell products not from Dell

[AgentJean]

I'm going to buy a Dell 2407FPW monitor soon and while searching the net I found one here for 100 bucks cheap than if I went directly to Dell.

What's the general take on buying Dell stuff from a third party?

$655 landed for the 24" widescreen with a 5 year warranty is a little hard to pass up.

 

[bruceb]

If you do, make sure you get a Receipt ... also if you can, run the product serial number
by the folks at Dell .. it may be stolen. And ask if the seller is a Authorized Reseller / Vendor.
If it is a used product, ask for proof of purchase so that you can transfer the Warranty if
any time remains on it.

 

[AgentJean]

Originally posted by: bruceb
If you do, make sure you get a Receipt ... also if you can, run the product serial number
by the folks at Dell .. it may be stolen. And ask if the seller is a Authorized Reseller / Vendor.
If it is a used product, ask for proof of purchase so that you can transfer the Warranty if
any time remains on it.

I just saw this on the company's site "CompuDirect has no affiliation or partnership with Dell. "

They are not authroized.

 

[bamacre]

No big deal with a system, but I'm not sure about monitors and transferrable warranties.

You could wait for this to come back in stock...
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=239037