Dell Outlet is a ripoff!

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RedsB3

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I have been looking for an XPS 400 that I can turn into my HTPC and have been keeping and eye on the outlet. There are currently almost 350 units on the site. As I watched the total machine count climb, I waited for a discount to move the stock out. Suddenly this afternoon, they began to offer $100-$200 off the price. I had my eye on a particular unit, so I had copied down the tag number. Without a discount of any kind, it was $749. Imagine my surprise when I located it and now with a $150 discount, it was $759. In my mind, although it may be legal (I'm not really sure if it is or not) it certainly isn't ethical.
I always knew that they played around with prices of the new stuff, but now it appears that even the outlet isn't safe. A very strange way to do business by alienating your customers and ripping them off. OK, rant is over now, feel better.
 
Sphexi

Sphexi

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They raised the price, then offered a "discount" to make people think it's a bargain.
 
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sniperruff

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you just don't know how to shop. see xps400's with dual core's on FW for under $300 all the time.
 
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RedsB3

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What's not to get? Plain price, no discount offered $749. So they raise the price of the unit $160 dollars and offer $150 off the now raised price, making it $10 more than it was before the "discount" offered. Again, strange way to do business.
 
olds

olds

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I have had nothing but a good experience with the Dell Outlet. One bad experience hardly makes them a ripoff. It's more likely that you messed up.
 
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