good price for Dell 2405fpw? ($879.20)

[shuttleboi]

Dell has the the 2405fpw on sale for $879.20. How does this compare with earlier coupon usage this summer? I remember seeing some people bought it for under $800.

 

[Corporate Thug]

its gotten to $750 a few times

 

[Phantronius]

I have a nice lady Dell rep at Small Business sell me mine for $800 with free overnight shipping and 3 year warranty.

 

[Matthias99]

I got mine for $780 shipped, and it did at one point get down to ~$750 shipped. Dunno if you'll see prices that low again, though, considering demand for them has remained fairly high.

 

[hannpark]

Originally posted by: shuttleboi
Dell has the the 2405fpw on sale for $879.20. How does this compare with earlier coupon usage this summer? I remember seeing some people bought it for under $800.

Remember, Dell charge Tax on that.
Check Dell Authorized distributor who doesn't charge tax.

I got 3 for $2,723.12 including shipping.

 

[imported_Rampage]

at one point i think it was at a cool $700. I know people have gotten them for that.

i can afford to wait since im using a 2005fpw currently and will have to do a sell/swap anyway to get my 2405. i bought my 2005 before the 2405 was released..

but if you need one right now, and dont have something nice like the 2005fpw, i'd go for the $880 price myself.

you are paying about $180 over what the average deal go-er paid, but big deal..

not a big deal to me anyway. /shrug
im sure it is to the anal or those who just dont have much extra income.
i dont like to get ripped off either, but i dont think $880 is a ripoff.

if they dont have another sale soon, i'll purchase mine at 880 this summer if its still at that price.
besides, some of the 2405s had technical issues, i dont think they do now, but it never hurts until they totally iron out any production issues which is something that never ends (which i know, working at one of the worlds largest manufacturing companies and working directly with manufacturing processes).

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

I paid $779.00 to the door (free shipping and no tax) for mine. I would wait until the 2407's at this point and see if the 2405's drop even more.

 

[imported_Rampage]

Originally posted by: michaelpatrick33
I paid $779.00 to the door (free shipping and no tax) for mine. I would wait until the 2407's at this point and see if the 2405's drop even more.

They'll prob have a firesale on the 2405s and the new 2407s to generate interest +recoup their R&D costs.

Im starting to wonder if Dell doesnt offer a lot of sales on new product releases to get to the point of turning a profit on a given product ASAP.
It would be smart, you are losing future sales but you are ensuring each product launch is successful and paying its own bills (manufacturing, R&D) first, while also reducing the amount of time that investors have to wait to see a profit.. on the company as a whole if they do this with every product they sell.

It comes out even in the end, discount and steal future sales (which even that is a maybe), or generate a huge buzz by getting the product out there, while simultaneously paying the bills the product generated in the first place.

Its how I'd do business if I had the warchest that Dell has.