I HATE DELL TOO!!!!!!

amol

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email i just got from Dell
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We have reviewed your order. Although we had anticipated being able to ship your order sooner,
we are experiencing an unexpected delay with your order and will not be able to ship this order and any associated orders until on or before 01-21-2005.
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I ordered the 2005FPw on 01-03-2005!! 18 days just to ship!?!?!?!??!?! :|
 
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Originally posted by: Amol
email i just got from Dell
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We have reviewed your order. Although we had anticipated being able to ship your order sooner,
we are experiencing an unexpected delay with your order and will not be able to ship this order and any associated orders until on or before 01-21-2005.
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I ordered the 2005FPw on 01-03-2005!! 18 days just to ship!?!?!?!??!?! :|

is it not in stock or what?
 

amol

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Originally posted by: quakefiend420
Originally posted by: Amol
email i just got from Dell
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We have reviewed your order. Although we had anticipated being able to ship your order sooner,
we are experiencing an unexpected delay with your order and will not be able to ship this order and any associated orders until on or before 01-21-2005.
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I ordered the 2005FPw on 01-03-2005!! 18 days just to ship!?!?!?!??!?! :|

is it not in stock or what?

no, i've heard of people who ordered on the 4th and have already gotten their monitor . ..

and like goosemaster, they still havn't charged my account!! :|
 
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Originally posted by: Amol
Originally posted by: quakefiend420
Originally posted by: Amol
email i just got from Dell
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We have reviewed your order. Although we had anticipated being able to ship your order sooner,
we are experiencing an unexpected delay with your order and will not be able to ship this order and any associated orders until on or before 01-21-2005.
---------------------------------

I ordered the 2005FPw on 01-03-2005!! 18 days just to ship!?!?!?!??!?! :|

is it not in stock or what?

no, i've heard of people who ordered on the 4th and have already gotten their monitor . ..

and like goosemaster, they still havn't charged my account!! :|

i would call and see whats up
 

amol

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the thing is, their phone menu is SO TOUGH to navigate!!

EDIT: plus, i dont have the time, because i already made a schedule and starting tomorrow, im studying for finals (i have finals late, end of january)
 

silverpig

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Originally posted by: Amol
email i just got from Dell
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We have reviewed your order. Although we had anticipated being able to ship your order sooner,
we are experiencing an unexpected delay with your order and will not be able to ship this order and any associated orders until on or before 01-21-2005.
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I ordered the 2005FPw on 01-03-2005!! 18 days just to ship!?!?!?!??!?! :|

1. I've had a 2005FPW on order since mid December...

2. My bro ordered a 1.8 GHz lappy and a 120 GB usb hard drive
Email agreement comes for a 1.4 GHz proc
Takes 4 days to get in touch with the sales guy
80 gig usb hard drive arrives... sent back
finally gets in touch with sales guy to straighten out the proc speed
bro is assured 1.8 ghz will come
lappy arrives... 1.4 ghz
he's pissed
all over the course of 2 weeks thus far... almost 3 now
 

Soccer55

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Originally posted by: Amol
the thing is, their phone menu is SO TOUGH to navigate!!

EDIT: plus, i dont have the time, because i already made a schedule and starting tomorrow, im studying for finals (i have finals late, end of january)

Sometimes on those ridiculous phone menus, if you push 0, it will put you right into the queue to talk to a representative. I don't know if I've tried it before with Dell, but it has worked for me with other companies (most recently FedEx).

-Tom
 
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Originally posted by: Soccer55
Originally posted by: Amol
the thing is, their phone menu is SO TOUGH to navigate!!

EDIT: plus, i dont have the time, because i already made a schedule and starting tomorrow, im studying for finals (i have finals late, end of january)

Sometimes on those ridiculous phone menus, if you push 0, it will put you right into the queue to talk to a representative. I don't know if I've tried it before with Dell, but it has worked for me with other companies (most recently FedEx).

-Tom

or if its a voice activated one, speak gibberish at it and itll do the same thing
 

tami

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speaking of which, what's the difference between the 2001FP and the 2005FPW? like what is this wide aspect whatever thingamabob?
 

amol

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Originally posted by: tami
speaking of which, what's the difference between the 2001FP and the 2005FPW? like what is this wide aspect whatever thingamabob?

2001FP:

20" 4:3 1600x1200 pixels 16ms response time

2005FPw:

20" 16:10 1680x1050 pixels 16ms response time, 12 ms gray to gray
 

tami

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ah, sweet. thanks amol :)

i bought the 2001FP way before this 2005FPW came out
 

amol

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oh the, 2001FP has more real estate, but the 2005FPw has widescreen SEXINESS :D
 

BannedTroll

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Originally posted by: Soccer55
Originally posted by: Amol
the thing is, their phone menu is SO TOUGH to navigate!!

EDIT: plus, i dont have the time, because i already made a schedule and starting tomorrow, im studying for finals (i have finals late, end of january)

Sometimes on those ridiculous phone menus, if you push 0, it will put you right into the queue to talk to a representative. I don't know if I've tried it before with Dell, but it has worked for me with other companies (most recently FedEx).

-Tom
Don't push anything and it will assume rotary phone.
 

amol

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Originally posted by: BannedTroll
Originally posted by: Soccer55
Originally posted by: Amol
the thing is, their phone menu is SO TOUGH to navigate!!

EDIT: plus, i dont have the time, because i already made a schedule and starting tomorrow, im studying for finals (i have finals late, end of january)

Sometimes on those ridiculous phone menus, if you push 0, it will put you right into the queue to talk to a representative. I don't know if I've tried it before with Dell, but it has worked for me with other companies (most recently FedEx).

-Tom
Don't push anything and it will assume rotary phone.

tried that
 

jpeyton

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Let's see, the delay is probably due to the fact that they are currently manufacturing your monitors. My order for a 2005FPW is in the same situation.

So why am I not complaining like you guys? Well if you know anything about the 2005FPW situation, Dell's first builds (Rev A00) had horrible backlight-leakage problems. Their second build (Rev A01) corrected most of the backlight-leakage complaints (I say most because I've seen one or two people complain about their Rev A01, but most say they are perfect).

With that in mind, I'm happy to know that whatever monitor I recieve will *most likely* be a brand new build.
 

Siddhartha

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Originally posted by: Amol
email i just got from Dell
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We have reviewed your order. Although we had anticipated being able to ship your order sooner,
we are experiencing an unexpected delay with your order and will not be able to ship this order and any associated orders until on or before 01-21-2005.
---------------------------------

I ordered the 2005FPw on 01-03-2005!! 18 days just to ship!?!?!?!??!?! :|


At least they let you know that your order is delayed and they did not charge your account either. This is better than what some companies would do.
 

Klandestine

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Originally posted by: Amol
email i just got from Dell
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We have reviewed your order. Although we had anticipated being able to ship your order sooner,
we are experiencing an unexpected delay with your order and will not be able to ship this order and any associated orders until on or before 01-21-2005.
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if it ships on the 21st you should count yourself lucky...
 

Kelemvor

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Best thing to do when calling is press the button for "Place a New Order". Those calls get answered immediately. WHy waste time with people who have alreayd placed the order when they can make more money by talking to the people who want to place a new order...

THen of course once you get the person, see if they can just help you...
 

dabuddha

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Call them up to bitch. They'll upgrade your shipping to overnight for free. They did for me last month :)
 

Pliablemoose

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Originally posted by: quakefiend420
Originally posted by: Soccer55
Originally posted by: Amol
the thing is, their phone menu is SO TOUGH to navigate!!

EDIT: plus, i dont have the time, because i already made a schedule and starting tomorrow, im studying for finals (i have finals late, end of january)

Sometimes on those ridiculous phone menus, if you push 0, it will put you right into the queue to talk to a representative. I don't know if I've tried it before with Dell, but it has worked for me with other companies (most recently FedEx).

-Tom

or if its a voice activated one, speak gibberish at it and itll do the same thing


I kill my children when I do that, I'll start saying stuff like, "My dog is bleeding." laughter & hilarity ensue...
 

imthebadguy

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Originally posted by: Amol
email i just got from Dell
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We have reviewed your order. Although we had anticipated being able to ship your order sooner,
we are experiencing an unexpected delay with your order and will not be able to ship this order and any associated orders until on or before 01-21-2005.
---------------------------------

I ordered the 2005FPw on 01-03-2005!! 18 days just to ship!?!?!?!??!?! :|

those are often wrong, i got 15 days when i ordered my lcd but it shipped next day