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gshock888

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they're not junk

i found my first great deal last november, a 8400 with 1G 533, 3.4 540, 250GB and GTO for 760.
then found a few XPS, upgraded and sold as I got better specs, without losing money
now I snatch XPS's. 8400 are too hard to come by, i guess since they cheaper more people buy them... I basically max'ed out my 5-digit credit limit AMEX last month to get my outlet XPS's and my extra expenses from moving apartments... i had to ask for a credit increase
 
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I'm with gshock, I've picked up 3 loaded XPS systems for resale and hopefully will make more off of them than the 8400's with less work. I just wish they shipped sooner, I bought 3 XPS systems 2 days ago and they just shipped today via ground so I won't see them until friday or monday.
 
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I DO hope everyone complaining about tax killing a deal realizes that the law (in 'most every state) requires reporting online purchases for use tax payment!

I always do (at least for big-ticket items, I may forget for a small item like a 50pack of DVDs for 10-20 bucks!).

Of course, Dell charges tax in my state (VA) anyway, so this isn't something I have to track come April 2006!
 
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gshock888

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im sorry but if you report your online purchases to pay tax on your tax return, more power to you. but i think the feds are taking enough money from my paycheck to blow away on the Iraq war and NY City is taking way too much for a city where the cost of living is already amongst the highest in the world.
 
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Originally posted by: gshock888
im sorry but if you report your online purchases to pay tax on your tax return, more power to you. but i think the feds are taking enough money from my paycheck to blow away on the Iraq war and NY City is taking way too much for a city where the cost of living is already amongst the highest in the world.
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I would recommend you do. I hear you, but the law is the law. Jail is not good. I keep good records, keep receipts, and pay tax on my profit.
 
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gshock888

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question... the sub-400 8400's,... are they all fine? any damage to the cases??? just wondering... why would dell sell the same system specs , some at 600+ some sub 400
 
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gshock888

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free shipping is there. i think they run a refresh every wednesday night. you see the discount gone and return... if you keep reload every few seconds then the same system would get discounted after a while
 
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Originally posted by: gshock888
question... the sub-400 8400's,... are they all fine? any damage to the cases??? just wondering... why would dell sell the same system specs , some at 600+ some sub 400
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yep... i have a friend that I have dropped them to, and he said they are just like the 500+ ones.. nothing wrong with them..

 
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dyn0

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Originally posted by: gshock888
free shipping is there. i think they run a refresh every wednesday night. you see the discount gone and return... if you keep reload every few seconds then the same system would get discounted after a while
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you sure free shipping is there.. it shows discouted shipping as a promo...

yeah.. if you refresh all the time.. some do get discounted.. thats true.
 
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GSA1

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they are announcing today. means they closed the books at least two weeks ago. so nothing will change
 
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sigpop

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somewhat of a deal for $580?

Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Memory: 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz (2 DIMMs)
Floppy Drive: No Floppy Drive
Hard Disk Drive: 250 GB EIDE SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
Video: 128MB PCI Express ATI Radeon X300 SE
Modem: 56Kbps Data/Fax Modem
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit ADVANCED HD Audio with 100dB Perform
CD Read-Write Drive: 48X CD RW Drive
DVD Drive: 16x DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability
 
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"It's funny, I was sad I missed the sub $300 days (looking for self, not resale) but still happy when I snagged a mid $400 system. Now I'm looking at the drops (out of morbid curosity) and feeling pretty good about the deal I got when I never see anything sub $475 wth less hardware."
i really regret not getting a sc400 when they were $274 without rebate now
 
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