Everyone else is doin' it...

I tried to order a dell once based on an ad in a local paper. called
the number, told the dell lady the special ad number, she said she
couldn't find it and then tried to sell me the same computer at an
increased price but with the celeron instead of pentium chip... seemed
a scam to me, and, as a result, i'll never buy a dell, no matter what.

jeff

Guyz-N-Flyz wrote:
"Bob Patton" rwpmailatcharterdotnet wrote in message
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"Guyz-N-Flyz" wrote in message
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Op, I ordered a Dell computer a couple of years ago. Price was very
reasonable, but when they confirmed my order and told me the shipping cost
my eyes popped. I forget exactly what it was, but the shipping cost was

VERY

high. And it's not as if I live in outer Slobovia, or they had to hire
Sherpas to deliver it. I had some experience with similar things, having
bought a computer from Gateway a year or two earlier. I cancelled the

order

as soon as I received their fax confirming the details and haven't ordered
from Dell since.

Bob


**** Bob, I only wish it were the shippin' costs. By the time I finished
adding the features that 'tripper suggested and got off the phone with the
sales woman--"checkout" wouldn't work on the web site (could this be a
design feature?)--I had been talked into a 4 year in home warranty. Final
tally was over $2500.

Op --there goes my tax refund and more next year!--

Jeff wrote:
I tried to order a dell once based on an ad in a local paper. called
the number, told the dell lady the special ad number, she said she
couldn't find it and then tried to sell me the same computer at an
increased price but with the celeron instead of pentium chip... seemed
a scam to me, and, as a result, i'll never buy a dell, no matter what.

jeff

jeff, are ya sure it wasn't a compaq ad? ;-)

wally