$1000 off Dell 9400 (2 days left)- top of range only

Scratchy · 27th December 2006, 8:09 AM

Now only $3,499, I'm waiting for them to take $1000 off there lower end 9400. Thought for $3500, I'd be pissed at 2x512mb of RAM (a single 1gb stick is only $9 more though).

http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/prod...hs1&l=en&s=dhs

Processor
Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology featuring Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7200 (2GHz, 667MHz FSB, 4MB Cache)

Memory
1024MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2x512MB)

Harddrive
120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive

Monitor
17" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA display with TrueLife™ (1920x1200 res.)

Graphic Card
256MB ATI Mobility™ Radeon® X1400 Hypermemory

Kelvin · 27th December 2006, 9:37 PM

Do you realise they raised the price by $1000.. then offered $1000 off.

$3499 is the NORMAL Price for it...

The old deals were $1000 and an extra %10 off and $500 off with an extra 25% off...

My 9400 with a T7200 and 2gig of ddr667 and 120sata, 9cell battery, 3 eyars warranty office, bluettoh and 2x acadpators, 7900GS, 1920x1200 screen cost about $2612 all up. approximaltey 2-3 months ago.. (with a free wrieless router as well)..

My GOD the $3499 prices doesn't even include the 7900GS...

They have actually increased the price of the 9400......!!!!!.. (Its even MORE than the normal price a week ago)....

Here is a link to the original thread.
http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...ight=dell+9400

BuuBox · 27th December 2006, 10:46 PM

Gah, Dell's pricing gives me the shits. Work out what the product it worth, and sell it to suit. I could never buy a Dell, knowing that next week it *could* be half the price.

I bought a HP PDA over the Dell equivalent because of the pricing madness.

bAbY_RoG3R · 27th December 2006, 10:48 PM

sounds like a very dodgy move from Dell

redslert · 27th December 2006, 10:49 PM

Worked for the OP

SpeedRacer · 27th December 2006, 10:57 PM

That's dodgy... in October I ordered a 9400 for my dad who got it for $2650 with free delivery and double memory. We upped it to 2gb and a few other options which brought to $2900. This one doesnt even include the 7900gs video card.

Damn I wish I had the money back then I shoulda bought one too. Its such a sweet laptop.

break · 28th December 2006, 3:41 PM

Also of note, they have removed the 7900GS as a standard item on the top of the line 9400 and made it a $388 option.

Kelvin · 28th December 2006, 6:25 PM

When I option the current dell special to what I current have (and paid $2614 for)

it costs..

$4327.40 - This includes the $1000 off...

Liam · 28th December 2006, 11:06 PM

What's even more confusing is when people say "oh i got it for $xx" when they neglect to mention the fact they got the barebones system. If you're going to drop a price, atleast mention the cpu, ram, hdd, and video card you got with it so people have something quantitative to compare to.

That price is a joke though.
They are charging you for 3 years full warranty, 3 years of McAfee software, MS Office, giving you 2x512mb sticks (bad bad), not giving you a GeForce, and trying to tell you you've got a sweet deal.

I got a fully specced out 9300 (but with WXGA and 512mb ram) 18 months ago for ~$3200 (inc. fdd, bags, batteries, etc.) I wouldn't pay over $3000 now for the beez neez.

choppa · 29th December 2006, 5:59 PM

Yep, Dell are a PITA when it comes to pricing.

On November 1st (late October) the price was like this:

Inspiron 9400 with:
* 7900 256mb
* 1gb ddr2 667 (2x 512mb)
* 120gb hdd
* carry case
* bluetooth
* 9cell battery + spare 9 cell
* carbon fiber kit

With the $1000 discount + 10% e-code, for ~$2600. After sallary packaging it ends up costing $1,550. Sell the 2x512mb sticks on eBay, buy 2x 1gb sticks from MSY for $50, to have 2GB ram. So all up ~1600 for the above (after salary packaging and 2gb of ram).

Only thing still left to do is sell the 120gb Hdd when the flash-based vista drives arrive and grab a 160gb-200gb drive, well largest that comes in 7200rpm flavour.

Scratchy · 1st January 2007, 9:19 AM

Choppa, you're my hero! That's exactly what I want to do (and at that price). Fugging come on Dell! I want 17" goodness.

max223 · 2nd January 2007, 7:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by choppa

Inspiron 9400 with:
* 7900 256mb
* 1gb ddr2 667 (2x 512mb)
* 120gb hdd
* carry case
* bluetooth
* 9cell battery + spare 9 cell
* carbon fiber kit

How does your lappy work without a CPU?

kasar · 2nd January 2007, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelvin

Do you realise they raised the price by $1000.. then offered $1000 off.

Isn't this illegal?
I wouldn't put it past Dell, but I'm pretty sure stores have been busted for doing the exact same thing.

na1lbomb · 2nd January 2007, 12:04 PM

I advised a friend to get one of these when they had choppa's spec and were priced at $3400 with a voucher that brought them down to $2400 (my friend wouldnt pay for the carbon fibre looks or any extras =P). I think their current offering is a bit of an insult, but a lot of people will see 1k off and in a frenzied state click the buy button.

Nails

choppa · 2nd January 2007, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by max223

How does your lappy work without a CPU?

Oops, the default at the time was the 2GHz C2D. T7200 I think it is.

Quote:

Originally Posted by na1lbomb

I advised a friend to get one of these when they had choppa's spec and were priced at $3400 with a voucher that brought them down to $2400 (my friend wouldnt pay for the carbon fibre looks or any extras =P). I think their current offering is a bit of an insult, but a lot of people will see 1k off and in a frenzied state click the buy button.

Need all the extras you can muster!

Anyway it was $1000 off + 10% off. There were two vouchers. After $1000 and 10% off it was ~$2650ish, now with nagging you could get the education discount (another 6-8%) OR better yet salary package as written above. Total cost is just over $1600.

27th December 2006, 8:09 AM	#1
Scratchy Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 510	$1000 off Dell 9400 (2 days left)- top of range only Now only $3,499, I'm waiting for them to take $1000 off there lower end 9400. Thought for $3500, I'd be pissed at 2x512mb of RAM (a single 1gb stick is only $9 more though). http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/prod...hs1&l=en&s=dhs Processor Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology featuring Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7200 (2GHz, 667MHz FSB, 4MB Cache) Memory 1024MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2x512MB) Harddrive 120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive Monitor 17" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA display with TrueLife™ (1920x1200 res.) Graphic Card 256MB ATI Mobility™ Radeon® X1400 Hypermemory __________________ My toys: Canon 20D/Tamron 28-75 2.8/70-200 f2.8L/50mm 1.8f/Sigma 10-22/Sigma 500DG Super/Manfrotto 190D 141RC/iPod Classic 160gb/iPod Shuffle 1gb/HP DV9000tx

27th December 2006, 9:37 PM	#2
Kelvin Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 1,668	Do you realise they raised the price by $1000.. then offered $1000 off. $3499 is the NORMAL Price for it... The old deals were $1000 and an extra %10 off and $500 off with an extra 25% off... My 9400 with a T7200 and 2gig of ddr667 and 120sata, 9cell battery, 3 eyars warranty office, bluettoh and 2x acadpators, 7900GS, 1920x1200 screen cost about $2612 all up. approximaltey 2-3 months ago.. (with a free wrieless router as well).. My GOD the $3499 prices doesn't even include the 7900GS... They have actually increased the price of the 9400......!!!!!.. (Its even MORE than the normal price a week ago).... Here is a link to the original thread. http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...ight=dell+9400 Last edited by Kelvin; 27th December 2006 at 9:43 PM.

27th December 2006, 10:48 PM	#4
bAbY_RoG3R Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Sydney NSW Posts: 3,429	sounds like a very dodgy move from Dell __________________ Over 200+ Successful trades

27th December 2006, 10:57 PM	#6
SpeedRacer Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 2,925	That's dodgy... in October I ordered a 9400 for my dad who got it for $2650 with free delivery and double memory. We upped it to 2gb and a few other options which brought to $2900. This one doesnt even include the 7900gs video card. Damn I wish I had the money back then I shoulda bought one too. Its such a sweet laptop. __________________ Frangipani's on cars... Australia says NO!!!

28th December 2006, 3:41 PM	#7
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27th December 2006, 10:46 PM	#3
BuuBox Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3,021	Gah, Dell's pricing gives me the shits. Work out what the product it worth, and sell it to suit. I could never buy a Dell, knowing that next week it could be half the price. I bought a HP PDA over the Dell equivalent because of the pricing madness.

27th December 2006, 10:49 PM	#5
redslert Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Syd Posts: 1,997	Worked for the OP

28th December 2006, 6:25 PM	#8
Kelvin Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 1,668	When I option the current dell special to what I current have (and paid $2614 for) it costs.. $4327.40 - This includes the $1000 off...

28th December 2006, 11:06 PM	#9
Liam Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 1,615	What's even more confusing is when people say "oh i got it for $xx" when they neglect to mention the fact they got the barebones system. If you're going to drop a price, atleast mention the cpu, ram, hdd, and video card you got with it so people have something quantitative to compare to. That price is a joke though. They are charging you for 3 years full warranty, 3 years of McAfee software, MS Office, giving you 2x512mb sticks (bad bad), not giving you a GeForce, and trying to tell you you've got a sweet deal. I got a fully specced out 9300 (but with WXGA and 512mb ram) 18 months ago for ~$3200 (inc. fdd, bags, batteries, etc.) I wouldn't pay over $3000 now for the beez neez.

29th December 2006, 5:59 PM	#10
choppa Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Perth Sanity:_Unknown Posts: 1,456	Yep, Dell are a PITA when it comes to pricing. On November 1st (late October) the price was like this: Inspiron 9400 with: * 7900 256mb * 1gb ddr2 667 (2x 512mb) * 120gb hdd * carry case * bluetooth * 9cell battery + spare 9 cell * carbon fiber kit With the $1000 discount + 10% e-code, for ~$2600. After sallary packaging it ends up costing $1,550. Sell the 2x512mb sticks on eBay, buy 2x 1gb sticks from MSY for $50, to have 2GB ram. So all up ~1600 for the above (after salary packaging and 2gb of ram). Only thing still left to do is sell the 120gb Hdd when the flash-based vista drives arrive and grab a 160gb-200gb drive, well largest that comes in 7200rpm flavour.

1st January 2007, 9:19 AM	#11
Scratchy Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 510	Choppa, you're my hero! That's exactly what I want to do (and at that price). Fugging come on Dell! I want 17" goodness. __________________ My toys: Canon 20D/Tamron 28-75 2.8/70-200 f2.8L/50mm 1.8f/Sigma 10-22/Sigma 500DG Super/Manfrotto 190D 141RC/iPod Classic 160gb/iPod Shuffle 1gb/HP DV9000tx

2nd January 2007, 12:04 PM	#14
na1lbomb Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Perth Posts: 127	I advised a friend to get one of these when they had choppa's spec and were priced at $3400 with a voucher that brought them down to $2400 (my friend wouldnt pay for the carbon fibre looks or any extras =P). I think their current offering is a bit of an insult, but a lot of people will see 1k off and in a frenzied state click the buy button. Nails