UNSOLVED
XPS 700 Overpriced
The XPS 700 is seriously overpriced. I mean, no one wants to spend $3000 on that Pentium garbage. Why did Dell even put the XPS 700 for sale? It's a shame. They should have waited until the new Core 2 Duo processors were released, that way people wouldn't get ripped off-and even then those who buy the XPS 700 when Conroe is released will still get ripped off. Why spend $4000 on a PC when you can spend less than $1500 on the same thing by building it yourself? If you don't know how to build it yourself, buy the parts and specialty stores will install them for a minimal price. What I am trying to say is that if Dell wants to be the king of gaming PC's, they have to seriously re-think their pricing scheme, because it is way too overpriced.
289
0
Posted July 19th, 2006 02:00
No way can you configure a $4000 xps 700 on Dell and get same/near similar parts for $1500. That's a complete exageration. And also, many people got good deals on the xps 700 such as that 42% discount.289
0
Posted July 19th, 2006 02:00
what 42% discount?289
0
Posted July 19th, 2006 03:00
12% EPP discount + 30% special discount (with coupon when offered) = 42%. If you aren't familiar with the EPP (employee purchase program), employees of many companies, plus state, federal, DOD employees, etc qualify and almost always get the 12% off. Even if you don't qualify for using EPP, Dell frequently runs the 30% off coupons which are "stackable" with the 12%. Although Dell does offer coupons for everyone, if you register (either with home and office or the EPP program) they will actually e-mail you the offers.289
0
Posted July 19th, 2006 16:00
It was available for 30 +12% off.. I ordered one myself on the 4th, it was only good for that week.Being eligable for EPP doesn't get you the extra 30% automatically, you must first sign up to recieve the offers through email on Dell's main EPP page. Click the link to recieve special offers (lower right corner) and then you need to click to recieve notifications electronically(right side) and have to add your email to the subscribe section. In the past, these types of deals come out only a couple times a year.There may be other ways, but this is the way I am familiar with.289
0
Posted July 19th, 2006 16:00
So, I asked my boss about this 30% and there was none offered or made available for the 700 to our company. I dont think given the XPS 700 is brand new will be offered through EPP with such a high discount.289
0
Posted July 19th, 2006 18:00
I got the EPP discount, and 12% off for this XPS 700 about a month ago, but let it pass. When I get the next one, I'll jump on it289
0
Posted July 19th, 2006 19:00
Yea RCVA-
You are out of your mind...like someone else said, show us your configuration and pricing. I tried looking that up myself as well...
289
0
Posted July 19th, 2006 20:00
XPS 700
Special Edition Formula Red Qty 1 Pentium® 965 Extreme Edition w/ Dual Core Tech (3.73GHz, 4MB Cache), Genuine Windows® XP Professional with re-installation CD Unit Price $3,689.00No Interest for 18 months on XPS systems when using Dell Preferred Account!
Limited Time Offer! Module Description XPS 700Pentium® 965 Extreme Edition w/ Dual Core Tech (3.73GHz, 4MB Cache)Operating SystemGenuine Windows XP Professional with re-installation CDMemory 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMsKeyboardNo KeyboardMonitorI will select the 30in wide flat panel monitor from the section belowVideo Cards512MB ATI Radeon X1900 XTXHard Drive160GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (10,000RPM) w/DataBurst Cache Floppy Drive and Media Reader 13 in 1 Media Card Reader, and 3.5 in Floppy Drive Adobe Software Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 Optical DriveDual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capableSound CardsSound Blaster® X-Fi XtremeMusic (D), w/Dolby Digital 5.1SpeakersDell AS501 10W Flat Panel Attached Spkrs for UltraSharp Flat PanelsOffice Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) No Productivity Suite - Corel WordPerfect word processor onlySecurity SoftwareNo Virus Protection RequestedHardware Warranty3Yr Ltd Warr,At-Home Service,and HW Warr Support plus Nights and Weekends XPS Specialized Support XPS, Specialized SupportInternet Access Service. Future Operating SystemsWindows Vista™ Capable SYSTEM DETAILS 2.5MM aluminum thickness Chassis with front & back customizable LEDs SYSTEM DETAILS7-slot, BTX design motherboard SYSTEM DETAILS1 kilowatt Power SupplySYSTEM DETAILSTower Six-heat pipe, Copper base Heat Sink with aluminum fans SYSTEM DETAILS Two 120mm x 38mm front fansDell Digital EntertainmentTotal Price Sub-total
Message Edited by SR45 on 07-19-200605:37 PM
311
0
Posted July 19th, 2006 20:00
A while back I went through and priced everything through Newegg and ended up with around $2900 for my configuration. I had to use some "equivalents" because not everything was available for retail, like a nForce 590 for Intel chipset, but figured I was pretty close.
Of course we are talking about OEM parts instead of Retail here. So we might be missing a couple of features and have, slightly, reduced performance but that would only knock off a couple hundred. Considering it cost me less than $2200, less than $2400 after taxes, there is just no way I could have built it cheaper or any other company done better especially with a three year warranty added on top.
bcjc78
7 Posts
289
0
Posted July 19th, 2006 01:00