Dell Inc. will stop its practice of sending low-end computers to customers homes without charge in order to cut costs, the company said on Thursday. Starting on October 10, Dell's free shipping offer on basic models will apply only to people willing to pick up their computers at the post office, said Jennifer Davis, spokeswoman for Dell's U.S. consumer business. Customers will have to pay extra for home delivery.
Dell's direct sales model helped it become one of the lowest-cost computer makers as it bypassed retailers. But aggressive price-cutting caused the Round Rock, Texas-based company to miss analysts' revenue-growth forecasts last quarter. Now, Dell wants to trim costs and boost revenue. On Wednesday, Chairman Michael Dell unveiled a line of high-powered luxury desktop computers and notebooks starting at $1,099 compared with $299 for the lowest-priced models on the company's Web site.
News source: Reuters
Dell's direct sales model helped it become one of the lowest-cost computer makers as it bypassed retailers. But aggressive price-cutting caused the Round Rock, Texas-based company to miss analysts' revenue-growth forecasts last quarter. Now, Dell wants to trim costs and boost revenue. On Wednesday, Chairman Michael Dell unveiled a line of high-powered luxury desktop computers and notebooks starting at $1,099 compared with $299 for the lowest-priced models on the company's Web site.
News source: Reuters
Changelog for version 2.5:
- Added: you can now specify program categories for the Hot Launch Menu. Each category is displayed in the Hot Launch Menu as a separate submenu
- Now you can specify the "Stay On Top" property dynamically from the Advanced Task Switcher for all currently running programs
- Each program can be started from the Hot Launch Menu with the set property "Stay On Top"
- Added: a capability to shut down or restart the PC from the program's tray menu icon and from the Advanced Task Switcher
I see some company's charge £60 for delivery, which it' doesn't cost that amount including insurance.
I sent a PC, Monitor and printer to an ebayer including insuarance and next day delivery for £22.
They are skimming off the top.
there used to be a law in US, all shippings are free, that got expired
however DELIVERY is not... 2 different things...
besides this is for low end models
Lies.
You see boys and girls? This is why you should stay in school. There was never any such law.
It cost me $5 to ship a 50 pound box for example. This was on a 1 package a week deal. Imagine if you get a deal like Dell its probably $5 a PC.
...try 80,000 every 24 hours... (which seems INCREDIBLY high)
Source: FastCompany article on Dell
They're like walmart taking over a small town, cutting out the competition.
I'm convinced they make more profit on their after warranty support calls + parts. Their replacement are Motherboards $250-350, like printer manufacturers make little profit on their printers knowing that people will buy their seemingly 4000% mark-up ink cartridges.
i got my laptop with free delivery and free double ram :E
2) There is no second item.
3) I really don't want anything from Dell.
What, you were expecting some snapy one-liner?
Try Chinese.
http://www.lenovo.com/lenovo/us/en/index.html
Now, for those of us here who are not deranged lunatics AND who know how to build a PC, I think I can safely say that we all agree that building your own PC is the only way to go.
*Phe preceding was poking fun at a member of this board, and was intended for a mature audience. Small chuckleing noises and a reasonable abount of smileing are advised. Please smile responsibly.*
I.E.: SPECIAL OFFER!! Pentium 4 530 with FREE DOUBLE RAM!!! Only $499!!!*
(The following is printed on the very bottom in a font which is just as readable as Chinese without a magnifying glass): * Excluding shipping. €89,-- for desktops.
That's right! 89 euro's for shipping! That's almost one hundred dollars!! I think the word rediculous fits in here very nicely.
But hey, I wouldn't buy the tiniest thing from Dell anyway..
imagine a whole pc :p
any pc part i order in the uk i have to pay delivery costs, the only things ive found in the uk i dont have to pay delivery costs for are things which can fit through my letter box
The worst part is that most of their systems only come with Windows XP HOME edition, and they don't offer an upgrade to Pro, so no matter how much horsepower you buy you're stuck with the lame home edition of XP.
(Although, I know some of the people here will still argue with that assessment because they have nothing better to do than try to prove how right they are.)
My familiy needed a second PC, just something basic to run a few programs and use the internet. Nothing spectacular. We certainly would not (could not) go out and buy some $2000 system, nor invest the money in some custom built computer. Even if you get fairly low end parts at good cost, by the time you add up all the accessories the small budget you're working with is in the red (think monitor, be hard pressed to get -anything- less than $100).
There came Dell.
We managed to get it at the right time where we got their low end system, with an 15" LCD, and free shipping. The entire system arrived at our door for $315.
$315 was entirely affordable for this basic computer system. The free shipping was the icing on the cake because we may not have bought it if we would have had to pay the $100 shipping or whatever it was. To Dell's credit this made the sale.
So some want to complain about free shipping being a bad thing. Some want to complain about Dell being cheap (quality), or overpriced (??), but in the end for some people Dell is one of the only ways to be able to get what is needed/wanted.
Not everyone has as much money to throw around as some, and people seem to forget that.
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