Re: Dell Prices for UC Higher Than for Small Business?

On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 06:18:24PM -0700, Jon Forrest wrote:
> I recently received an email message from Dell with a coupon
> for $200 off any Dell Optiplex GX280 or SX280. After
> doing some configuring, it became clear that with
> this coupon, the cost of these PCs would be less
> than if I bought from the Dell Higher Ed site (via
> TSW). Unfortunately, it appears that I can't use
> this coupon with a UC Purchase Order.
>
> So, it appears that, at least sometimes, we're
> not getting the best deal from Dell.
>
> Comments?

I noticed this earlier with some Dell servers advertised in the
Chronicle. When I contacted TSW, they acknowledged the discrepancy,
and said that Dell would match the advertised price. I don't know how
that would work with a coupon, though.

Steve

-- 
Steve Sizemore <steve (at) ls.berkeley.edu>, (510) 642-8570
Unix System Manager
    Dept. of Mathematics and College of Letters and Science
    University of California, Berkeley

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