[Gllug] Seeking some laptop advice

[Christopher Hunter]

On Sat, 2009-06-06 at 21:38 +0100, John Winters wrote:

> Not true.  Historically Dell have charged an outrageous amount for
> delivery (about £60 last time I looked), when actual overnight delivery
> costs are more like a tenner (and that's before you get the kind of
> discounts which Dell must get).  To make matters worse, if you ordered
> two systems they would charge you for two deliveries, which makes it
> clear that it isn't really a delivery charge at all - they were just
> knocking £50 off the headline price of the system to make it look
> cheaper and then tagging it on to the delivery.
> 
> Of late things have improved and now they seem more often than not to
> quote prices inclusive of delivery.  Do check before ordering something
> from Dell though.

Funnily enough, I got a delivery of three machines from Dell "Factory
Outlet" yesterday.  There was a single delivery charge for all three,
and it was only £27, which isn't bad considering the size and weight of
the parcels.

C. 

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