AW/DELL Ordering Advice - How to save $$$

[Pmode]

no matter how hard i tried i couldn't get a free T shirt, that really bummed me out. anyone else have better luck?

[IWantMyMTV]

I got the M15x with the i7-720qm, 260m, 3gb 1333mhz, 250gb HD, and 1 year accidental warranty for $1600 shipped. I used a $50 coupon, 10% EPP, and got $75 off from the rep. She wouldn't budge for NBD though.

If you don't mind me asking...

What screen?
What optical drive?
What battery?
What wireless card?

[steelcurtain11]

If you don't mind me asking...

What screen?
What optical drive?
What battery?
What wireless card?

normal screen, normal drive, 6 cell battery, and the normal card

[santa-u2]

+1 for redhidus
thanks for these great tips.
I am gonna call them up next Monday

[IWantMyMTV]

normal screen, normal drive, 6 cell battery, and the normal card

There is an offer on the table for an m15x shipped for just under $2000 with the above 4 items 'upgraded'...I can do without the upgraded wifi card, but the others I would prefer...

I like the extra screen real estate and the slightly longer battery life...the optical drive for that price is not the BluRay burner, just the BluRay reader...but if you're gonna have a BluRay resolution screen, I figured that you might as well have a BluRay player...(though I've always said that under 27", you really can't see the difference between HD and standard def...)

I'll probably let this quote go...Dell will have to do a little better and I don't have the stamina to spend hours on the phone with them...

[Chicken Chaser]

What's the ratio of good calls/bad calls for people? I haven't called a rep before but will when I order my M11x because I don't want to buy their AV program.

[deltaone45]

its i would say a 20-30 percent chance on getting a sales person who will give you the world i just keeped calling about 10 times 10 diffrent quotes before i finally got some one to give me the deal in my sig. no complaints tho except the wait

[jasonyu668]

DR650SE, how you like your M11x? I am looking for a good deals on the M11x. In the other thread you said u got it for $900 out the door. Can you give me the contract of the rep you brought it from? One millions THanks!

[Pmode]

hey delta, when do you keep gettin your delays in the EDD, do you check phone, call in and check, or do it online? and to you're knowledge which method is the most updated all the time?

[deltaone45]

so far they always update around 1am saterday morning and they phone and website have always updated around that time. i get my cancelation messages email at around 2am monday morning and a call at around noon monday so far for all 6 of the etas thats the norm.