Saving £££ in the UK buying ANY Dell/AW system OR accessories - please contribute!

[Badger Man]

You need 5 posts on the forum before you can PM rich, that's what's holding you up ATM.

But it's well worth doing - Stevies rep saved me over £400

Damn, beaten to it

[ravengerpl]

HI,,im new to the thread and i have no clue how to PM you ref giving my details.
Would you be able to PM me so i can give you them and get on this saving scheme boat...cheers

Welcome to the NBR. You need 5 posts to use PM system. Check first post in this thread, below is a passage referring to PM details.

I would request that the PM includes:

Your Name
Your Location
Your contact details (for my rep - email & telephone preferable)
The system you are interested in (eg M17x R3 / XPS / AW Desktop etc)
Wether or not you are purchasing on Dell Finance or outright via your own methods.

In return for that, I will forward your contact details to the relevant Dell contact who helped me and he will contact you via email or phone as soon as possible.

Edit:

Damn, beaten to it

Me too

[steviejones133]

Spot on , guys! - thanks for jumping in and helping out! +rep to you both!

Rich - when your post count is up, shoot me a PM and we can get started saving you some dosh....

[TnTblow]

Hi all regulars and long time lurkers.

I just had a few questions:

Also, have you looked into a freight forwarding service such as BundleBox that would give you a UK address and then ship the system on to you in Germany?

1. Isn't BundleBox giving a US address rather then UK? Or maybe it's just me not finding the right info, but if I google bundlebox I only get US address provider.

@steviejones133: Some time ago you mentioned Forward2me and they do seem to give you a UK address.

2. Can I still use Your contacts (reps) even though I'm not a UK resident?

[steviejones133]

Hi all regulars and long time lurkers.

I just had a few questions:



1. Isn't BundleBox giving a US address rather then UK? Or maybe it's just me not finding the right info, but if I google bundlebox I only get US address provider.

@steviejones133: Some time ago you mentioned Forward2me and they do seem to give you a UK address.

2. Can I still use Your contacts (reps) even though I'm not a UK resident?

I gave BundleBox as an example of the type of service you would need to find so that you could get a UK address that would then forward your purchases on to you.

I don't know which freight forwarding service you could use, I would advise a bit of research and maybe even contact a few to ask them if they can assist. Explain to them that you need a UK address and then your item forwarding on to you in your country.

If all goes well with that, I dont see any reason why you cant use my rep but I dont want to give out false information regarding to the delivery of your machine.

BTW guys - 680m is up on Dell UK. I'm gonna see if its available in sli on the 18x and will get back to you....

Just an update. Although SLI is not visible on the UK website, it can be added manually now for the M18x R2 - UK website price from my contact is to be £1020 (£850+vat) which is more than what I was expecting....it actually doesnt make sense for it to be THAT much more than one card...if its £430 for one card & heatsink, surely it shouldnt cost that MUCH more for SLI...my maths says that 2 cards and 2 heatsinks should be around £860 so that means the SLI ribbon is costing £160 LOLOL - mind you, looking at a single 675m vs. 675m SLI, thats also alot more than double the cost of a single so I guess its in line with Dells pricing strategies.

Saying that, it annoys the hell outta me that in the US, single 680m is $550 and SLI is simply double the cost.....this just isnt fair pricing!

Its £430 for a single 680m in the 17x.....

So, those of you who want to order from the UK/Ire, you can PM me and I can see if my rep can help out, if you like.

[GaryO]

Just an update. Although SLI is not visible on the UK website, it can be added manually now for the M18x R2 - UK website price from my contact is to be £1020 (£850+vat) which is more than what I was expecting....it actually doesnt make sense for it to be THAT much more than one card...if its £430 for one card & heatsink, surely it shouldnt cost that MUCH more for SLI...my maths says that 2 cards and 2 heatsinks should be around £860 so that means the SLI ribbon is costing £160 LOLOL - mind you, looking at a single 675m vs. 675m SLI, thats also alot more than double the cost of a single so I guess its in line with Dells pricing strategies.

Its £430 for a single 680m in the 17x.....

So, those of you who want to order from the UK/Ire, you can PM me and I can see if my rep can help out, if you like.

So for 680m SLI does your rep accept arms , legs , kidneys etc ??

I would of thought the pricing would of been inline with desktop GPU's as a guide. Early adopter and price gouging withstanding

[steviejones133]

Hahaha - I would have to sell my organs too at those prices. I knew that they were gonna cost alot more than AMD as they always do. what is unfair though is that Dell's weird pricing sees us pay alot more than double the cost of a single gpu for SLI.

Guys in the US just simply pay double the cost of a single which really peeves me off....if it were the same in the UK, £860 would be far more realistic vs. £1020.

[Badger Man]

It's still a massive mark up from the 7970m though, would have to be a hell of a performance increase to justify it IMHO

[GaryO]

Pricing aside , I would still be interested in seeing the figures for the 4gb VRAM version versus the 2gb VRAM version in single and SLI mode , cos its bugging me

Whats the reason that Dell aren't offering the 4gb VRAM version ??

[steviejones133]

Pricing aside , I would still be interested in seeing the figures for the 4gb VRAM version versus the 2gb VRAM version in single and SLI mode , cos its bugging me

Whats the reason that Dell aren't offering the 4gb VRAM version ??

Not sure. TBH, from what I've read up on the differences, it actually wont make much of a difference. It's also possibly cheaper for Dell to acquire the 2gb versions....