*HP dv5t (1XXX series) Owners Lounge*

[MCAP61]

i used the $400 coupon with the same configuration, and its about $100 more expensive with my student discount and 5% coupon... maybe i can haggle a little with HP

[Cable.tac]

Coupon didn't work for me on the dv5t either. Why does it work for some and not others??

Edit: Whoah, after logging out of the EPP and logging back in, the coupon now works! $200 difference in savings.

[Jama]

Yeah, I don't know what the student discount would have been for me, but the faculty discount was only about 50 bucks. Technically I am still both a student and a worker at my university (though only a student for one more day due to graduation), but given that I don't think my university has a very good partnership with HP, I didn't think it would be worth it to get into the fight of "I bought it while I was still a student, but I have graduated since then".

[MCAP61]

Coupon didn't work for me on the dv5t either. Why does it work for some and not others??

Edit: Whoah, after logging out of the EPP and logging back in, the coupon now works! $200 difference in savings.

probably becaue you have a student discount. you have to sign out of your account hence not applying the student discount then you can qualify for the 400 off.

[Deis]

I had to get it with the $400 code. With tax, it came to this:$1207.77. I had to get out of APP to use the coupon as well. I ran it both ways and going with the $400 code in the non-app site saved me almost $140. I'm excited.

Really? I ran it both ways too, and the APP method saves me about $12 over the $400 off coupon.

[Cable.tac]

Any difference between the P8600 vs P8400? Should I save my $50 for newegg.com memory?

Thanks for everyone's great inputs on this forum.

[geezman]

Geezman...I just put your configuration into the HP website. Having done that...I am assuming the price you paid does not include the 400 dollar discount that is possible with the correct coupon. If you see this post some time soon, it might be good for you to see if you can apply this coupon, or just cancel and re-order the system. I would hate to think someone lost 400 dollars because they didn't know about a six character code (NB6997), so I hope you read this soon! (Fingers crossed)

Actually, that was with the $400 coupon. It shows a unit price of 1,841.99 and an extended price of 1,441.99. Did you add the Blu-Ray and 3 year accidental insurance to your cart? If so, maybe I did something wrong.

Edit: I just went and redid it and it came up with the same price. I noticed that as soon as I applied the coupon, it removed the existing discounts they where offering and stated: "We have compared the coupon submitted to the available instant savings and applied the best offer. Promotion rules allow only the coupon or instant savings to be applied to any item.". So apparently that is why the price come out this way.

[Jama]

If you are getting the whole deal for 1,441.99, that sounds about right (figuring in the blu-ray and the insurance), however, on the post I was referring to your price was "Total: $1902.10 (which included $369.99 for the extended service plan)". If that was the pre-coupon total, that would make sense. I was more concerned if that was the POST coupon total, as that would be way too high given the specs you listed.

[chris789]

Really? I ran it both ways too, and the APP method saves me about $12 over the $400 off coupon.

Yep. I had an ie7 window up in the non app site and firefox with the app. identical configs. Even after the 5% coupon, the app site was almost $140 higher. It's odd that you got different results. I actually did it both ways twice to make sure before I made the order.

[Jama]

I have to admit...a minor gripe I had with the HP site was that, to my knowledge, I had to create an account to even see the possible discount prices. I ended up ordering from them, so they would have gotten the info anways. Still though, it would have been nice to not have to give them my name and address to even look at the possible discounts after my customization was done.