dell are not that cheap (Dell)

Member Name: happyman11

Product:	Dell
Date:	25/06/06 (492 review reads)
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Advantages: none

Disadvantages: price, hard sell, asian telephone operators, delivery times waste of space

Dell are not that cheap
Their cheapest laptop is £399 - PCworlds is £349
Their cheapest Desktop is £299 - PCworlds is £290

spec for spec they are very close indeed

Dell is delivery in a few days - PCworld is collect at store sameday

upgrade memory from 256mb to a single stick of 512 would cost over £80 with Dell, less then £50 with PCWorld

Have full year manufacturer gurantee with dell costs over £45 pcworld already includes it

plus if dell cannot confidently say it can last more then 3 months hense why the standard price has just 3 months

think about it if you knew it would last 3 years with minimal use you would give it a years gurantee for free just to please the customers.. dell dont.. thats where they make their money sell it cheap but sell it often, break down 2 times a year thats 2 pc's u gotta buy coz it gone ast the gurantee period.

and another reason why they dont have retail shops, because retail shops have laws such as 3 year retail warrenty (this is different to the manufacturers) its where in the first 6 months any problems the retailer has to sort it out or get the manufactuer to sort it out on their behalf. after the 6 months to 3 years it has to be tested that it was not a human/user related fault but still need to fix it if proved. Dell dont have this so after the three months your stuck!!
plus try finding Dell head office address to kick some butt.

Summary: dell are not that good