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It's not, really. The salesman claimed no affiliation with the Ebates site/company, which is of course true, and that I was getting the machine as close to "at-
by kohanz 10y ago
It's not, really. The salesman claimed no affiliation with the Ebates site/company, which is of course true, and that I was getting the machine as close to "at-cost" as possible (I call BS), but I'm fairly certain this wouldn't have happened if my purchase total was, say $1200 instead of > $2000. I was very close to cancelling my order right then and there, but I guess I'm holding out on the small chance that the machine itself is great and I don't ever have to speak to a Dell rep again. I've been consistently confused that many sites have rated it the "best Windows laptop" of the past year or so, but users are reporting a huge number of quality control issues (coil whine, backlight bleeding, bad WiFi, etc.). Some people appear to get ones that have no issues, and I've read several glowing reviews from HN users, which is a source I trust, so I'm hoping I win that lottery.
- slantyyz 10y agoWow. Thanks for sharing this info. To be honest, if I was in your boat, I would have cancelled the order. You showed way more restraint than I would have. I'm in the market for a new laptop (I'm also in Canada, looking to spend >2K on a Dell/Alienware and I was going to use ebates also). I've had good results in the past with ebates + Dell, but I only bought monitors, which were under 1K. So what is going to happen with your eBates - do you have to file a claim with them?
- kohanz 10y agoI was very close to cancelling and probably should have. I guess I'm greedily hoping the machine is fine and if it is, at that price, I can't complain too much. I'm assuming the ebates is a lost cause. I may try to briefly pursue it, but I don't expect them to give me anything. I mean if it goes through properly, I expect that Dell pays some sort of affiliate commission to Ebates and since that won't have happened, they likely won't want to credit me the $.