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post #101 of 108
11/21/05 at 3:43pm
anyone have a m70 yet? any word on US release?
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post #102 of 108
11/24/05 at 1:23am
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Originally Posted by H&h
I'm still a little worried about the heat produced by this notebook... Can someone please say something about this as it's quite important to me. Thnx a lot

Obviously it gets warm but it is not that bad on this notebook.
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post #103 of 108
11/24/05 at 1:28am
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you can bargain with the sales at futureshop? I thought they could only sell according to the price listed on their computers
Yes you can bargain at FS. They can work with the price of accessories quite a bit as the mark up is huge on these items but it is still possible with the computers themselves. If you bring in an ad from a competitor with similar specs(*cough* Dell *cough*) they can actually work with the price quite a bit. Even if the specs are slightly different, come in prepared with an approximate price impact of any differences there are and they should work to match the price. Oh and if they show you "Cost" in the computer... keep in mind that there is a mark up when the FS warehouse sends the item to the retail stores so even if it sells at the apparent 'Cost' they are still making money.

My theory on bargaining is that if by the time I leave, they are still glad I came in, then I havent negotiated hard enough.
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post #104 of 108
11/24/05 at 2:26am
i worked a FS for 4 years part time and full time through university. For sure you can bargain...but I never once took a Dell ad and justified it with a customer for a lower price.

Toshiba notebooks are dropping in price next week sometime.... (who said that?)
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post #105 of 108
11/25/05 at 2:36pm
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The Dell ad strategy worked for me. They may hesitate at first because they wont have the EXACT same specs but if you suggest a reasonable dollar value for any differences they should be willing to do a 'modified' price match.

BTW I am pretty sure FS gets the price drops 5 days before the end of each month. This would make it logical to expect to see the prices drop for next weeks flyer.
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post #106 of 108
11/25/05 at 2:39pm
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and the more senior the employee you are dealing with, the better off you will be. If you can figure out who the managers are, try to deal with them.
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post #107 of 108
11/28/05 at 12:11am
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i worked a FS for 4 years part time and full time through university. For sure you can bargain...but I never once took a Dell ad and justified it with a customer for a lower price.

Toshiba notebooks are dropping in price next week sometime.... (who said that?)
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Originally Posted by BoarderEX
Yes you can bargain at FS. They can work with the price of accessories quite a bit as the mark up is huge on these items but it is still possible with the computers themselves. If you bring in an ad from a competitor with similar specs(*cough* Dell *cough*) they can actually work with the price quite a bit. Even if the specs are slightly different, come in prepared with an approximate price impact of any differences there are and they should work to match the price. Oh and if they show you "Cost" in the computer... keep in mind that there is a mark up when the FS warehouse sends the item to the retail stores so even if it sells at the apparent 'Cost' they are still making money.

My theory on bargaining is that if by the time I leave, they are still glad I came in, then I havent negotiated hard enough.
Thanks for the tips guys...

Before I head out to purchase, may I ask what discount I should expect? Would a discount off a price (ie. $100 off) be hard to negotiate or should I just negotiate for a free/dscounted accessory (ie. mice/notebook lock)?

...or am I totally out of my mind with the discounts?
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post #108 of 108
12/3/05 at 3:33pm
YP3 was right, the Toshiba laptops did "drop" in price...

however, the $100 was not taken off the price, but given as a gift card
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