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Jump in prices? Or am I crazy

post #1 of 38
12/19/03 at 6:56pm
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Did the prices jump $300+ over night or what? They must have a backlog of machines to build and business is good. The whole "supply vs. demand" thing. Hmmm. Glad I ordered on the 5th.

phase 7: inspecting cables...yeah, whatever!
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post #2 of 38
12/19/03 at 7:02pm
Crap they did! not $300 tho, bout $100. Dammit, right when im bout to order in like 2 days. *mutters*
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post #3 of 38
12/19/03 at 7:25pm
Its about $300 more for my same config now. 10% or so raise in prices. Yipes!

-b
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post #4 of 38
12/19/03 at 8:36pm
Mine has risen to about $250
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post #5 of 38
12/19/03 at 8:49pm
My laptop(which I had) went up $238.

My desktop(which I'm waiting for) went up $182

It looks like AW has gift cards now.

"Hello honey I wasn't sure what you wanted so I got you this $3500 gift card from AW"
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post #6 of 38
12/19/03 at 9:05pm
Mine went up $195. I wonder if they upgraded the basic chasis to justify the increase or was it just demand that resulted in the price increase?
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post #7 of 38
12/19/03 at 9:07pm
yea I was holy ****
Glad I ordered on dec 4th
I paid 3,150 for mine and now it's 3,406 witht he increase for same config...
glad I'm only paying 3,150.
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post #8 of 38
12/19/03 at 9:07pm
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Originally Posted by ckaplan
Mine went up $195. I wonder if they upgraded the basic chasis to justify the increase or was it just demand that resulted in the price increase?
Or maybe they thought christmas=more money and christmas+higher prices=even more money

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post #9 of 38
12/19/03 at 9:08pm
Who would buy that gift certicate? Talk about a year worth of gifts
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post #10 of 38
12/19/03 at 9:08pm
I'm surpirsed Alienware doesn't charge $50 for the shirt
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post #11 of 38
12/19/03 at 9:11pm
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Originally Posted by blazehenryson
Who would buy that gift certicate? Talk about a year worth of gifts

Well it's a last minute gift instead of waiting for the PC to come. You'd buy it if you don't know what configuration the person wants. The downside is, is that there is probably a phase list you have to go through like 4 phases.
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post #12 of 38
12/19/03 at 9:18pm
i would agree, that's just an expesive gift..... I'm not rich my any means.
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post #13 of 38
12/19/03 at 9:30pm
AW has a new promo up.
LL
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post #14 of 38
12/19/03 at 9:33pm
Lol
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post #15 of 38
12/19/03 at 9:42pm
Yep my extreme went from 4808 all the way up to 5127.....yipes..

Maybe they ship those faster? haha! just joking..
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post #16 of 38
12/19/03 at 11:17pm
Ther stupid they just lost a customer. price jumped 300 they better lower it down before dec 31
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post #17 of 38
12/19/03 at 11:55pm
Thank god i ordered mine 1 day before the price jump my setup is $300 more now. Well I also got complimentary $200 rebate for returning customer, so ....$500 more now
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post #18 of 38
12/20/03 at 12:00am
yup mines up $209...good thing i order before, now its out of my price range
exept its been in phase 5 for 4 days now and i was under the impression that this was one of the phases you usually didnt get stuck in for over a day
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post #19 of 38
12/20/03 at 12:34pm
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
My check is finally in the bank, ready to order, and now I dont know if I should order or wait till after xmas. Prices might go down after the holidays, but I might loose the $100 rebate on green plus the $60 EBgames voucher. If only AW woulda waited 2 MORE FREAKIN DAYS! UGH!
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post #20 of 38
12/21/03 at 1:38am
After seeing this thread I checked the Alienware web site. The first thing I noticed is that the Saucer Silver option is $400 dollars cheaper.

If you want a specialty color that's where the $$$ seems to come in. As I understand it the red, green, and blue Laptops have a much nicer finish than the silver ones.

I have a silver one and can tell you that forn what I've seen, the optional colors are much nicer -- smoother finish, and very glossy. The silver one isn't.

I'm sure all this will change, as prices and configurations are the one ever changing constant in the Alienware universe. That coupled with the fact that it is X-mas time, and they will take advantage of every opportunity to make an extra dollar, it is the American way.

--Remington
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