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post #41 of 43
12/30/03 at 6:39pm
I'm invoking rule number 2.

These forums are for people looking for or wishing to share technical information regarding all brands of laptops. Brands, pricing, features, and pros and cons posts are appropriate while reseller pricing comparisons, bid war posts, and "where should I buy?" "Here's where I bought" posts are not appropriate. Posts such as this lead to problems such as other resellers logging in trying to pump themselves up with fake log ons to either talk good about themselves or bad about another reseller. Then we get complaints from others as being displayed in a bad light. Because of this, posts with this potential will be removed or closed.
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post #42 of 43
1/1/04 at 4:00am
Having been looking mainly @ Alienware laptops for the past few months (and heavily pointed towards buying an Area 51-m), I was more than a little shocked when I noticed the price increase. I'm glad that it wasn't just in my head. For a little while, I was thinking that I'd made a mistake the last billion or so times that I'd configured a system. Seeing that everyone else is frustrated by the same thing at least helps me sleep a little better knowing that I'm not seeing things.

However, the price jump has pushed Alienware out of the running almost. Sager's taken the lead and is tempting me (especially now that the 256mb vidcard is slated for release this month). I'd love to hope and wish that the Alienware prices will come back down, but it all comes down to timing- will they be cheaper when I have the money? I've got a good chunk now, so it bodes ill for my wanting an Alienware

Hopefully someone @ Alienware keeps up on the forums here and sees the unhappy faces and does something about it.
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post #43 of 43
1/1/04 at 9:19am
Well, the problem is that Alienware has to raise its' prices in order to turn a profit, otherwise they will lose money; as a business they don't really have any choice. So until production costs go down, you won't see prices go down for prospecting consumers.
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