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What happend to bal's thread

post #1 of 29
4/19/06 at 10:09pm
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I was wondering what happened to his thread that he posted about the Dell XPS M1710 laptop fully loaded for 2750?
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post #2 of 29
4/20/06 at 4:13am
Either it was buried in all the constant daily mess of the forums... or a moderator deemed the thread as violating the "No Selling" guidelines and wiped it out.
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post #3 of 29
4/20/06 at 4:55am
I think everyone knows how great Bal is, and I know he knows that he's appreciated.

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post #4 of 29
4/20/06 at 5:04am
Anybody moderating the moderators? Aren't these boards supposed to be FOR the people? Seems to me that the people WANT Bal's offers.
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post #5 of 29
4/20/06 at 9:46am
I emailed Bal about it. He said he took it down because his rep was taking heat from Dell. I would have too, don't want to lose that great inside connection.
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post #6 of 29
4/20/06 at 10:01am
Just shows you that Dell is seriously gouging the customer on the M1710. I think it is still way over priced.
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post #7 of 29
4/20/06 at 10:14am
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Originally Posted by donjuancarlos
I emailed Bal about it. He said he took it down because his rep was taking heat from Dell. I would have too, don't want to lose that great inside connection.
Bahhh!!
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post #8 of 29
4/20/06 at 10:15am
Looks like it's a limited time offer.
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post #9 of 29
4/20/06 at 10:53am
After I find out if my new job (if I indeed land it) will provide me with a notebook computer, I may still PM bal to see if he can still get me a bargain.

Currently, I'm between this Dell and the Apple Powerbook Pro (which can dual-boot XP).
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post #10 of 29
4/20/06 at 11:01am
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Originally Posted by tijgert
Anybody moderating the moderators? Aren't these boards supposed to be FOR the people? Seems to me that the people WANT Bal's offers.
Bal deleted his own thread. Why dont' you ask him before assuming we're all Nazi's and take cheap shots at us.

Although I believe he owes a huge commission to the owners of this forum, the thread was removed by him and him alone.
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post #11 of 29
4/20/06 at 11:20am
omg craig, Hail Hitler!
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post #12 of 29
4/20/06 at 11:43am
I hope he is OK. I PM'd him last night, and again this morning. I am trying to get one of the SB Audgie cards for my XPS.
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post #13 of 29
4/20/06 at 11:45am
dell sent asasins after him
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post #14 of 29
4/20/06 at 11:48am
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Originally Posted by LukeC55
dell sent asasins after him
What the hell is a asasins? I'm not to sure I'd be worried if one of those were after me....
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post #15 of 29
4/20/06 at 11:54am
asians? OH NOES!!!!
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post #16 of 29
4/20/06 at 11:57am
[quote=GZS]I think everyone knows how great Bal is, and I know he knows that he's appreciated.

Ya, he shot me a PM offering his services when AI first joined the boards. Pretty cool guy.
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post #17 of 29
4/20/06 at 6:48pm
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Originally Posted by donjuancarlos
I emailed Bal about it. He said he took it down because his rep was taking heat from Dell. I would have too, don't want to lose that great inside connection.
Exactly. He told me the samething 2 nights ago so if you want a deal do it low profile via PM or emails.
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post #18 of 29
4/20/06 at 6:54pm
Does balthzar work at dell or something? How does he get them cheaper!?
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post #19 of 29
4/20/06 at 6:56pm
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Originally Posted by Flav_cool
Does balthzar work at dell or something? How does he get them cheaper!?
He's a dell reseller and has a contact with a rep at Dell.
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post #20 of 29
4/20/06 at 7:01pm
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Originally Posted by Flav_cool
Does balthzar work at dell or something? How does he get them cheaper!?
I was wondering the same thing. DELL's business is built on the direct sales model so selling to Balth'zar in order for him to turn around to sell to consumers is really not part their game plan. They do have a "Solution Provider" arragement where a company that provides technology solutions to other companies can buy products from DELL for their customers. However these customers are supposed to be businesses. One can sign up for this program here:

https://membership.solutionproviderd...&s=bsdv&cs=08W

My guess is that Balth'zar simply established such an account with DELL and has a good relationship with the DELL salesperson associated with his account. However as per DELL the products bought through such an account are "Not for resale on auction sites or to consumers", which makes me wonder about the validity of such a transaction and which is why he is probably trying to keep things as low profile as possible.
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