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post #61 of 137
4/26/05 at 6:05pm
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Originally Posted by Vally
I think half of these threads should have signatures or disclaimers of:

"Your results may vary"
Do we really need to do that when you know you might get Michael in Austin or Habib in India when you call in? It's a total crapshoot to get anything done through Dell's customer service.....
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post #62 of 137
4/26/05 at 6:09pm
And yet we (and countless millions) keep going back. They must be doing something right.
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post #63 of 137
4/26/05 at 6:10pm
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Originally Posted by Freezie KO
and this bluetooth card fits in both 9300 and xps2? Maybe I'll just order a second bluetooth and refuse delivery on the $59.99 one.
The Dell BT350 is the same card for both the XPS2 and 9300.
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post #64 of 137
4/26/05 at 6:11pm
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Originally Posted by Vally
And yet we (and countless millions) keep going back. They must be doing something right.
Well a sweet laptop that others sell for over a grand more might have something to do with it. They have to cut corners somewhere though....thus the customer service in India....
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post #65 of 137
4/26/05 at 6:11pm
I wonder what happened to the guy who received 70 of them. Has he been selling them on ebay?
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post #66 of 137
4/26/05 at 6:15pm
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Originally Posted by Vally
And yet we (and countless millions) keep going back. They must be doing something right.
Yes indeed. What they do is use thier gross buying power to keep companies like nVidia and Intel from marketing thier latest products to Dell's competitors or the consumer market. They also lure corporations with supposed savings through corporate accounts when in fact it is only a savings on an already marked up item. I wish I could've obtained my Centrino 17" with the latest modular graphics elsewhere (I have been waiting for someone to come out with it since June '04), but Dell beat everyone else to the punch. Otherwise no one would give a crap about the XPS2.
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post #67 of 137
4/26/05 at 6:15pm
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Originally Posted by joseyu
I wonder what happened to the guy who received 70 of them. Has he been selling them on ebay?
I actually tried to find that or any in bulk on Ebay for sale and came up empty but that was before I got mine for the 14 bones through Dell. I bet even on Ebay with shipping it would have ran more than that one did.
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post #68 of 137
4/26/05 at 8:59pm
holy smokes, that's SICK!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW
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post #69 of 137
4/28/05 at 3:29pm
I just called Dell to ask about my BlueTooth module which I ordered on April 22nd. They said that it's in Allocation. Allocation? The Dell Rep, who was very helpful told me that the order might be cancelled because of that. Anyone been though this before?

Thanks!

- JOhn
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post #70 of 137
4/28/05 at 4:02pm
What's allocation mean here? If they don't have it, they should just wait till they do, not cancel (automatically or manually) the order.
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post #71 of 137
4/28/05 at 4:25pm
It did take me about a week for mine ($13) to ship, not sure why, but installation was a snap.
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post #72 of 137
4/28/05 at 4:44pm
they better not cancel my order then. :I
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post #73 of 137
4/28/05 at 7:33pm
Has anyone ordered one of these recently? I just called Spare Parts and they said the part # is no good. They said I need this new part which comes with the cable & bracket, price = $60. WTF. She said they could waive shipping, I said "I dont I have enough on my credit card", she says "Oh, we can just bill you". Sorry, no deal. I guess I missed the deal!
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post #74 of 137
4/28/05 at 8:28pm
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Originally Posted by IamDisaster
Not sure why or when they decided to hike price up to $50. $50 price is why I didn't end up ordering it with 9300....same reason I didn't order memory with 9300...too expensive.

By the way, they told me the part number was X5166 but I did't have any luck searching on their website for it. $8 to ship ground plus tax. Would have been cheaper to purchase at $20 price they originally charged.
According to the CSR I spoke to, the $50 price is for the NEW unit, the $13.95 or what nots other has been quoting (part number X5166) is REFURBISHED unit.
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post #75 of 137
4/28/05 at 9:44pm
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Originally Posted by Dorkbert
According to the CSR I spoke to, the $50 price is for the NEW unit, the $13.95 or what nots other has been quoting (part number X5166) is REFURBISHED unit.
That's the same story I've been getting too. Even if it is actually refurbished, I don't think that would make a big difference with Bluetooth. Now, if only they would just let me order one...
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post #76 of 137
4/28/05 at 10:51pm
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Originally Posted by Dorkbert
According to the CSR I spoke to, the $50 price is for the NEW unit, the $13.95 or what nots other has been quoting (part number X5166) is REFURBISHED unit.

so what if they call it refurbished...$30 is $30

I just ordered a few of them myself...
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post #77 of 137
4/28/05 at 10:59pm
Thread Starter 
I don't think mine was refurbished. If it was I couldn't tell at all.
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post #78 of 137
4/28/05 at 11:41pm
In 2004 when I bought my machine, I was told by Dell that the spare parts are considered refurbished even though they may be new or refurbished. Parts could come from returned machines, cancelled orders, overstock, etc...
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post #79 of 137
4/28/05 at 11:48pm
Well, it's official. Dell cancelled my order due to a Federal Mail Order Rule Law. What the hell was that? Anyway, I'm going to re-order it again tomorrow.

- JOhn
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post #80 of 137
4/29/05 at 12:17am
Well my guess is that a refurbished bluetooth module would work, and if it didn't you could send it back. Plus, you can pretty much go through 4 refurbs for the price of on new module.

This thread rocks! I was going to spend $50 for one on ebay before I saw this. Thanks!
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