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Alex Underwood's speaker buddies take cute to a new decibel {Engadget HD}
Nov 19th 2008 8:33PM Dadara baby speakers ripoff.
Dell's 17-inch Precision M6400 powerhouse breaks loose for retail {Engadget}
Nov 15th 2008 9:21PM Yep, same thing happened for me. My final Covet price (with tax) put it at around $5500. They'll only approve 5 grand credit. So, instead of taking my $2500 up front & financing the rest, they say, no, re-spec the machine, gimp it down to get it under 5 grand, we cannot "split the bill." You must finance the full amount or it's a No-Sale. They want LESS of your money!
After telling them to put it on HOLD while I thought it over for the night, the next day I get an Order Processing email - they sent it thru anyway. Called to cancel. BTW, you can't get a Core2Duo and upgrade it later on your own to Quad - it'll void the warranty on your $5k machine.
In the end they kept asking for a "Doing Business As" name in order to allow themselves to sell me their "Business class" machine. What a joke. They're choking themselves off from sales with their own bureaucracy.
Ended up getting financing elsewhere & ordering the specs I wanted.
Ordered 10/27 - Estimated Ship Date 12/8! Ouch! Have they laid everyone off over there?? Not sure how this will shake out...
