Are Recent Dell.com Mispricings Care of Laid Off Employees?
Are Recent Dell.com Mispricings Care of Laid Off Employees?
Posted 12/18/2009 at 6:15am
| by Paul Lilly
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According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Dell plans to slash 16 percent of its 4,500 workforce in Malaysia, which breaks down to 700 pink slips by the end of June 2010. About the same time the job cuts were announced, several price mistakes began appearing on Dell's website. Coincidence? Perhaps, but as a modern day Spock would say, that s**t ain't logical (NSFW - language).
The pricing SNAFUs inevitably ended up on deal sites like SlickDeals.net, including a 3.2GHz dual-core Xeon 5060 processor for $10.99, Xeon E3110 for $16.99, Xeon E5450 for $39.99, and a Xeon L5340 for $12.99. We'd go with the Xeon 5060, or maybe one of each at those prices.
Not all of the pricing mistakes worked to the consumers advantage. For example, Dell's website listed a 120GB SATA HDD for a Dell Studio 1735 at $21,000, a laser mouse at $4,000, and an Inspiron AC adapter for $710. Not a big deal if you've ever shopped at an Apple Store.
So what do you think, an honest mistake (several of them), or scorned employees? Sound off in the comments section below!
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best buy ipod
April 02, 2010 at 6:53pm
Not a big deal if you've ever shopped at an Apple Store. i am agree with this quote,,
Marge0018
December 27, 2009 at 10:24pm
A blonde, wanting to earn some money, decided to hire herself out as a
handyman-type and started canvassing a wealthy neighborhood. She went
to the front door of the first house and asked the owner if he had any
jobs for her to do."Well, you can paint my porch. How much will you charge?"
The blonde said, "How about 50 dollars?" The man agreed and told her
that the paint and ladders that she might need were in the garage. The
man's wife, inside the house, heard the conversation and said to her
husband, "Does she realize that the porch goes all the way around the
house?"The man replied, "She should. She was standing on the porch."
A short time later, the blonde came to the door to collect her money.
"You're finished already?" he asked. "Yes," the blonde answered, "and I
had paint left over, so I gave it two coats. "Impressed, the man
reached in his pocket for the $50. "And by the way," the blonde added,
"that's not a Porch, it's a Ferrari."_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
quickone
December 18, 2009 at 7:41pm
That comment actually made me laugh out loud.
~~The difference between insanity and genius is merely succes~~
jlh304
December 18, 2009 at 9:48am
Dell's website listed a 120GB SATA HDD for a Dell Studio 1735 at $21,000, a laser mouse at $4,000, and an Inspiron AC adapter for $710.
The above prices will be honored.
nekollx
December 18, 2009 at 10:20am
At least it's cheeper then Apple.
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DogPatch1149
December 18, 2009 at 9:08am
Shouldn't it be "laid off"? If I recall correctly, there's no such word as "layed".
Larry Lee
December 18, 2009 at 7:43am
The question is, does DELL honor those posted prices?
If so, I'm all in ...
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