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and i dont even have it yet.

ordered on 3/10. said itd ship on 4/1. just got an update today of 4/8 for shipment. little peeved that ill have to wait another week, but i can deal with it.

get on the web, do a search dell delay, see hundreds of posts about products being delayed.

im assuming ill get another delay shortly, probably will cancel if it changes on me again.
 
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For whatever reason, I've found that when ordering Dell laptops they take forever to come. I ordered one for my son before he went to college, they took so long my daughter ended up with his laptop because I had to go to best buy and buy a laptop there. They were over a month a half late on that one.

I ordered a new dell desktop for myself and a new laptop for my wife. My desktop took a couple of weeks, my wife's laptop took about a month and half. No reason given, they just kept delaying.
 

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dont want to cancel, but if they are going to dick around and keep pushing the dates back i will.

and i will never buy a dell product again if they push me back again.

ill give them to the 8th, then im done
 
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Not sure about ordering a laptop from Dell ( I perfer Toshiba Laptops )
But Ordered a PC from Dell for my Wife.

Whatever the Date was on shipping ( let's say 1/20/10 ) I Received it a Week Before the Ship Date.....

Not sure how it works, but I guess if you are Upgrading the PC or Laptop
some parts they don't have in Stock. And if there is a Delay, then Your Item is delayed.
Also, I see with a lot of Companies, if you are Ordering a Big Sale Item...It Also will be delayed.
 

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yea, it said originally id get it 4/1, i understood since it was a big special id get it later, plus the shipping was free, which i was fine with.

but then when you start getting these delays, thats what i dont like, and i dont like reading hundreds of other posts of people whove had up to 5 delays. read one story with 7 delays.
 

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Dell man all the way here. I have ordered over the phone and had no problems with delivery ever. My first laptop was purchased in 2003 and lasted 6 years with not one problem and the battery finally wore out and was too expensive to replace compared to buying a new one. Bought the new one last year and it has been humming along beautifully. My average use is over 12 hours/day and no problems whatsoever. I wouldn't buy any other brand. JMO.
 

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dell has taken a BIG hit on the quality of their machines........when I started on this (= the industry)......having a dell laptop was like having a ferrari.........it may cost 2k.....it was modular (you could add drives or other parts........)..top quality

now they compete in price (not quality).......and we all know what happens

luckily for me (I deal with about 30 of those) .......the servers are a totally different story SO FAR............

toshibas are great (and have unique features that are probably useless to you such as worldwide warranty) ........

my current machine is an HP that while not awesome..........is totally worth the 500 bucks I paid for it
 

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no happy with my dell laptop that i just got. It was fun building it online and an easy process, but wish I had got a mac instead. Lots of issues with my dell
 

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Did you order it right from the Dell web site? I just ordered one for a friend and it got here in 4-5 days. Guess it depends if they have that pc you ordered on hand or they need to build it.
 

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I have had all Dells last few years and not had 1 single problem with any of them, desktop or laptop.

Just ordered a notebook and it took a little while because they said everything is backed up because the demand is so high right now for the small laptops/notebooks.

It was understandable......
 

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My Dell nightmares are well documented here.
 

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yea i got it off dell.com

i dont know what ill get if i cancel my order.

hopefully i wont get delayed again.
 

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