160GB Serial Laptop Drive - $12.00 (Dell Error) (Dead Deal)

[elektronisch]

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=341-4940&cs=19&c=us&l=en&dgc=CJ&cid=0&lid=0

Cheers

[Boltaction]

In for 3 thanks

$40 shipped.


Also, where did you hear about this?

[Atherton213]

another one of these 1.5tb posts?

in for 2

if these do ship... good deal!

[roaringsx]

In for 5 at $72 shipped. We will see if the order gets canceled.:D

[Boltaction]

In for 5,000 thanks op


fucking dell better not screw me

[BlueAqua]

in for one, let's see how long this lasts.

[AMD_Gamer]

in for 2 lets see how this turns out :)

[TheBluePill]

In for two, waiting for the Cancelation!! Woot!

[Boltaction]

Purchase limit of 10 same items per order.

It is on the page.

[TheBluePill]

In for 5,000 thanks op


fucking dell better not screw me

Better damn hope they have 2 more in stock for me. :D :p

[techdude01]

In for 5,000 thanks op


fucking dell better not screw me


Limit is 5. And Dell won't screw you, they will just cancel orders. We'll see if these will ship. I doubt they will, but its worth a shot.

[Atherton213]

yeah this will get canceled... in the last 3-4 minutes 5-6 people from here just jumped on this deal haha

12 pages long on slickdeals.... im sure its the same on fatwallet

[{NcsO}ReichstaG]

Dell is making so many pricing errors :eek:

[Boltaction]

Dell is making so many pricing errors :eek:

We've got someone on the inside.

[Cold Dark Shadow]

im in for 4, wel see what happens, Thanks op :)

[InfeKtioN]

Im in for 2 .....

[TheAmerican]

Just bought 5, nice!

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

In for 1.

[Retro295]

In for one. Going straight to ebay if it actually comes. :p

[Azogoth]

Hell i'll try it what's the worst that happens Dell cancels the order. Who knows maybe they'll honor the price.

[gdonovan]

I ordered 4!

[kamal007]

in 4 5...lol

[Raptor_007]

Ha! In for 2. We'll see. Though, last time I jumped on a Dell pricing error it was for 3x 1GB SD cards from SanDisk for $30 each (early 2005) and they didn't cancel the order on me. :D

[Mikey122687]

i'm 99.9% sure this will be canceled but why not try a couple?

[kumquat]

I ordered a couple :)

[Boltaction]

Close thread don't tell anyone else

[Jordan1]

"Usually Ships: 1-2 weeks"

[GLSauron]

doubt it will get through, but in for one.
Irony, I ordered a 160GB laptop drive from newegg this afternoon.

Also: you assholes ordering 5 are, well, assholes. Congrats on fucking the deal for everybody else.

[RussianHAXOR]

In for 2. :D

[sc0tty8]

In for 4.

[Sphere]

Also: you assholes ordering 5 are, well, assholes. Congrats on fucking the deal for everybody else.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[goodcooper]

In for 5,000 thanks op


fucking dell better not screw me

lol... so true so true...

you know somebody is going to say something when their order gets canceled

[techdude01]

Also: you assholes ordering 5 are, well, assholes. Congrats on fucking the deal for everybody else.

If this is a pricing error (highly likely), its going to get cancelled no matter how many you ordered. Why dont you look at it like this...You ordered one drive, so if Dell decides to honor some orders, you will have a better chance because you ordered only one versus someone that got greedy and ordered 5. :D

[DrStrangeBrew]

Gave it a shot.

Wonder if all these dell 'errors' are a scheme to get more personal info on enthusiasts, or less likely (but hopefully not) chinese/south african/misc hackers building a hefty credit card database :eek:

[GLSauron]

:rolleyes:
Well, seeing as Id already bought one this morning from newgg (and its already had a tracking number assigned {woot fucking woot newegg!} Ill just pickup an external USB or eSATA enclosure for this one, assuming it goes through. Either way. Shrug.

[Rob Black]

bought 2

Total $31.36

[Boltaction]

Just got a cancellation notice from dell

[w1retap]

Ordered 4.. lulz.

Worth a shot. :p

*wakes up tomorrow to see it cancelled*

[techdude01]

Just got a cancellation notice from dell

Even though this sucks if its true, I call LIES, since the link has'nt even been fixed yet.

[Boltaction]

Even though this sucks if its true, I call LIES, since the link has'nt even been fixed yet.

lol ok i lied

[techdude01]

lol ok i lied

Dirty basterd. :D

Like I said, we will probably get one soon anyways. Lets just hope it ships. Who wants to be the one to make a thread on this in the hot deals subforum to keep us updated?

[Malbadawi]

in for 3 for total of $44.04 shipped! probably will get canceled :(

[DeAtH[hsma]]

In for two... afaik!

remains to be seen.

[W4ngsta]

and just like that, the link is gone!

[Malbadawi]

and just like that, the link is gone!

WoW lol

[matrix563]

that last deal is the last thing i'm getting from dell :p

never again!

[oooeric]

in for 5

[GLSauron]

links dead.
no Cnotice in my mailbox (yet)

[RonB]

LOL .... I saw this here earlier and thought, hummmm 5400 rpm oh well. Then I come back and see it's now 2 pages of people buying these. So what the heck, I order 2. It comes to $31.21, nice. Then Dell sends me another e-mail telling me that shipping date will be 2/14/08. Now if they don't change their minds. LOL :D

[elektronisch]

I did not even order one, but I thought it was hilarious.. so I posted.

Hope it goes through for you guys!

[SolidBladez]

And once again, the items in my cart were saved. Not going to buy it though, waste of time and money (for a certain period).

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/6770/16965638aa8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[techdude01]

^^^ Would'nt it be funny IF the order does ship, and every time you look at the screenie, you kick yourself?!

[DrStrangeBrew]

heh, well it's been like an hour or two & not cancelled, don't think that means too much yet tho.

Mine also lists In-Production, 2/14 est. ship
Received (OK) Confirmed (good, good) SHIPPED (get to it!!) DELIVERED (oh yeah, I ordered this thing :))

[Keyser0804]

Ordered 4 with next day for $68.92 and the ship date is 2/14. What a rip off. jp

[antok86]

damn it i missed this one

[Malbadawi]

^^^ Would'nt it be funny IF the order does ship, and every time you look at the screenie, you kick yourself?!

lol

[SolidBladez]

Ah shit.

[kuyaglen]

I assume the lot of you will get cancellation notices on the next business day, but hey you never know.

[f1y]

gone :(

[RonB]

Well my bank shows charges of $31.21 pending.

[seemlessthunder]

I paid with paypal... hopefully that'll help it go through.

Paid thru bank acct.

[Konrad]

Seriously? Again? This quickly?
SHENANIGANS.

Honestly though, this is absurd. How stupid can they be.

[Retro295]

I paid through paypal and it took the money already, and a confirmation email was received. That's all automated though, so it doesn't really count.

[techdude01]

To the ones that paid through paypal...

hate to say it but I dont think it will help too much. There was a few that paid through paypal on the Dell 1.5 terabyte external hard drive deal and those orders were cancelled as well.

[DrStrangeBrew]

oh Joy! I've been neither down/up graded from in-prod status that means nothing has happened

[RussianHAXOR]

I paid through paypal and it took the money already, and a confirmation email was received. That's all automated though, so it doesn't really count.

Same, hopefully i dont get a cancellation :(


*crosses fingers*

Also they had these on some deal site like fatwallet so im not surprised that they went so fast.

[strid3r]

I've been through a couple of these Dell pricing errors. They usually send out a cancellation email a day or two afterwards. Nonetheless, I'll try my luck. :D

[Zinn]

might as well try! in for 5 :D

didn't we have a ridiculous hard drive pricing error last weekend too?

[SirKronan]

Deal's already dead for what I can tell. Woulda been nice. I am suspicious that someone is hacking their system, though, putting insane low prices on things. I wouldn't put it past people some days. Big corporations are always a target.

[seemlessthunder]

It doesn't seem that way. I think it's the result of Dell outsourcing everything to India. Things are sloppy.

[DrStrangeBrew]

missed decimal places, etc.

Did you ever see Superman 4 :p

[RussianHAXOR]

*crosses fingers*

[w1retap]

Shipping Method: 3-5 Business Days
Est. Ship Date: 2/14/2008
Est. Delivery Date: 2/19/2008-2/21/2008

lol.. that's never going to happen.

[RonB]

Guess we'll find out in the morning if we got cancelled. ;)

[w1retap]

/eagerly awaits cancellation email

[nukleuz]

i ordered 5 last night and i havent received any cancallation email yet.hope it ships though

[RussianHAXOR]

/eagerly awaits cancellation email

WHy would you eagerly await such a thing?? :(

[TheAmerican]

I was in for 5, got the confirmation and not cancellation yet. Are these drives propietary to this Dell laptop, or can they be used in any laptop?

[antok86]

i ordered 5 last night and i havent received any cancallation email yet.hope it ships though

how did you order 5 last night? i thought this has been a dead deal?

[techdude01]

how did you order 5 last night? i thought this has been a dead deal?

He paid full price. :eek:

[Retro295]

I was in for 5, got the confirmation and not cancellation yet. Are these drives propietary to this Dell laptop, or can they be used in any laptop?


They're 2.8 inch, so they are for this laptop only I think. Either way, people on ebay will pay almost full price for them.

[RussianHAXOR]

I spoke with someone i know who works at dell as an engineer and he said it can be a bunch of different manufacturers but the ones he listed were Fujitsu and WD and that they dont really cost dell that much to begin with.

[TheAmerican]

I just want to know if these drives are going to ONLY work in this specific Dell laptop, or can they be used in ANY Laptop?

Can anyone say Compaq memory. If anyone remembers that BS.

[kumquat]

As far as I can tell, this is a standard SATA 2.5" laptop drive.

[W4ngsta]

They're 2.8 inch, so they are for this laptop only I think. Either way, people on ebay will pay almost full price for them.

they have 2.8 inch drives??? thats news to me...

[kumquat]

they have 2.8 inch drives??? thats news to me...

No, they don't.

[Retro295]

It said 2.8 inch in the product description.

[kumquat]

It said 2.8 inch in the product description.

Probably typed by the same person who entered "$11.99" as the price ;)

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Hard_Drives_Internal/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=341-4939

This is probably the correct price, $115.99. The stats clearly state 2.5".

[TheBluePill]

Maybe they were a bunch of 2.5" drives that got run over by a steam roller, making them 2.8"s.. thats why they are $12!

[cbags101]

Has anyone's order been canceled yet? Mine is still "In Production".

[techdude01]

Has anyone's order been canceled yet? Mine is still "In Production".

Mine as well.

[w1retap]

It will probably say "in production" until the shipping date comes, then everyone will get cancellation emails.

[Justintoxicated]

I ordered one for $12 and paid $16 for the 1 buisness day shipping. well it's monday and it has not shipped. Maybe I will call them in a bit to make sure I'm getting expedited shipping like I paid for.

[TheBluePill]

I ordered one for $12 and paid $16 for the 1 buisness day shipping. well it's monday and it has not shipped. Maybe I will call them in a bit to make sure I'm getting expedited shipping like I paid for.


This is a common misconception;

You are Paying for a faster Shipping service, NOT a guarantee that the order will go faster through the companies processing and warehouse.

So in effect, you are not getting a guarantee that you get it in "1 day", but that they will use a "1 day" shipping service.

[Justintoxicated]

This is a common misconception;

You are Paying for a faster Shipping service, NOT a guarantee that the order will go faster through the companies processing and warehouse.

So in effect, you are not getting a guarantee that you get it in "1 day", but that they will use a "1 day" shipping service.

:( ...
Every time dell makes a pricing error a baby kitten dies.

[techdude01]

So in effect, you are not getting a guarantee that you get it in "1 day", but that they will use a "1 day" shipping service.

Yes indeed. They will ship the item using next day but processing time varies with different vendors.

[Zinn]

Wow, still no cancellation email. I'm starting to wonder if I'll actually be able to hawk hundreds of dollars worth of drives on eBay...

nah, there's no way in hell.

[TheBluePill]

:( ...
Every time dell makes a pricing error a baby kitten dies.


Thats a lot of dead cats.

[Retro295]

No cancellation email yet.. but the paypal payment didn't go through all the way either...

[DrStrangeBrew]

Probably typed by the same person who entered "$11.99" as the price ;)

lol :)

I'm not getting my hopes up until maybe 2/15

[TheBluePill]

Oh Well,

Dear Dell Customer,


Thank you for your recent order.

We regret that a pricing error recently occurred for the 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive for XPS M1330. The price was mistakenly listed as $11.99, when the actual price is $115.99. As a result of the misprint, we are cancelling orders generated at the incorrect price.

As you know, we indicate on our web pages, catalogues, and advertising that Dell reserves the right to cancel orders arising from pricing and other errors.

We regret our pricing error, and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Dell strives to make your experience with us a pleasant one. Please be assured that we are working hard to avoid similar issues.

We welcome you to visit our website at www.dell.com or call us at 1-800-999-3355 to place a new order at the correct price.

Thank you for choosing Dell.

[w1retap]

lulz.


Dear Dell,

Thank you for canceling my order. If you didn't outsource all your work to foreign countries and foreign workers that can't distinguish between decimal places, you wouldn't run into the problem of upset customers quite as often. Due to your actions, I will never recommend a Dell product to anyone ever again, nor will I recommend them to our school district which is in dire need of a district wide technology upgrade. You put yourselves in this position. Thank you for your epic failure.

Kind regards,
wiretap

[TheBluePill]

lulz.

Unfortunatly, they do not care at all.

[brycejones]

Did you really expect to get the hard drive $12? I saw this "deal" posted on at least 4 different sites and didn't bother because it was an obvious price mistake and had been around for awhile. I think the reaction is a little over the top given the circumstances.

[w1retap]

lol, I was never expecting to get them. All in good fun.

[RussianHAXOR]

yeah i got my cancellation too.

[techdude01]

yeah i got my cancellation too.

Yep, same here. Oh well, didnt really expect them to honor their numerous price mistakes anyways.

[Crosshairs]

Well, my cancellation didn't come yet, but I'm sure it will...

[Cold Dark Shadow]

lol got mine too :D

[RussianHAXOR]

To be honest, if this was newegg. They would either give us a credit or give it to us. I guess this is where dell and newegg are different.

I also love how they are like...

Remember... we can cancel at ANY TIME per our policy!:(

[siliconnerd]

To be honest, if this was newegg. They would either give us a credit or give it to us. I guess this is where dell and newegg are different.

I also love how they are like...

Remember... we can cancel at ANY TIME per our policy!:(

If this were Newegg, the pricing error would have never have happened. I don't think I have ever seen Newegg have a blatant pricing error like this.

Anyway, no cancellation notice yet here.

[gdonovan]

Well, my cancellation didn't come yet, but I'm sure it will...

Mine got killed.

[cbags101]

definitely got an automated phone call just now. canceled. :(

[AMD_Gamer]

got the call also its fucking bullshit:mad:

[TheBluePill]

got the call also its fucking bullshit:mad:

Nah.. We all expected it..

I think most folks are just sore that there wasnt some sort of "Feel Good" offer for their mistake, like a 20% off coupon or something for our trouble. Everyone understands that price mistakes happen, but we do feel that going throught the inconvenience should carry some compensation.

[cbags101]

Nah.. We all expected it..

I think most folks are just sore that there wasnt some sort of "Feel Good" offer for their mistake, like a 20% off coupon or something for our trouble. Everyone understands that price mistakes happen, but we do feel that going throught the inconvenience should carry some compensation.

True true...i mean, i dont even need a new 160gb hard drive. I was just exploiting.

[DrStrangeBrew]

Yep, same here. Oh well, didnt really expect them to honor their numerous price mistakes anyways.

got my cancellation too, 30 bucks making an <un>welcome return to my credit card :p

[DrStrangeBrew]

*PS* "Pricing errors" are bullshit... I would like the privilege to claim random "payment errors" when accidentally only paying 10% what I meant to

[Maximus825]

*PS* "Pricing errors" are bullshit... I would like the privilege to claim random "payment errors" when accidentally only paying 10% what I meant to

It's not even close to the same thing...

[kumquat]

Close this thread, please. It's just turning into people bitching that they don't get tons of free crap when Dell makes a pricing error and other people bitching that these people are stupid.

[TheBluePill]

Close this thread, please. It's just turning into people bitching that they don't get tons of free crap when Dell makes a pricing error and other people bitching that these people are stupid.

Or just plain bitching about other people.. :D