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    Dell combine with DSGi to bring its products to the high street

    Both Dell and DSGi haven't had the best of years. In an effort to turn the fortunes of both companies around, Dell will be bringing its range of desktop PCs and notebooks to DSGi's retail outlets Currys, Dixons and PC World in 2008.
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    Re: Dell combine with DSGi to bring its products to the high street

    sigh, not a good move, imo, the cost of shipping the dell systems to the store's will ramp up the cost in general...

    and the tech suport at my local currys is pants tbh, you'd get better tech support from an amoeba, taking into acount it cant talk, or do anything....

    mindya, more pc's for the general masses cant be that bad'a thing, and dell's are better made than some *cough* acer, HP, Compaq */cough*

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    Re: Dell combine with DSGi to bring its products to the high street

    This cant be a good thing.
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    Re: Dell combine with DSGi to bring its products to the high street

    Time will tell I guess.

    I see this from both perspectives though. I've always thought that with Dell being an online retailer only, it'll lead to cheaper systems for the consumer.

    However, my partner's parents are after a new laptop and they just don't feel comfortable buying online. They want to get one from a store so they can go in and get peace of mind when they need it. Sometimes hard to believe at times but there are still so many people who have that as a requirement, and rightfully so.

    I do think it'll be a good thing to see Dell systems come to the likes of PC World, I wonder if we'll see different pricing options for high street and online equivalents of the same system?

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    Re: Dell combine with DSGi to bring its products to the high street

    Quote Originally Posted by Parm View Post
    a store so they can go in and get peace of mind
    Not the right chain then.
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    Re: Dell combine with DSGi to bring its products to the high street

    hehehe, I knew that was coming! You know what I mean though

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    Re: Dell combine with DSGi to bring its products to the high street

    Good thing IMHO. Might force some of the random brand stuff that appears in the stores to up their game.

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    Re: Dell combine with DSGi to bring its products to the high street

    Wasn't it a year or so ago that Dell's adverts said "you can only buy direct from us, not from a store, which is why we r0x0r"?
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    Re: Dell combine with DSGi to bring its products to the high street

    There was a Dell shop near me before which always confused me. Did look like a front for drugs though...

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    Re: Dell combine with DSGi to bring its products to the high street

    This isn't a good move for businesses, it's already getting harder and harder to get decent prices out of Dell for business purchases because they keep jacking up the price to keep their resellers happy.

    Guess I'll be taking another look at HP desktop systems from our external support company next batch of purchasing or maybe even a very large purchase from Scan

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    Re: Dell combine with DSGi to bring its products to the high street

    I know the whole ethos of dell has been to ship directly to the customer and cut out the middleman, but surely if they had done it right they could have stores like apple, however their systems aren't half as attractive lol.

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    Re: Dell combine with DSGi to bring its products to the high street

    Quote Originally Posted by Parm View Post
    I do think it'll be a good thing to see Dell systems come to the likes of PC World, I wonder if we'll see different pricing options for high street and online equivalents of the same system?
    I think there will be different models at different prices on the net versus in store - therefore the advertising can claim website prices in store, but in reality I presume they will be more expensive.

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    Re: Dell combine with DSGi to bring its products to the high street

    Quote Originally Posted by Parm View Post
    I do think it'll be a good thing to see Dell systems come to the likes of PC World, I wonder if we'll see different pricing options for high street and online equivalents of the same system?
    Most certainly. Dell already do that sort of thing anyway - the price of a machine you see in one magazine will be different to another, or a website, or whatever, and they just differentiate via the eValue code or something. There's a good website (Dell Special Offers, Cheapest Deals, E-Value Codes and Discount Coupons | dmXdimension) that finds the lowest possible price for Dell stuff and gives you the direct links, which is very handy. Managed to get my Mum an amazingly good-value PC for £350 through that, with a 20" widescreen LCD included.

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    Re: Dell combine with DSGi to bring its products to the high street

    Perhaps it might lead to a better deal for the customers, only time will tell.
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    Re: Dell combine with DSGi to bring its products to the high street

    will they be selling dell's monitors too? please please please sell the moitors too

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    Re: Dell combine with DSGi to bring its products to the high street

    if this is the case, it will make it harder for us (IT companies) to resell their products as a lot of people just go to PC world now, however it will be interesting to see how the warranty side is handled.

    We sell everything with 3yrs NBD and when it's been needed, it's been worth the extra.

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