Report: Dells Sell Well At Wal-Mart
from the the-dell-way dept
There's been a lot of discussion about whether or not Dell can return to its glory days. The return of Michael Dell as CEO and the company's insistence that it doesn't view direct sales as a religion have been viewed as positives, but what matters is whether the company executes. To that end, the company recently announced that it would have its computers available for sale at Wal-Mart, which is trying to become a bigger force in consumer electronics. According to one analyst who has queried several stores, Dell's Wal-Mart sales are looking brisk, with the boxes selling out at several locations. Clearly, this is just a start of a longer-term push, and the lack of a retail strategy has by no means been the company's only problem. It's done a lot of damage to its image, which it needs to recover from. Still, for such a beleaguered company, it's at least showing some signs of life.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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The "Wal-Mart Price"
I'm curious though, how do the Dells at Wal-Mart complare to those sold at Dell? Wal-Mart is known for lowing the price of an item by having it made specially for them often using secondary manufacturers or inferior components (i.e. "B" Stock)They've done ti for a long time with levi's and everyone remembers the snapper story from not that long ago.
So I am curious. Just how do these differ? Are they old Stock, are they remnant pieces from premium systems that did not sell well?
Has anyone looked at the specs at the machines available at Wal-Mart and compared them to an Actual Dell?
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LOL, I take it you mean Vista. What a stupid remark. When, oh lord, when will Walmart stop hiring morons.
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The "Wal-Mart Price"
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http://www.walmartfacts.com/articles/5089.aspx
This is just part of the article
The article also list what will be sold at Sam's Club
All Wal-Mart Stores*
Dell Dimension E521 Multimedia Desktop bundle for $698 includes:
• 19 inch Flat Panel Display
• AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3600+ (1.9GHz, 512 kx2)
• 1-GB SDRAM
• 320 GB Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
• 16X DVD+/RW Drive
• Speakers, keyboard, mouse, 13-in-1 Media Card reader
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• 1-Year Warranty and At-Home Service with 24-7 Technical Support**
3,000 Wal-Mart Stores
Dell Dimension E521 Multimedia Desktop for $498 includes
• AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3600+ (1.9 GHz, 512 Kx2)
• 1-GB SDRAM
• 250 GB Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
• 16X DVD+/RW Drive
• Keyboard, mouse
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• 1-Year Warranty and At-Home Service with 24-7 Technical Support**
All Sam’s Club locations (coming mid-June)
Dell Inspiron E1501 Notebook for $899.26, includes:
• AMD Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-50
• 2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 DIMM
• 120GB Hard Drive (5400RPM)
• 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
• 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display
• 53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
• Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
• 1-Year Limited Warranty and At-Home Service with 24-7 Technical Support.**
* Six per store available at minimum
** Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club Extended Warranty Program also available
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The dells systems specs are not correct, they have 2 gigs of ram regardless if in sams club or not. They have 1gig and 2 gig in desktop.
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NEWS FLASH
Cheap crap sells well at Wal-Mart
More at 11
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But what about customer service...
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This was a good idea
Say what you want about either company, but, (postulating) the consumer who buys a computer at Wal-Mart most likely wants a semi-impulse purchase; they aren't going to go online or call Dell and wait for a delivery, and they aren't going to analyze the ins and outs of why they should or should not get a Dell.
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The E521 is readily available, Fred
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Walmart
You'll probably pay more buying from Dell Direct but you'll also get the opportunity to customize your machine, get more of a variety of models to choose from, and purchase higher end models if that's what you want, none of which you can do with the Dell Machines sold at WalMart. You can also save yourself the hassle of going through another party if you need support, cause the employees at WalMart probably won't know a hard drive from a processor, if you get my drift.
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The average Joe email-checker will get perfect use out of it; a standard gamer (or someone who knows a little about computers) knows not to buy from ANY retail store at all, and to either A)build your own or B) get someone to build one for you :-)
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