Thanks for everyone's input on Dell's pricing structure and price matching.
Cliff had the procedure correct in his post, except that the Computer Store
CAN place your order once our Dell inside rep (Brian Ullestad) provides you
with a matching quote. You simply use the new quote from Brian Ullestad to
place your order through our store. Dell has a long standing policy with
MSU to match prices found at Dell.com, but keep in mind that some of the
prices you see at Dell.com have a minimum order quantity of five units and
sometimes free shipping is not included. Also be aware that feature
upgrades within a configuration are not necessarily priced the same at the
various Dell portals, so make sure you are comparing the final configuration
price and not the base model price.
Dell.com changes product pricing specials at their various portals on a
daily basis; Home, Small Business, Public Sector, Enterprise; making it
nearly impossible for MSU's Dell portal to publish the same "special of the
day" pricing on a regular basis. Thus our solution up to this point has
been, and continues to be, to offer price matching for any Dell published
price. Once you have your price match from the MSU Computer Store we are
able to streamline your administrative ordering, billing and delivery needs
while keeping your p-card monthly balance available for other uses.
Please let me know if anyone has additional questions or input.
Best regards,
Ron Rivard, Manager
MSU Computer Store
-----Original Message-----
From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Clifford Beckett
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 9:27 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [MSUNAG] How to purchase Dell systems using Dell Small Business
pricing
Hi Oscar,
I have fought this battle before. The solution is to first get
the quote from Dell small business then call or email our MSU DELL sales
rep. I think this is currently [log in to unmask] He will
create a new quote for the same system at the same price through the
educational sales department. Then place this order through your normal
purchasing channels (departmental financal secretary calls Dell and
places the order referencing the quote using an MSU purchase card). If
you try to use the original Dell small business quote, Dell will charge
sales tax on the order. You cannot place the order through the MSU
computer center with their current system.
Cliff
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Oscar Castaneda wrote:
> Once I ordered something through cstore.msu.edu with a quote that came
> from Dell Small Business. They call me a few days later and said that
> I had to get a quote through the link at cstore.msu.edu. Did you have
> that kind of problem before?
>
>
> oscar
>
>
>
>
> Peter J Murray wrote:
>> For those of you contemplating purchasing desktops or laptops in
>> these difficult budget times, consider the following.
>>
>> Identical OptiPlex 380 Minitowers, with identical warranties and parts.
>>
>> Price at cstore.msu.edu Dell Premier store $1147
>> Price at dell.com small business $770
>> Price difference $377 (nearly 33% off)
>>
>> The campus Dell rep will price match Dell Small Business deals in
>> most cases, and you can proceed to order in the usual way once you
>> have a quote. What you get is exactly the same, just a lot cheaper.
>>
>> Usually, the best pricing deals will be found by entering
>> www.dell.com, entering the small business store, and clicking on the
>> deals tab. Usually the Optiplex 380 is in that row of choices. The
>> same goes for laptops, saved around $250 on a Vostro 17" laptop that
>> was ordered with research money. You are constrained by what's up on
>> offer that week, but I suspect it will hit upon 80%+ of the needs on
>> this list.
>>
>> For more details, contact me off list. If you have your own tips on
>> saving money IT wise, it'd be nice to hear about them. We have been
>> purchasing toners for our dwindling supply of laser printers at
>> www.monoprice.com at great savings as well.
>>
>> Peter Murray
>> James Madison College
>>
>>
>
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