Scratch & Dent

Anyone ever by scratch and dent from the outlet store. I have bought a
couple of laptops from the outlet store and have been happy with them,
but they were not scratch and dent.

I am looking at Quad-core xps-410's in particular.

Thanks,
Mike

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:50:29 -0400, Michael Arm
wrote:

Anyone ever by scratch and dent from the outlet store. I have bought a
couple of laptops from the outlet store and have been happy with them,
but they were not scratch and dent.

I am looking at Quad-core xps-410's in particular.

Thanks,
Mike

The XPS 410 that I bought "scratch and dent" didn't have any scratches
or dents that I could find. It was as good as new.

"Michael Arm" wrote in message
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Anyone ever by scratch and dent from the outlet store. I have bought a
couple of laptops from the outlet store and have been happy with them,
but they were not scratch and dent.

I am looking at Quad-core xps-410's in particular.

Thanks,
Mike


I'm sure they'd be fine functionally. Cosmetically I'd read the
descriptions carefully on the outlet website (at the top describing the 3-4
different types of systems) to be sure I wasn't surprised.

I think their "scratch and dent" listings allow for scratches and other
non-function type damages.

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:11:10 -0500, Journey wrote:

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:50:29 -0400, Michael Arm
wrote:

Anyone ever by scratch and dent from the outlet store. I have bought a
couple of laptops from the outlet store and have been happy with them,
but they were not scratch and dent.

I am looking at Quad-core xps-410's in particular.

Thanks,
Mike

The XPS 410 that I bought "scratch and dent" didn't have any scratches
or dents that I could find. It was as good as new.

P.S. -- I have heard of others ordering a scratch and dent and not
being able to find any, however if you buy in that category it's a
possibility of course but I don't think Dell would sell anything
through there that would have any _major_ cosmetic defects.

"Journey" wrote in message
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On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:50:29 -0400, Michael Arm
wrote:

Anyone ever by scratch and dent from the outlet store. I have bought a
couple of laptops from the outlet store and have been happy with them,
but they were not scratch and dent.

I am looking at Quad-core xps-410's in particular.

Thanks,
Mike

The XPS 410 that I bought "scratch and dent" didn't have any scratches
or dents that I could find. It was as good as new.



Do the "scratch and dents" include scratches on the screens of laptops?
Who cares if there is a scratch on the outside if the screen is scratch
free.

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:57:53 -0400, "Von Fourche"
wrote:


"Journey" wrote in message
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On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:50:29 -0400, Michael Arm
wrote:

Anyone ever by scratch and dent from the outlet store. I have bought a
couple of laptops from the outlet store and have been happy with them,
but they were not scratch and dent.

I am looking at Quad-core xps-410's in particular.

Thanks,
Mike

The XPS 410 that I bought "scratch and dent" didn't have any scratches
or dents that I could find. It was as good as new.



Do the "scratch and dents" include scratches on the screens of laptops?
Who cares if there is a scratch on the outside if the screen is scratch
free.

I think it's safe to say no, that Dell wouldn't sell a laptop with a
scratch on the screen itself.

"Von Fourche" wrote in message
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"Journey" wrote in message
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On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:50:29 -0400, Michael Arm
wrote:

Anyone ever by scratch and dent from the outlet store. I have bought a
couple of laptops from the outlet store and have been happy with them,
but they were not scratch and dent.

I am looking at Quad-core xps-410's in particular.

Thanks,
Mike

The XPS 410 that I bought "scratch and dent" didn't have any scratches
or dents that I could find. It was as good as new.



Do the "scratch and dents" include scratches on the screens of laptops?
Who cares if there is a scratch on the outside if the screen is scratch
free.



That would be a functional issue, so I'm guessing that's a big "no".

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/s...=22&l=en&s=dfh

"about refurbished inventory."

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:31:22 -0500, "S.Lewis"
wrote:
I did not have any doubts about the functionality of the system.

I have 3 dell desktops and and 3 dell laptops. Actually though, I have
been digging into the xps-420, and will likely go that route. Just
have to wait for a good coupon sale.

Thanks,
Mike

"Michael Arm" wrote in message
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Anyone ever by scratch and dent from the outlet store. I have bought a
couple of laptops from the outlet store and have been happy with them,
but they were not scratch and dent.

I am looking at Quad-core xps-410's in particular.

Thanks,
Mike


I'm sure they'd be fine functionally. Cosmetically I'd read the
descriptions carefully on the outlet website (at the top describing the 3-4
different types of systems) to be sure I wasn't surprised.

I think their "scratch and dent" listings allow for scratches and other
non-function type damages.

Michael Arm wrote:
Anyone ever by scratch and dent from the outlet store. I have bought a
couple of laptops from the outlet store and have been happy with them,
but they were not scratch and dent.

I've bought several computers from Dell's Outlet store (IIRC 4
altogether), including an XPS410 earlier this year. I don't know if Dell
considered any "scratch & dent", but they were all perfect as far as I
could see (meaning the computer itself). The only item which didn't
appear factory new was the VGA cord that came with my XPS410.

I am looking at Quad-core xps-410's in particular.

Sweet!

FWIW, I wouldn't worry about buying any category of computer from the
Outlet Store, YMMV.

Michael Arm wrote:
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:31:22 -0500, "S.Lewis"
wrote:
I did not have any doubts about the functionality of the system.

I have 3 dell desktops and and 3 dell laptops. Actually though, I have
been digging into the xps-420, and will likely go that route. Just
have to wait for a good coupon sale.

This thread had me scanning the Outlet Store where I found 4 XPS410s
with Q6600 processors, 2GB of memory and XP Pro, here are the specs on
the cheapest one (for now, anyway):

XPS 410
(System Identifier: FXEXPYD0)

* XPS 410 Mini-Tower: Intel Core 2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2
cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB)
* Genuine Windows XP Pro

System Price : $969.00

Operating System Genuine Windows XP Pro
Memory 2 GB DDR2 Non-ECC SDRAM 677MHz (2 DIMMs)
Hard Disk Drive 320 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
Video 128MB NVIDIA 8300 GS
Modem 56Kbps Data/Fax Modem
Scratch & Dent
Scratch & Dent
Base XPS 410 Mini-Tower:
Intel Core 2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB)
Media Bay
16X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability
Software Upgrade Microsoft Works 8.5
Hardware Upgrade
USB Keyboard
13 in 1 Media Card Reader

Hardware is Microsoft Vista Capable

Dell Optical USB 2-button Mouse

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