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Thread ID: 53634 2005-01-23 00:12:00 alienware PC's mejobloggs (264) PC World Chat
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317112 2005-01-23 02:27:00 The office is in Aussie, The prices are in NZ, The site in question is aimed at the NZ market. Metla (12)
317113 2005-01-23 03:19:00 Well, is QMB any better then? I think I shall skip alienware. mejobloggs (264)
317114 2005-01-23 03:36:00 The office is in Aussie, The prices are in NZ, The site in question is aimed at the NZ market.

Are the prices $NZ? The only info I could find about the currency was when I clicked "Customer Terms" at the bottom of the page, where it said:

Payment Terms; Orders; Interest. Advertised prices are in Australian Dollars

It also lists and Australian freephone number for customer phone orders on the supposedly New Zealand webpage.

Mike.
Mike (15)
317115 2005-01-23 03:45:00 hmmm.....might require further investigation.......

and after doing so..

the com.au site has a starting price of $1,869
Metla (12)
317116 2005-01-23 19:10:00 It'd be much cheaper to build your own system and buy a classy case from Styles (http://www.stylespc.co.nz). pixeldust (6619)
317117 2005-01-24 10:41:00 hmmm.....I have to supply a quote for a family comp tomorrow,so just to compere i made it the same specs as the Alianware which they have listed at $2,187, and it comes with no speakers nor monitor, Mine has a 17" CRT and a set of half decent 2.1 speakers.

My quote came in under $1500,Which is near $700 cheaper, when you factor in a monitor thats $900 difference.

Granted i didn't factor in a top of the line case,but even if i did that would add another $100 to my price.
Metla (12)
317118 2005-01-24 11:34:00 These things are somewhat applish in appearance
Apples abducted by aliens and returned in a mutated form :confused:
the highlander (245)
317119 2005-01-24 12:42:00 Same story here Metla.

I think give them a wide berth, people. NZ sites with overseas phone numbers is the first bad sign....

Not necisarily bad in a dodgy-company way, but something about them says not quite as local as it seems. And that is not good.

You can find just as good a case elsewhere.
george12 (7)
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