Huge discrepancy in memory price of Dell vs. Crucial

I was just checking the price of memory for a new Dell Dimension 9100. The
base configuration has 512 MB; to configure with 4 GB (the max) adds an
incremental price of $1099 for a home system. This is in contast to the
Crucial price of $126 per GB stick, or a total of ~$500 for 4 GB. It makes
no sense that the Dell charge is that far out of line with the retail
product. What gives?

People will pay, for the support if nothing else.
This is similar to other OEMs.
It makes sense since people will pay the higher price.
After all among other things, Dell and the others are in it to make money.
If you were a stockholder of Dell, you would want dell to offer that
service...at a price.

--
Jupiter Jones
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Talkin Horse" wrote in message
nk.net...
I was just checking the price of memory for a new Dell Dimension 9100. The
base configuration has 512 MB; to configure with 4 GB (the max) adds an
incremental price of $1099 for a home system. This is in contast to the
Crucial price of $126 per GB stick, or a total of ~$500 for 4 GB. It makes
no sense that the Dell charge is that far out of line with the retail
product. What gives?

"Talkin Horse" wrote in message
nk.net...
I was just checking the price of memory for a new Dell Dimension 9100. The
base configuration has 512 MB; to configure with 4 GB (the max) adds an
incremental price of $1099 for a home system. This is in contast to the
Crucial price of $126 per GB stick, or a total of ~$500 for 4 GB. It makes
no sense that the Dell charge is that far out of line with the retail
product. What gives?



Purely profit. Aren't you glad you're wise enough to know the difference
and save over $600?

It's no different when my brother goes and buys a new car on impulse. I
suspect he's lost or added debt of five large or more in the past two years
(not counting substantial new car depreciation once it touches the asphalt
off of the dealer lot) for just being, well, stupid.

Information and common sense are power.


Stew

"Talkin Horse" wrote:
[4G memory, Dell $1099, Crucial $504]

Yeah, Dell has some really high prices on peripheral stuff (same for
large hard drives, etc). Note that there are people out there who
want the whole system from one vendor, with one warranty, one tech
support call, shipped assembled in one box. Many of them don't have
the skills (or the time) to order a system with no memory or minimum
memory, install it, and own the configuration, compatability, and
diagnostic/repair/warranty issues.

Think of it as another source for what you want, if you don't like
their prices, buy from someone else. Heck, you can save a few more
buks by buying every piece of the system separately and assembling it
yourself. This is especially thrifty if your time is worth nothing!
8*)

"Jupiter Jones" wrote in message
news:dwate.63950$HI.23902@edtnps84...
People will pay, for the support if nothing else.
This is similar to other OEMs.
It makes sense since people will pay the higher price.

hmmm, and Crucial offer a lifetime warranty.

What "support" can *any* OEM give where memory problems are suspected?

Any half-savvy pc user will have already run Memtest86 or similar and will
know there's a memory problem surely?

"Corporate greed" is the phrase you're looking for I think.

I called it being "Delled".

The words "Dell" and "Support" are contradictory. Dell support is a joke!
"Jupiter Jones" wrote in message
news:dwate.63950$HI.23902@edtnps84...
People will pay, for the support if nothing else.
This is similar to other OEMs.
It makes sense since people will pay the higher price.
After all among other things, Dell and the others are in it to make money.
If you were a stockholder of Dell, you would want dell to offer that
service...at a price.

--
Jupiter Jones
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Talkin Horse" wrote in message
nk.net...
I was just checking the price of memory for a new Dell Dimension 9100. The
base configuration has 512 MB; to configure with 4 GB (the max) adds an
incremental price of $1099 for a home system. This is in contast to the
Crucial price of $126 per GB stick, or a total of ~$500 for 4 GB. It makes
no sense that the Dell charge is that far out of line with the retail
product. What gives?

DellBot Alert!!!!
"Jupiter Jones" wrote in message
news:dwate.63950$HI.23902@edtnps84...
People will pay, for the support if nothing else.
This is similar to other OEMs.
It makes sense since people will pay the higher price.
After all among other things, Dell and the others are in it to make money.
If you were a stockholder of Dell, you would want dell to offer that
service...at a price.

--
Jupiter Jones
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Talkin Horse" wrote in message
nk.net...
I was just checking the price of memory for a new Dell Dimension 9100. The
base configuration has 512 MB; to configure with 4 GB (the max) adds an
incremental price of $1099 for a home system. This is in contast to the
Crucial price of $126 per GB stick, or a total of ~$500 for 4 GB. It makes
no sense that the Dell charge is that far out of line with the retail
product. What gives?

"Keith" wrote in message
...
DellBot Alert!!!!

snip


Dude reads like Irene.

Actually, "Macon" and "Keith" mysteriously post from EXACTLY the same news
server, even though their email addresses are very different. It's sad when
the Anti-Dells have to make up new identities to try to trash Dell.

Tom
"S.Lewis" wrote in message
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"Keith" wrote in message
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DellBot Alert!!!!

snip


Dude reads like Irene.