That's a bit drastic but not the first time someone has recommended shooting me :smile:

The best way to get one of these cheap is to shoot spannerzone to stop him posting the deals :wink:

Yep, I saw that earlier today.

Funnily enough it's back in stock at £317.97 now they have cancelled everyone's orders.

Clearly selling stock they don't have, I thought this 'bait and switch' tactic was illegal in the EU. I ordered when it was in stock standard delivery, I have now had an email saying they have no stock and do I want to call them to discuss alternatives. They seem to have taken my money. I think this is fraud.

Really. Must admit I purchased one as soon as I saw your thread so was pretty quick. Took the
free delivery for 5-6 days so due on Monday but arrived today. Think they ran out of stock pretty quickly
thanks to you :smiley:

Glad you took delivery, seems like some are being messed about by Ebuyer as well!

really got annoyed seeing this deal as I really wanted a windows 7 installed version and got the Ebuyer one for
£250 but after reading the comments, Im glad I went for the Ebuyer deal. It arrived this afternoon. :smiley:

Thanks spannerzone. Time to change username to Dell Vostro 3900 guy :wink:

Had to call them for an update to have the refund processed

I've had a gtx950 and another 4gb ram arrive today with the ssd and 2 monitors due tomorrow so I've ordered it while it's still in stock at Ebuyer. Bit more expensive though.

Just got an email cancelling Sunday's order ("part of your order is no longer available from our suppliers") three hours after a phone call confirming delivery address. I've a PSU, memory and hard drive arriving for this tomorrow.

"Our Sales Team will be in touch shortly to discuss alternatives. Our expert team will, wherever possible, be able to offer you a similar product to your first choice." - just smacks of a pathetic bait n' switch operation, given Dell - their ultimate supplier - has no problem shipping stock tomorrow

Even had an email Tuesday morning to say dispatched. Apparently that is automated though and that's when they requested the dispatch from their supplier.

Luckily for me, when I cancelled my Laptop Direct order back in Feb the Topcashback had gone through and despite my cancelling the order, the cashback went through a couple weeks later so at least I got some compensation :smile:

Indeed... I mean I posted the previous Laptops Direct deal 4 days ago at the higher price, they showed stock, then the price went back up and that deal ended, still showing they have stock, today it's down again to £238 and they show stock.

They're part of the 'buy it direct' group - I reckon they don't keep stock but get it from a wholesaler and their stock control is out of whack. Or they're just placing these deals to ramp up traffic and sales hoping to get you to buy other products in lieu of the one you actually wanted. That's a classic PC World approach, get you in with cheap deals that are rarely available and sell you what they want you to have.

No thanks for listing this :smiley:. It Isn't not your fault this company has no idea of stock levels of products it lists as active online. They probably have stock and will put the product up again for a more expensive price.

I'm tired of companies doing this. isn't there anything you can do as they take the money right out of your bank account and take forever to return it. it happens to often. it's like a new marketing & sales strategy, rather than genuine mistakes. Surely those who made orders as long ago as Saturday have some rights. Why did it take so long to realise they don't have stock Sat-Wed afternoon. pfft

Darn it.... selling stuff they don't have?!

Back in February I ordered one from Laptops Direct, they showed stock but sent email saying a delay getting more stock, might be a few weeks, so i cancelled and went to Dabs and paid £360 eek

I wonder if this company just does this, has a bit of stock, takes loads of orders it can't deliver in the hope it gets customers to buy other items they do have in stock.

Sorry this deal hasn't been as epic as my usual ones :smile:

Thanks for the update

i ordered one on saturday at the previous deal. just had the same email today saying no stock so wouldnt expect anyone who ordered today to get one unfortunately.

how quickly was your refund processed?

Not available, refund processed :disappointed:

Hope it comes through.

Just Seen this in my account:
Thank you for your order.

We regret to inform you that part of your order is no longer available from our suppliers. Occasionally we will experience a time delay on product information, whereby a manufacturer will no longer have stock and will discontinue a product before we are able to update our systems.

Our Sales Team will be in touch shortly to discuss alternatives. Our expert team will, wherever possible, be able to offer you a similar product to your first choice.

You are under no obligation to change your order and have the option of a full refund. We do however recommend speaking to our team first as we can normally offer an alternative to meet the same criteria and needs.

Our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you need any further assistance you can contact us on 0871 971 0005.

Kind Regards,

Laptops Direct
Customer Services Team


But it also says:
1 x Dell Vostro 3900 Core i5-4460 4GB 500GB DVD-RW Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Desktop
£233.98
Awaiting Despatch
Payment has been taken and the item will be despatched shortly.

Not holding my breath on this

Thanks for explaining

Well I've posted this item about 3 times in the last few days at various prices/suppliers so it's entirely possible more deals will surface.

bah so annoyed that i missed it, anything else like it?

Well said....totally agree

This would be fine with a 960 added for a gaming system. Ignore the above comment, where on earth do you get £50 for a 8GB ram? And although an SSD is nice it is not essential.

A 960 runs perfect on a half decent 350w PSU so should slot straight into this PC and way you go, one nice little cheap gaming system. You can pick up a cheap 240GB SSD to make things faster if you wish, add another 4GB ram for a tenner, and say £35 for an SSD and away you go.

Shows in stock on my laptop.

No, they're not refurbished.

on their mobile site still can add to basket on desktop site showing out of stock ???

yeah I was wondering if it was refurbished too but it's not described that way or listed in the refurbished section of their site.

Refurbished ?

Sold out

Out of stock

spell check!
oos.

good.

Watch out when adding to the basket, the crafty sods auto add Office 2013 for £299 and much worse.....they add McAfee virus infection for £19. Like you won't notice!

Cheeky sods!

Go through TopCashback, and they lose another £2 :laughing:

Thanks for the reminder... I've ammended the price to include £4.95 delivery, it is free collection if you're close to them.

Laptops Direct have always listed this as a laptop, I don't know why, idiocy I guess.... the part number listed is clearly for a desktop.

It's not a pricing error, but they're making about £4 a unit, so it's still a good deal.

LOL - Description says it's a laptop and picture is of a desktop..!

Not really, You'll also need 8GB or ram @£50 and a 480GB SSD @£80
Move the 500GB drive as a second drive for storage. Or add a bigger HDD.
It would do as a mid-range gaming system then.

Why does the title say laptop?

Any good as ESXi host? Does anyone know if it has VT-d?

Just ordered one, cheapest delivery was £4.95 for 3-4 days.

Great looking deal... Previously had a Vostro 400 and it was a solid machine at the time, was my gaming rig for many years. Currently using a Dell Precision 1500 but if I didn't have that I would be all over this. Heat :smiley:

Was gutted I missed out on the 273 and 250 deal. Glad it worked out even cheaper! Thanks for the post, just ordered. Think you need to change the OP as delivery is not free unless I missed something

Keep them coming .Hot.

Is this any good for gaming (if you throw in a GTX 960 in)

Not getting sick of the Dell deals Spanner. Only ones I click on :wink:

Delivery is on top?

Lots of discussion about specification, upgrade options etc on the old deal posts
Link 1
Link 2

OK, you're all getting sick of my Dell desktop deals, I know, I know.... but this deal is absolutey amazing, assuming it's not a pricing error. a Dell desktop with i5 CPU for £233.98 delivered..... get in quick.

The previous expired deals for this were £250 from Ebuyer and £279 from Laptops Direct. Now they must be clearing stocks.