Starting on October 10, Dell's free shipping offer on basic models will apply only to people willing to pick up their computers at the post office...
Customers will have to pay extra for home delivery.

more...
http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsAr...L-SHIPPING.xml

Bitstring <(E-Mail Removed)>, from the
wonderful person EdG <(E-Mail Removed)> said
>Starting on October 10, Dell's free shipping offer on basic models will
>apply only to people willing to pick up their computers at the post
>office...
>Customers will have to pay extra for home delivery.
>
>more...
>http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsAr...logyNews&story
>ID=2005-09-30T024351Z_01_DIT009809_RTRUKOC_0_US-DELL-SHIPPING.xml

That's still ahead of Mesh in the UK, who, iirc, charge £39+VAT for
delivering a PC to your house, and £19+VAT for having you collect it
FROM THEIR FACTORY. I mean talk about 'padding the price' .. I assume
there is no way on God's Earth to get it at the advertised 'list price'.

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On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:16:48 +0100, GSV Three Minds in a Can
<(E-Mail Removed)> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>Bitstring <(E-Mail Removed)>, from the
>wonderful person EdG <(E-Mail Removed)> said
>>Starting on October 10, Dell's free shipping offer on basic models will
>>apply only to people willing to pick up their computers at the post
>>office...
>>Customers will have to pay extra for home delivery.
>>
>>more...
>>http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsAr...logyNews&story
>>ID=2005-09-30T024351Z_01_DIT009809_RTRUKOC_0_US-DELL-SHIPPING.xml
>
>That's still ahead of Mesh in the UK, who, iirc, charge £39+VAT for
>delivering a PC to your house, and £19+VAT for having you collect it
>FROM THEIR FACTORY. I mean talk about 'padding the price' .. I assume
>there is no way on God's Earth to get it at the advertised 'list price'.

Hmmm, this sounds like an attempt to quantify the "postage and
handling" nonsense. The first price appears to be for P&H, whereas the
second price probably reflects the H component only, whatever that is.

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