UPDATE: SORRY DUDES! Dell seems to have adjusted the price back to start at $999 instead of $899
Been keeping an eye out for the base model XPS 15 with the quad core i7 for a while.
In previous months it was over $1000, last month it went down to $999, and was tempted to buy as I thought it was EOFY sales.
But it seems to have gone down to $899 this week.
I was googling to find a 10% coupon even for under $1000, and found this:
http://coupon.tjoos.com.au/Coupon-Popup/99309/Dell-Australia…
VHBQS$4MR8081X
(Coupon also exists previously with http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/35257)
And if you take out the on call help, it goes down to $873.
Minus the 10%, it goes down to $786
(people have also reported 15% coupons below, but I'm not sure what organisation you need to belong to in order to use it, or if Dell checks the validity during your purchase)
And if you use MBC, with 7% cashback, it even lowers it down to $731.
(NOTE MBC might not work with coupons, according to a comment below)
I thought that was pretty nifty for an XPS, which is probably built a bit better than the Inspirons.
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