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johnfowles · 07-26-2007, 09:36 AM

and another great deal again from Tiger Direct and valid until next Monday July 3o
a 3GHz Pentium 4 windows Vista 512MB RAM 160 MB Hard drive DVD burner refurbished ONLY US $269.00 plus shipping (Note no rebate involved miracles never cease!) at:-
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...CCODE=WEM1415H

the same email offered an extra 512MB RAM card for only US$19.99 (after the stoopid rebate no doubt:stoopid because most buyers fail to correctly submit a claim)

As Tiger Direct's President Carl Fiorentino says in the email
"Weeks ago, I sent out word that we had an extremely low priced PC running an Intel Celeron processor and an average-sized 120GB Hard Drive. This was a great deal, and we've got the sales specs to prove it: we sold out in under a week. Only one thing bothered me: "what of the folks who thought that PC was too underpowered for their taste?" I've been stewing over it since, and have finally come up with a solution: the eMachines T5082 Refurbished Desktop PC for only $269.99!

This PC is nothing less than an incredible deal. It has an Intel Pentium 4 pumping out 3.0Ghz of processor speed, a large 160GB hard drive, and the always-popular Dual Layer DVD burner. As if that weren't enough-this is a Vista powered PC running Windows Vista Home Basic Edition. Act now and you get all this for only $269.99"
I think that this very adequately answers Al Watchman's reservations above.
Note that if you need much more hard drive storage there are some great large external (USB) hard drive offers around.I recently got a 320 Gigabyte unit(from http://www.ecost.com) for only US$49.99 (again after the usual rebate scam (I just received a $70.00 cheque from the suppliers of a bundled Panda security suite that I did not really want but it came with the hard drive whether I wanted it or not)

That same email is also offering an Acer 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor for only US $199.99 after the usual rebate scam

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...ODE%3dWEM1415H
This has been an unsolicited Public Service announcement from
John Fowles Bt
Usual disclaimer I am not associated with either Tiger Direct or ecost .com other than as a very satisfied and regular customer

[ July 26, 2007, 10:21: Message edited by: johnfowles ]

07-26-2007, 09:36 AM	#5
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	and another great deal again from Tiger Direct and valid until next Monday July 3o a 3GHz Pentium 4 windows Vista 512MB RAM 160 MB Hard drive DVD burner refurbished ONLY US $269.00 plus shipping (Note no rebate involved miracles never cease!) at:- http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...CCODE=WEM1415H the same email offered an extra 512MB RAM card for only US$19.99 (after the stoopid rebate no doubt:stoopid because most buyers fail to correctly submit a claim) As Tiger Direct's President Carl Fiorentino says in the email "Weeks ago, I sent out word that we had an extremely low priced PC running an Intel Celeron processor and an average-sized 120GB Hard Drive. This was a great deal, and we've got the sales specs to prove it: we sold out in under a week. Only one thing bothered me: "what of the folks who thought that PC was too underpowered for their taste?" I've been stewing over it since, and have finally come up with a solution: the eMachines T5082 Refurbished Desktop PC for only $269.99! This PC is nothing less than an incredible deal. It has an Intel Pentium 4 pumping out 3.0Ghz of processor speed, a large 160GB hard drive, and the always-popular Dual Layer DVD burner. As if that weren't enough-this is a Vista powered PC running Windows Vista Home Basic Edition. Act now and you get all this for only $269.99" I think that this very adequately answers Al Watchman's reservations above. Note that if you need much more hard drive storage there are some great large external (USB) hard drive offers around.I recently got a 320 Gigabyte unit(from http://www.ecost.com) for only US$49.99 (again after the usual rebate scam (I just received a $70.00 cheque from the suppliers of a bundled Panda security suite that I did not really want but it came with the hard drive whether I wanted it or not) That same email is also offering an Acer 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor for only US $199.99 after the usual rebate scam http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...ODE%3dWEM1415H This has been an unsolicited Public Service announcement from John Fowles Bt Usual disclaimer I am not associated with either Tiger Direct or ecost .com other than as a very satisfied and regular customer [ July 26, 2007, 10:21: Message edited by: johnfowles ]