Dell's Outlet Site = Funny

Go and check out the Axim section of Dell's refurb site. http://outlet.us.dell.com they have almost 500 refurb axims in stock right now! Looks like there have been a lot of the returned :) I think it's funny anyway :)

[aviationwiz]

People have probably returned them because they figured out that it would just be easier to go with the higher quality HP iPaq, despite the higher price.

[wildcat]

when i try to goto the site i get this

Error 403--Forbidden
From RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1:
10.4.4 403 Forbidden
The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it. Authorization will not help and the request SHOULD NOT be repeated. If the request method was not HEAD and the server wishes to make public why the request has not been fulfilled, it SHOULD describe the reason for the refusal in the entity. This status code is commonly used when the server does not wish to reveal exactly why the request has been refused, or when no other response is applicable.

[Chris Leckness]

You mean the HP2215 that has the parts falling off of them?

[Pepecat]

I got the same mesage as wildcat.

[deftech]

Originally posted by aviationwiz
People have probably returned them because they figured out that it would just be easier to go with the higher quality HP iPaq, despite the higher price.

Heh....Do you ever have a positive (or even decent) opinion of a Dell product? :p

On a more serious note, what makes the iPaq such "higher quality"? I've seen floods of messages from users with iPaq problems.

Please don't feed the trolls...lol :)

[Dingo78]

Originally posted by wildcat
when i try to goto the site i get this

Error 403--Forbidden
From RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1:
10.4.4 403 Forbidden
The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it. Authorization will not help and the request SHOULD NOT be repeated. If the request method was not HEAD and the server wishes to make public why the request has not been fulfilled, it SHOULD describe the reason for the refusal in the entity. This status code is commonly used when the server does not wish to reveal exactly why the request has been refused, or when no other response is applicable.

Try removing the us in the link. This worked for me.
http://outlet.dell.com/

[JakeRich]

Let's do the math. I read that Dell sold about 50,000 or more of the Axims. 500 on the refurb website = 1%. That means 99% of the people are happy.

Works for me.

[deftech]

Also, keep in mind that it is not just previously-problematic Axims that get stuck on the refurb site. Anytime an Axim is returned, it is looked over, and then stuck on the refurb website if everything is functioning correctly (or fixed beforehand if it is not).

Many people, as bad as it may be, just move from product to product taking advantage of Return Policies. Keeping the Axim for 14 days or whatever, and then returning it after they've had their fun with it.

I saw this a TON of time at the store I worked for. There was one guy, a preacher at that, who would do this same routine. He first came in and bought an iPaq, came back on the 14th day, and said he wanted to exchange it for another model. He did this 7 times in a row, before we finally got permission from corporate HQ to not allow this anymore. At that point, he drove an hour to the next closest store of ours, in hopes of doing the same thing. Luckily though, we'd already contacted them and made them aware of the problem.....so he was not able to continue this.

But basically, each one of these returns was forced to be marked as an Open Box (kind of like refurbished), at a reduced cost. So I'm sure that Dell has many customers that do the same thing, meaning that not all 500 of these Axims had problems.

A man of god should know a little better than that, one would think. :/

Originally posted by aviationwiz
People have probably returned them because they figured out that it would just be easier to go with the higher quality HP iPaq, despite the higher price.

heeeeeeeeeeeeeeere troll heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere trolly trolly trolly...

[Jwilker]

Originally posted by MentalV
heeeeeeeeeeeeeeere troll heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere trolly trolly trolly...

LOL

I'd be more worried if there weren't any refurbs. At least we know they're fixable and still viable.

anyone know how to tell whether or not they are the 250 or 255 processor?

[aximluvah]

What gives, you've only posted 25 times and you bash the ax, do you even own one? If you don't like the axim why not go to an hp friendly site?