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Old 10-23-05, 07:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Question Dell Axim x51v on retail stores?

hi there,

Great community indeed and I am looking forward to be a real member soon (by purchasing a x51v).

I am looking for to buy a Dell Axim x51v to use as a Navigator plus the other things off course. My problem is I liv in Turkey and it is impossible to find it in Turkey. I regularly go abroad for business (I am in Spain at the moment for one week) and tried to find it in retail stores in Spain, Sweden, Ireland with no chance. IN big stores, you can see all the ipaq series, acer, asus etc. but no dell. I am getting the impression that Dell only sells online from their website. Anyone have an idea? Or better, anyone knows where can I find a retail store that sells Dell PDAs in Western Europe. I don't want to buy online because a) there may be shipping problems to Turkey due to customs b)I cannot get VAT refund.

Any Help greatly appreciated.

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Old 10-23-05, 07:52 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Dell only sells online. They do not ship products to retail stores other than the rent-a-center type places in the US. And that is just their low-end desktops, not Axims.
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Old 10-23-05, 07:58 PM   #3 (permalink)
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thanks a lot kamokazi,

That was what I suspected.

strange indeed for a company like Dell not to use all marketing ways. Especially still many people like to touch it before buying it.
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Originally Posted by malabogia
...Especially still many people like to touch it before buying it.
Seems like Dell has finally figured that out. For the past couple of years they have had 'outlets' in many shopping malls where people can 'see' some of their products. You still cannot walk away with one, though. They just enter the order for subsequent delivery (and I know when the X5's first came out, they didn't even have them on site for inspection. I'm not sure if that has changed or not).
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Old 10-24-05, 05:06 AM   #5 (permalink)
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This will not help the original poster much, but I found 1 retail place that does sell Axims on a limited basis.
Sams Club, the wholesale parent store of walmart does carry Dell handhelds from time to time.
I found this out when I was in the process of trying to purchase one. I wanted to know if Axims could be purchased in retail stores.
I foud the x50 on the samsclub.com site, so I inquired by phone to a local store (Texas) asking if they sold them "In store". The guy told my they do from time to time but right now they where out of stock and that I could order online or through dell.
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Old 10-24-05, 01:15 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I'm glad that dell does not sell at retail stores, this is what dell is famous for, and why they have such low prices for the most part, they eliminate the middle man, you can order directly from them, and get exactly what you want, why buy it from a store where they buy from dell, mark it up and sell it to you.
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Old 10-24-05, 02:08 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I kinda wish they can sell accessories for it in retail stores though.
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