Dell.com vs dell.co.nz prices

I have been looking at the Dell ultrasharp 2005FPW monitor and noticed that
there is such a huge difference in price between the US dell website, and
the NZ Dell website . The reason why I was looking at the US site was
becuase they provide far more details and information on the products.

You can get the 2005FPW on the US dell website for $NZ 744.10 at the
moment although they say it retails for $NZ 1,112.43 , so they are currently
giving about a 1/3 off.

However on the NZ dell website it is selling for 1,119.38 with 20% off, and
they say that it's RRP is about $1343.

Does Dell NZ ever offer 1/3 off for their monitors? They seem to have a
permanent discount on them, but I am not sure what a good discount is.

 

A nice monitor... but is it HDCP ? - something that people should be
looking at now really..
NZ always pays more, just a fact of life, distance, lack of demmand etc
etc

 

What about shipping costs?

 

And a decent warranty!

Cath

 

They are most likely made in S E Asia so the shipping will most
likely be the same in both directions..

 

Dell provides a 3 year warranty on its LCD monitors which I assume is the
same in both the USA and NZ

 

These things are all shipped from similar locations ultimately so they could
probably sell for similar prices in both the US/NZ market. But,they would
set the price according to the regional market prices eg, they will look at
the price you pay at traditional retailers such as Harvey Normans/Noel
Leeming etc then undercut those price. And, given NZ high street retailers
expensive compared to the US, online Dell prices are accordingly higher in
NZ.

My theory is that NZ/Aus is also an end-of-line dumping ground for dell.
If Dell US have trouble shifting a product near the end of it's lifespan
they place the products for sale in the Oceania/Asia area. Dell win-wins -
they get 30% more for their old stock, and get rid of old product in one
hit.

eg, look at the 2405 24" lcd monitor...in the US, they are selling the 12ms
version, in NZ, they are selling the 16ms version.

 

i checked the US website and can't see the response time listed...?
AFAIK there is only a 16ms version which is 12ms grey-to-grey, which
some people will advertise it as causing confusion. do u have another
URL tho...?
cheers.

 

hey, check....

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...y_id=6198&first=true&page=productlisting.aspx

In the overview...it says..

The 2405FPW wide aspect LCD also provides 12 ms response time to enable
crisp clear images when using the display for fast motion video such as
gaming or video editing

Maybe this is the 12ms grey-to-grey you speak of? I was confused since the
specs did seem different.

 

yeah i'm trying to confirm now - i'm pretty sure its 12ms grey-to-grey
and 16ms black-to-white:

http://www.computerpoweruser.com/ed...e=0&WordList=2405FPW&bJumpTo=True&emid=130367

heh i wouldn't be surprised if Oz/NZ gets refurbished crap but i
don't think there are different models...

 

i've just heard the word from Dell - ur right the older stock is being
sold to Oz/NZ US have newer 12ms panels. boooo!

 

damn!!!

 

That sucks, especially as they are charging NZ/oz more than they charge US.

 

I just phoned dell to confirm this, and, the guy I spoke to seems to think
it IS the same model. Some confusion, either between the dell automatons.

 

i've posted to widescreengamingforum.com to do more checking check (as
best i can with all the lies on the net, lol), and there's confusion
there to. it could well be i was speaking to a dumb-arse sales gimp on
the phone, who doesn't know about the 'grey-to-grey' Vs 'black-to-white
typical' response times.

crap i've just realised its the last day of the discount... oh well i'll
pick one up when the next special is on.

 

They do reguarly have 20% off (almost every other week). It is very similar
to Briscoes/Rebel... where they hace specials of the product every other
week.

 

Friday is the last day...also, the dude I spoke to on the phone, said he
could give me a better discount than the online price.

 

cool. were u also speaking to the call center in India..? i'm
starting to think more and more that the people i were talking to were
tards. i know Dell must profit from using an overseas call center but
they would still lose millions in sales because of it.

 

heh:

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/2405FPW/English/about.htm#Specifications

pretty sure there's only one version of this monitor now

 

He sounded Asian to me. I called him, but he wasn't there and hasn't
returned my call yet.

That is good news bout the user manual - so , the US website quotes
grey-grey, while the AP quotes white-black.