Dell Inspiron 14z Laptop: Core i3 2350M 2.3GHz, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, 14" 1366x768 LED, Windows 7 $299.99 with free shipping *Starts 12AM EST*

Finally my order went thru after ~1 hour 40 minutes. Does anyone know in order to qualify for Discover Card cashback, do I need to complete my order within certain time frame???

Quote from ffc8cb : Finally my order went thru after ~1 hour 40 minutes. Does anyone know in order to qualify for Discover Card cashback, do I need to complete my order within certain time frame???

My order went through too after the same time period. I don't expect to get Discover cash back since it took too long.

I had one in my cart but it was removed probably because I couldnt save it in time. I still have one at the regular price in there. If customer service dont make this right I am going to be so pissed...

202 in queue down from 2500 odd

Quote from ffc8cb : Finally my order went thru after ~1 hour 40 minutes. Does anyone know in order to qualify for Discover Card cashback, do I need to complete my order within certain time frame???

Don't think so, many refresh... time out, unexpected errors, craps, etc...

Shopdiscover says the bonus cashback can only be used in conjunction with deals that appear on shopdiscover.com. Did this deal ever appear there? I decided to go with the bird in the hand and get the 2% MPP discount with the 5% cashback on all online purchases.

It's also unclear if the 10% stacks with the 5%. I think it's just 10%, as a 5% is crossed off and replaced by 10% on the Dell page at shopdiscover.

Worst customer service experience ever. Sat on hold for 1 hour 30 min and wanted to purchase even still a different deal and was told I could not.

Quote from Dingbro : I had one in my cart but it was removed probably because I couldnt save it in time. I still have one at the regular price in there. If customer service dont make this right I am going to be so pissed... 202 in queue down from 2500 odd

Good luck, don't have high hopes. I had the same happen to me and there was nothing they could do over the phone but try to sell me a different overpriced laptop. When I asked about a different promo that I had received an email about, she told me the coupon was no longer valid (was supposed to be good through all day today).

ETA: I'm live chatting now & the rep claims it was sold out in 20 min. Liar liar, lol.

^^ yep they were no help. Such a waste of time.... oh well, the search continues.

So.. I was one of those extremely angry Slickdealers who went nuts after dell crashed and went on their facebook page to rant. BUT after 2 hours and 40 mins of trying.. I managed to order one. *crosses fingers and hope that they keep their words in the confirmation email*

My story is, I been hounding this thread since this afternoon and had the inspiron 14z saved to my cart hours prior to the start of the deal. I signed up with dell and filled in my address and information and saved the cart. When 12am came around, like everyone else here, I screamed at the crash. I thought it was just my crappy internet so I had my boyfriend with much faster internet and pc help me get it. But same thing, didn't work. After trying for the whole hour and a half and calling customer service to get silence on the line and non-stop refreshes. I gave up. What I hadn't realized was that I still had the customer chat up (which I was in queue with 3010 people before me when I first clicked on it at like 12:30am)... I went back onto dell's site for the last time before I go to sleep and realized that I easily gained access to my cart (AND SHAZAM IT'S STILL THERE!) so I tried it.. and guess what? It went through ! I still had a rep on the chat and so I told her how I haven't been able to check out since 12am but she gave me a lousy response saying that the computer is now out of stock.. however *on the other monitor* I'm checking out... and in the end, I did check out and got the confirmation email. The total came up to $322.55.

The moral of this story is: "Don't trust the reps! keep trying!" Good luck everyone~

Does this eligible for windows 8 upgrade offer?

dead ling time back ~

Quote from attyveeru : Does this eligible for windows 8 upgrade offer?

Yes, just go to http://www.windowsupgradeoffer.com and get your discount code.

Now, where to buy ram... Newegg have anything this am?

Quote from Buckeyefan 1 : Now, where to buy ram... Newegg have anything this am?

Sure does. Make sure you know exact what you're buying though. I heard returning stuffs to Newegg is a hassle.

Kind of late to ask this, but does this thing have a backlit keyboard?