Dell's Consumer Customers Increasingly Choosing the Internet to Shop.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2002 With the holiday shopping season officially underway, consumers are increasingly turning to the Internet for their technology purchases from Dell (Nasdaq:DELL). Dell experienced more than a million hits to its U.S. Consumer Web site over the Thanksgiving Thanksgiving annual U.S. holiday celebrating harvest and yearly blessings; originated with Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: EB, IX: 922] See : America Thanksgiving national holiday with luxurious dinner as chief ritual. [Am. Pop. shopping weekend. And more than 50 percent of consumers who bought Dell systems this past weekend bought them over the Web. "Our customers look to Dell to be the value leader when they purchase computing computing - computer products from us," said Michael George, vice president, U.S. Consumer Marketing and e-Business. "Our commitment is to offer customers the latest technology at the best prices with a positive customer experience. We also want to make shopping easy through a variety of avenues, including dell.com, phone-based sales, or at Dell kiosks in malls across the country." Some of Dell's "outrageous" holiday deals available now include the Dimension 2350 P4 desktop and flat panel monitor See flat panel display. for just $699(a), after $100 mail-in rebate rebate, partial refund of the total price paid for goods or services. In the United States, rebates were historically given by railroads to favored shippers as a return on transportation charges. ($799 before rebate)(b). Or customers can upgrade from the included CD-ROM drive A device that holds and reads CD-ROM discs. CD-ROM drives generally also play audio CD discs by sending analog sound to the sound card via a 4-pin cable. For specifications of 10x, 20x, etc. drives, see CD-ROM drives. See CD-ROM, CD-ROM changer, CD-ROM server and CD-ROM audio cable. to a DVD Burner A DVD drive that records onto blank DVD-R and/or DVD+R discs. See DVD-R and DVD+R. for $200 more. Customers can also buy the Inspiron 2650 with Intel Pentium 4-M processor notebook starting at just $1199(a) this holiday season. About Dell Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. (Nasdaq:DELL) is a premier provider of products and services required for customers worldwide to build their information-technology and Internet infrastructures. The company's revenue for the past four quarters totaled $33.7 billion. Dell, through its direct business model, designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained at www.dell.com. (a) Pricing, specifications, availability, and terms of offers may change without notice. Taxes and shipping charges are extra, and vary. U.S. Dell Home Systems Co. new purchases only. (b) For rebate details and coupons, go to www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/topics/segtopic_rebates.htm#systems. |
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