just got off the phone w/ a salesrep at dell. i asked about different projectors then got around to asking about the LT150 when he said "looks like you already got that one at the $1700 price"
"yeah, so whats the deal with that one...when's it going to ship?"
" they pushed that one back about 8-12 weeks. a normal stock to have on hand is about 50 and i personally had 400 orders in 4 days. so they're going to have to go back ramp up assembly again"
"thats 8-12 weeks before they even start getting shipped right?"
"yeah"
he also said that although NEC dropped the price a couple thousand, they quoted Dell the wrong price and that it was $700 below cost...(which would mean they are only making a little over $100 profit on them now, at $2600).
he said they sold several thousand total.
the fellow i spoke to was nice enough. his name is John and his ext # is 61174.
it was kind of creepy because he said he pulled up my order w/out me giving him my name or any information (even an order #) guess they have caller id patched into the computer. unless he was just guessing...
so since i'll be away the whole month of Oct. looks like Nov. will be the first chance i get to check this projector out. sheesh.
just for reference: my order was placed over the phone on sat. morning.
"yeah, so whats the deal with that one...when's it going to ship?"
" they pushed that one back about 8-12 weeks. a normal stock to have on hand is about 50 and i personally had 400 orders in 4 days. so they're going to have to go back ramp up assembly again"
"thats 8-12 weeks before they even start getting shipped right?"
"yeah"
he also said that although NEC dropped the price a couple thousand, they quoted Dell the wrong price and that it was $700 below cost...(which would mean they are only making a little over $100 profit on them now, at $2600).
he said they sold several thousand total.
the fellow i spoke to was nice enough. his name is John and his ext # is 61174.
it was kind of creepy because he said he pulled up my order w/out me giving him my name or any information (even an order #) guess they have caller id patched into the computer. unless he was just guessing...
so since i'll be away the whole month of Oct. looks like Nov. will be the first chance i get to check this projector out. sheesh.
just for reference: my order was placed over the phone on sat. morning.