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September 30th, 2020 15:00
Terrible experience with Dell Customer Support
Dell's customer service has made my past 3 weeks absolutely terrible.
First, I bought a refurbished dell XPS 15 from the outlet website. The first issue is that my payment method was no accepted on the website so I had to call the company to cancel the order and make another one since you couldn't do that from the website. The agents just kept flinging me around to each other, and each time I would wait on hold again. I ended up spending 2.5 hours to get this done. The computer gets in a couple of days later, and I start using it, at first, no problem. I had issues with the audio at first, from what I gathered, the drivers failed and I spent an evening fixing those. Then it starts randomly freezing, and I would have to restart it. And then it would also show some colored static in some applications. It did this for a couple of days, and when I got tired of it, I called Dell customer service. I spent an hour on hold, only for the agent to hang up as soon as he picked up. I then emailed them, and it took a couple of days, but they finally sent me another unit. When I opened the unit, I immediately realized that the trackpad was faulty, it was so bad I never booted up the laptop, and the keyboard felt a bit funky as well compared to the other one. So I called up the company and asked to speak to a manager, it took me literally 2 days to get in touch with a manager who could help me. He ended up telling me to either call technical support and try and figure it out with them, or to email him to send me a third unit. I told him I would think about it because I was not sure I wanted another device from Dell if the two I got were broken. I also asked for a new one instead of a refurbished one, and he laughed at me and told me I couldn't do that. I thought about it for a few days, and eventually decided I was going to go buy a MacBook, and return the Dell computers. I then got an email that Dell processed an exchange I did not agree to. I emailed them to figure out what was going on and they said we sent you a third machine, please take a look at it. I told them I didn't want it if, since I already had another computer and asked for shipping labels to return the two computers I have here. The manager then called me, and after I complained to him about all the bad service I have had over the past two weeks, I told him I was not willing to give them money for a computer, and if they can't give me a big discount on the computer, I was returning it. He then offered me a $100 discount on the $1500 computer, which is next to nothing. When I said it wasn't enough, he offered me a very gracious $130, at that point, this was just rude. I told him I wasn't taking it, and I was going to return all three computers and go with a company that actually cared. I also told him I would tell everyone I know not to do business with them. Ultimately it's not going to make much difference, but I want to share this story with everyone thinking of buying a dell. Now, because they sent me a computer without me asking for it. I have to take three large 7 lbs packages, and print 3 shipping labels and take them to a UPS store to ship them, so thank you for the extra package to return.
P.S: I am a graduate business analytics student, so everything I do requires a lot of computing power and not having a laptop while doing school from home has messed up my semester. I also bought the laptop cause the one I had broke, so I had nothing to rely on while the Dell computers were broken and I had to spend hours and hours with them on the phone.


yragab
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September 30th, 2020 15:00
I already made up my mind and got a similarly specced MacBook for a bit more. I don't mind paying more as long as I get something that works and a company I can trust for the next 4-5 years. What bothered me was Dell's attitude and how they did not try and solve the issue. The most they could do to keep a customer was offer $130 discount after 3 weeks of mistreatment.
ejn63
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September 30th, 2020 15:00
Since it appears you've already made up your mind, go for it. You're not going to get a deal on a new system to replace your order of a refurbished one.
And best wishes for "a lot of computing power" for $1,500 on a Macbook. In the Apple universe, that's just barely above entry level. The mid-range for computing power is around $3K, and "a lot of computing power" more on the order of $4K and up.
ejn63
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September 30th, 2020 16:00
Interesting. The closest Macbook to the XPS 15 is the 16" Pro - which starts at $2400, and even closer is the $2800 one.
You must have stepped down to the 13" version fairly stripped to come near $1500.
mr.fabe
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September 30th, 2020 17:00
Amazing that you got Dell to send you 2 replacements within a 3 week period. Trying to get any company to replace a refurbished computer with a new one with additional discounts is not realistic. At least you were able to get your money back with time lost and a lesson learned. The MBP 16 is a nice alternative but now is not the best time to purchase one since it's due for a refresh very soon. Good luck!
Moxy3d
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July 26th, 2021 12:00
You sound like a rude customer. Check yourself before you blame others for your own ineptitude.
XPS_Man
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July 26th, 2021 19:00
@yragab
I wont blame you for your temper. You didn't get what you were expecting
But Buying a MacBook is certainly not the solution
You pay more You get lower specs You do not get a touchscreen and think about the learning involved in getting in to a different Ecosystem. Try a different brand if you have to but stick with windows.
What about giving another try to XPS this time a brand new one.
eipiequalsnoone
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November 26th, 2021 19:00
See here for a similar extremely bad customer experience with Dell: https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/oemwx2/comment/hm8dpqq/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Dell does not deserve having any customers those days.