Dell to take a second stab at retail

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  • Reply 41 of 55
    SpamSandwichSpamSandwich Posts: 33,407member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by BushHater

    There will be line ups, people with problems with their Dells. Looking for the Dell Einstein Bar.





    "Einstein Bar"... Love it!
  • Reply 42 of 55
    Quote:

    Originally posted by SpamSandwich

    "Einstein Bar"... Love it!



    In case anyone is wondering, that was a joke.
  • Reply 43 of 55
    e1618978e1618978 Posts: 6,075member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by BushHater

    That's why I posted the second item and identified what you said as PROFIT



    You still don't understand. I was talking about 12 months, you were talking about 3 months.



    There is no official term "profit". If you mean net income - for the last 12 months Apple has had a net income of 1.73 billion, and Dell has had a net income of 3.57 billion.



    It does not matter if you are talking about earnings or income, Dell is only about 2x as big as Apple.
  • Reply 44 of 55
    Quote:

    Originally posted by e1618978





    There is no official term "profit".




    Apple uses the term "Net Profit" I can't we go by what they say?

    And I would suggest the short version is "profit".
  • Reply 45 of 55
    e1618978e1618978 Posts: 6,075member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by BushHater

    Apple uses the term "Net Profit" I can't we go by what they say?

    And I would suggest the short version is "profit".




    But to answer your original qustion - no, I don't care to re-state anything, you just failed to understand what I was saying.
  • Reply 46 of 55
    irelandireland Posts: 17,798member
    As soon as Dell announced this, their shares went down like a ton of bricks! Ok I made that up, but it still sounds funny
  • Reply 47 of 55
    addaboxaddabox Posts: 12,665member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by BushHater

    There will be line ups, people with problems with their Dells. Looking for the Dell Einstein Bar.



    Gaaah..



    I'm seeing a long counter entirely manned by "Dude, you're getting a Dell" guys, with a constant babble of "Dude! Your hard drive is like totally fried!", "Dude! Your porn collection is awesome!" and "Dude! Time to get a new computer, bro!".
  • Reply 48 of 55
    melgrossmelgross Posts: 33,510member
    Of course, if they continue to open these showrooms, and they don't lead to greater sales, then they will be a drag on profits. I'm not sure how they are going to show that the showrooms have contributed to sales. They would have to prove that their online sales resulted from a visit to the showroom, and that the people who visited weren't going to buy a machine from them anyway.
  • Reply 49 of 55
    addaboxaddabox Posts: 12,665member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by melgross

    Of course, if they continue to open these showrooms, and they don't lead to greater sales, then they will be a drag on profits. I'm not sure how they are going to show that the showrooms have contributed to sales. They would have to prove that their online sales resulted from a visit to the showroom, and that the people who visited weren't going to buy a machine from them anyway.



    That's a good point.



    I imagine that orders placed from a Dell store would be tagged as such, and I'm sure there will be a lot of pressure to go ahead "get everything taken care of" while you're on the premises.



    Still, that does seem like pretty slim pickin's, and it's hard to imagine that enough people would be ready to order then and there to justify the expense.



    Given the limited roll-out, I'm sure this is pretty much an experiment, but I can't help but feel there is a certain amount of "Michael Dell wanting to stick his finger in Apple's eye" involved, given the locations.
  • Reply 50 of 55
    melgrossmelgross Posts: 33,510member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by addabox

    That's a good point.



    I imagine that orders placed from a Dell store would be tagged as such, and I'm sure there will be a lot of pressure to go ahead "get everything taken care of" while you're on the premises.



    Still, that does seem like pretty slim pickin's, and it's hard to imagine that enough people would be ready to order then and there to justify the expense.



    Given the limited roll-out, I'm sure this is pretty much an experiment, but I can't help but feel there is a certain amount of "Michael Dell wanting to stick his finger in Apple's eye" involved, given the locations.




    I don't recall, but did they say that one could order from the store? If so, that covers half the point. But they would still have to prove that the orders were unique.



    As far as Apple's eye goes, I just can't see a Dell store as having the same caché as an Apple store. What could Dell do? Their products are ok so far as any usual PC machine can be, but not outstanding. Alien is good for a few giggles from the general public.
  • Reply 51 of 55
    eckingecking Posts: 1,588member
    The online in store ordering sucks because the salespeople probably won't give people the cupon rebates and such dell is so famous for. A bit of effort online can find good deals on dell crap but not in store.



    MSRP all way if you buy in store, only to have it delivered to your house anyways which is why the store will die.
  • Reply 52 of 55
    lakingsfnlakingsfn Posts: 141member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by the cool gut

    I can see it now ....







    I don't even wanna think about it.
  • Reply 53 of 55
    adjeiadjei Posts: 738member
    So how well is Dell's retail adventure going ?
  • Reply 54 of 55
    melgrossmelgross Posts: 33,510member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Adjei View Post


    So how well is Dell's retail adventure going ?



    It's not.
  • Reply 55 of 55
    Gateway? Is that you?! HAHAHA... It'll flop, Dell doesnt have a chance.
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