Dell Laptop Coupon Codes - When Are They Most Effective?

By Author: Victor McIntyre
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Dell has been catching up recently and evolving from building custom PCs suited to individual user preferences to selling a fixed selection of setups that aim to cover 99% of buyers expectations. They are still forced to maintain the differentiation between different families and brands - Inspiron, Studio, XPS and Alienware for home and personal use, Vostro, Latitude, Optiplex and Precision for companies, but they are trying to cut down from the few thousand possible configurations to only tens in each category.

This manufacturing exercise had a negative impact on the Dell coupon codes - they stopped being so aggressive once the new Dell laptops and desktops were no longer priced at a premium because of multiple changes and configurations possible. Jaw-dropping deals and 40% off Dell coupon codes are a thing of the past on the Dell store front nowadays. Yet there is still one way of getting huge savings, but it requires critical timing. Forget the weekly Dell coupons and campaigns if you want significant savings - the right period to save now is at the end of each quarter. Bear in mind that Dell’s fiscal ...
... year starts in February, then count 3 months for each passing quarter. You are looking for unusual Dell campaigns, sales or offers during the last 2 weeks of each quarter. The reason for this are Dell's secret clearance sales - while they never call them as such, almost every three months Dell needs to clear the stock of the fixed systems that were not selling well and bring in shiny ones.

So, am I suggesting you to buy a PC nobody wanted with a discount as my extraordinary purchasing tip?

The answer is negative - things are more subtle than that. Dell fixed models that did not sell were most likely wrongly spec'd or over-priced: think 6GB of RAM with Windows 32-bit or 800GBP laptops with Intel Core i3. But when they must accept the mistake and move forward, it's already too late in the quarter - so they will campaign the products heavily and publish huge Dell Inspiron vouchers or Dell Vostro coupon codes to sell all the units fast, sometimes down 40% or even 50% if the wake-up call comes only on the last week.

In conclusion, Dell Inspiron, Studio, XPS or Vostro coupon codes aren't useless. You can still save considerably with Dell discount vouchers if you have a reliable source for exclusive coupons, released only in the last weeks of each quarter.
About Author:
Victor McIntyre is a freelance market analyst interested in the computer industry. His article was inspired by the launch of exclusive Dell Inspiron coupon codes on specialist websites like Dell coupons and the positive signals seen in Dell's recent financial results.