Dell - What Happened To “Heh, Dude, You’re Getting A Dell?” - Updated Rumors
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When I did the first Dell article and What Happened To “Heh, Dude, You’re Getting A Dell?” I wasn’t aware of some of the other things that were occurring at the Dell empire.
Seems that the investors are in revolt over alleged kickbacks from Intel. The rumors are since that since Dell is using AMD chips, there will be no more lower pricing from Intel. Which could result in higher Dell PC pricing. Interesting.
And then there are the rumors of the leaked memo from Mr. Dell to everybody else at Dell. We got a BIG problem and no more bonus money. And here come some cuts.
And depending which rumor you like best, the U.S. government is taking a look at Dell’s accounting practices OR it is looking into some of the stock brokers who handle Dell stocks. They all sound good to me.
If the rumors and accusations are true, I guess my only question is why? Why when you have a multi-billion dollar company, plus you have millions or billions of personal assets, why lie and cheat? To be #1?
And it makes one wonder just how deep this all goes. Too bad. The #2 spot may not look so bad after the smoke clears. Maybe I will want to rethink my recommendation of Dell and buying one of its systems. 
Tags: dell, rumors, update, stock, accounting, business ethics
3 Comments
Ruth-Ann Radcliff
September 22nd, 2007
at 4:51pm
I own a dell inspiron 5160 laptop, and it has proved to be O.K. It will be my last dell. The customer service is hot and cold (trying not to be totally negative here). Something was wrong the LCD on the laptop; i couldn’t make it dim or brighten. I followed all the instructions from their website, but still had to call. I explained the tests and resuts, and said that I thought the problem was the LCD. It took them three attempts to give me my own results (not good). Shipped it to dell, and had it back in exactly one week (very good). Because it was under warranty, they replaced almost half the parts, including CPU’s, all cooling devices, and a lot more (very good). The problem for me is the outsourced customer service so it’ll be a computer, probably, another laptop from Fry’s, or Costco.
Ron Schenone
September 23rd, 2007
at 3:16am
Hello Ruth-Ann,
Thanks for sharing your experiences with us and for your comments.
Regards, Ron
Don Naphen
February 24th, 2008
at 10:38am
Maybe that “dude you’re getting a Dell” started smoking pot to ease his guilt for spreading the crap he was forced to read for the ads. Hey, gotta make a living somehow. Yes I agree with your question: “Why?” Hmmm, greed, alledged kickbacks and cookin’ the books for the IRS doesn’t sound too good for Dell these days. Maybe they should give every sucker (oops, customer) a free ride on the Brooklyn Bridge. It’s still for sale ya know. LOL