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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“My experiences with Dell over the last couple months have lead me to decide to ween myself off Dell for good. I know this for sure….it definitely seems like Dell has become a little underhanded with their tactics and processes. And it’s extremely disappointing. I will elaborate on this: Just recently, I ordered a new Alienware X15 laptop from their website and customized it to my specifications. It was supposed to be shipped on January 25th, with a delivery date of January 28th, 2022. I saw that it was not shipped on January 25th, so I called Dell customer service. I was told by a lady that rest assured, it will be delivered on the 28th as promised. She kept saying, “Don’t worry, Ma’am, it will be there on the 28th”. On January 27th, I got an email from Dell that my order was delayed and it will now arrive around February 11th, instead. This email came a few hours after I had called Dell Cust Serv, and was told don’t worry, it will arrive by the 28th. I called Dell again and they said there was a delay in getting some of the parts for my laptop and that is what caused the delay. I asked them why they didn’t just tell me that the first time I called. Why did they lie to me and say it was STILL going to arrive on January 28th. You see, this is why I’m having a huge problem with Dell right now. They didn’t used to be this way! They are telling their reps to tell people dishonest things to get them off the phone. And BTW, they would NOT let me cancel the order. I wanted to cancel it and just go to Best Buy and buy a laptop there at that point. They said they could not cancel my order. They said I would have to just refuse delivery when the laptop came. Seriously! You can’t just cancel my order? Again….deceptive!! that’s not even the entire account, buy I need to move on to the other issue. Dell advertises that they do “Trade-Ins” on your used laptops. So I decided to trade in my Alienware R15 M3 that I was replacing with the new X15 that I had just ordered. I went through the Trade-In process and was told it would take about a week to get the credit. It took almost a MONTH, people!!! Not only that, but I was told I would get $397 for my trade in. That was ok; I could have sold it on eBay or Craigslist for around $500 to $600, but that’s ok. I didn’t have to worry about having to meet people for the transaction, etc…. When they FINALLY issued me the trade-in credit, it was more than $100 less than what I was supposed to get. Their reason? The laptop had scratches on it and it lowered the value of my trade-in. What??? My laptop had not seen more than 15 hours of time on it, PLUS it was covered in a vinyl skin ALL AROUND it, the entire time I had it. The girl and guy at the Fed Ex place when I shipped it thought it was a brand new laptop. They commented on how there was NOT ONE scratch on it and it looked perfect. So, Dell found a way to give me less that what I was quoted, even though my R15 was in the most immaculate condition. If I knew they were going to do this, I would have kept the laptop and a back-up or sold it for $500 or $600. AGAIN… UNDERHANDED! I am so furious with Dell right now. People have to know what they are doing. Have you tried leaving a review on Dell.com? Do you wonder why you CAN’T leave a review? Now you know…they do not want new customers knowing how terrible they’ve become. Shame on you, Dell! Shame on you!”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I purchased a Dell XPS 13 March of 2019 and have had nothing but issues with my computer ever since. Originally I found the computer that I wanted to purchase (on Dells website), while laying in bed, but my credit card was in my wallet across the room, so I added the item to my cart and went to purchase it first thing the next morning. Well of course when I woke up and checked my cart, the item was no longer available at the price it was listed at when I added it to my cart. Now 6.5 hours later the price had increased $250. There were no signs of this being a sale and no timers showing that the price would change in x amount of time. Purely a bait and switch play by Dell. Second it took several weeks before the computer was actually shipped and arrived. Third issue was that the charger broke two weeks after I started using the computer, while having absolutely zero trauma, zero bends, zero force placed upon the charger. The USB C connector head was not soldered properly and while unplugging the charger, the connector stayed in the laptops charging port, while the wires came unplugged. It took many calls and several weeks of waiting for me to get a new charger cord from Dell. The computer itself worked fine, it was not nearly as snappy as I had expected but it was fine. Of course weeks before the warranty was to expire, I started to receive hundreds of emails from Dell about purchasing a new extended warranty. It got so bad that I had to create an email folder specifically for Dell emails and had to turn off notifications. Of course within weeks of the warranty ending, my laptop battery went. The computer was 13 months old and the battery could not hold a charge (without being plugged in) for more than 15 minutes. The entire reason I upgraded my previous laptop was due to the sub par battery life (which is still about 60 minutes (on a 6 year old laptop). My new 13 month old XPS could hold a charge for a quarter of the horrible battery length of my 6 year old Asus. The laptop does not have any useful ports and Dell did not/does not have an adapter/dock in stock that works with the XPS 13 (6 month wait). I had to purchase a third party usb c adapter to attach an external hard drive (as the hard drive space is terribly limited on the XPS 13), to add a monitor or any peripheral devices. Of course when I attach the 3rd party adapter my XPS 13 says there is a power surge and the devices are malfunctioning. All of those issue made me truly regret my purchase but fast forward to today and I have upgraded to Windows 11. Now the barely snappy enough XPS 13 is very sluggish. Add to the misery, I attempted to use several new Windows 11 features only for a pop-up to say that my XPS does not meet the minimum system requirements. Primarily the 4gigs of ram on the XPS 13 cannot support the new windows 11 functions. Again this wouldn't be a huge issue as upgrading the ram is not too cumbersome or expensive, but of course, Dell solders the ram to the motherboard, thus making it impossible to upgrade. 4gigs of ram is more than enough ram for my computing needs as this is primarily a work, web browsing and a school (hw) computer, but for it to not meet the minimum system requirements for Windows 11 is absolutely ridiculous. I generally keep my electronic devices for as long as possible and maybe I'm the strange one, but I'd expect a $1,000+ laptop to not be obsolete in two years, and I'd expect the battery to last/hold a charge for more than 15 mins, for more than one year. The shoddy quality, terrible customer service, annoying marketing and the long shipping wait times, have ensured that I will never purchase another Dell product.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Let's call this a "Zero Stars" Review. Bought a Dell Inspiron 3511 laptop last July (2021) and right out of the box I had nothing but trouble with it. On/Off switch refused to work - I had to push it 50-100 times to start it. Tech Support cheerfully tried to help me on a number of occasions. They took command of my laptop and ran every imaginable test - Hardware, Software, clean & complete Reinstall of Windows, everything. Never could fix it. 7 months of nearly full-time efforts with Tech Support (again - fruitless) is plenty. No more. I feel like a sucker. Demanded a complete refund and was refused. I have to send it to the Shop for repairs, and I don't even want the f***ing thing any more. I have a BAD taste in my mouth for it. Watch out! Dell has some serious Issues with their products these days. I have Canceled my credit account with Dell, and I will NEVER buy another Dell product - ever.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Dell is a very bad dishonest company, received my return brand new laptop and never issued me refunds. Dell is a robbery, they keep my refund and my new laptop. Where is my refund? US$1596.60. Order Number: 994520947 Return Authorization Number: 743762738 Never buy from DELL. I hate Dell. Liar.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Worst company I ever dealt with, purchased a refurbished AIO computer, shipping was fast it arrived in 3 days a day late but not bad. When I unpacked it the and set it up the display screen had dead pixels, looked like it was dropped on the corner. I contacted customer service short version of this story is 4 weeks later after contacting customer service 4 times I still don't have a replacement AIO, and the replacement is still in the processing phase since 1-27-22. Of course after the last communication with Dell to arrange for the damaged AIO to be returned since they didn't bother to send information how to return it. I ask the rep when I could expect the replacement they gave their patented response of "8 business days" when I told him the order had been in the processing phase for the past week are you sure about the 8 days, his response was "lets hope". That was 2-4-2022 the replacement as of 1:28pm 2-14-2022 is still in the processing phase, I don't think its going to make it here by the 16th I attempted to make 4 purchases with Dell over the last year a webcam that I was given a 3 month delivery date after ordering, a monitor that was delayed the day before delivery and the date was pushed back a month, but I could reorder an have it in 3 days, just went to Amazon and had one in a day. and this AIO that I could have purchased new from Amazon for $300 more and had it in 2 days. Done with DELL no communications and no timely resolutions and no satisfaction.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I only wish I read these reviews before I ordered a Dell. They suck. False advertising, can't get a hold of anyone and IF you do they put you on hold for hours. I ordered the computer because it was supposed to be here the next day. 3 days later I got an email saying my order was cancelled and when I opened the email it said my order was not cancelled. A week later I find out through FedX tracking, they sent the computer, it arrived in my city then Dell recalled it. Dell Customer Service will not tell me anything about why they recalled it or when I can expect to receive a computer. All I got was the proverbial run around. In the mean time they have my funds tied up on my credit card and won't let me cancel the order. DON'T BUY A DELL.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Bad customer support. warranty claim however technician will not accept warranty claim and all of the pictures shown do not correlate to problem the technician said.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Dell is a shittty company and they have shitty techincal support. The problem i called for to be reviewed wasnt fixed and was even worsened and i had to be the one to pay for the consequence of their lack of sense. SHITTY COMPANY”

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Posted 3 years ago

“It taking a long time for my gaming pc to be here it does not take 3 weeks for my stuff to get here especially if I pay a lot of money for it the worst company ever they have lost my business and everything at this point they need to shut down already”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Purchased TurboTax download. Terrible time trying to understand where to go for download. Customer service would not help, told me to go to TurboTax fur help. Found product key went to download from TurboTax but would not work. Contacted Dell again they said there was nothing they could do.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“My new Alienware M17 R4 has a defective trim piece and am told it is not covered under warranty. I have purchased 30 laptops and never had this happen. Why not covered after spending $2,500 on a premium PC. Now I have been calling trying to get the part and have wasted three hours over two weeks.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Customer service is terrible, they cannot even solve a tiny issue that a three year old can solve, billing department is sleeping all the time, they charge the repair service that is never provided to you and refuse to refund. I had to call my credit card company to file a dispute. Shipping dept is a joke, they keeps delaying our custom built desktop, now you have to wait for 2 months to get your order. This is what Dell looks like these days. So Disappointed!”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Their customer service is bad enough that I will never consider buying anything Dell again. AVOID IF POSSIBLE.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Purchased a $4000 dollar Precision workstation. It's the biggest LEMON I ever purchased. Dell couldn't fix it and Microsoft couldn't fix it. Waited 3 months for this LEMON and now I am waiting over a month for a replacement. By the time I get a working computer, the warranty will probably end on this POS!!!”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Do not buy dell. Terrible service desk. I've been calling them more than 10 times already and they keep connecting me to different numbers and then they hang up. They send a technician without a part to replace and he asked me where the part was. Then they closed the case and I have no chance to find out what is going on.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I will put into few words: Tech support is unreliable. I will never buy another Dell computer. Spent 16 days attempting to get a resolution to new computer issue. Not resolved so sending computer back to Dell. Beware of in house service. They do not show and or call. Terrible service!”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I've been an enterprise customer of Dell's for over 15 years and an IT professional for over 20 years. While I'll continue plying my trade in technology, I will never work with Dell again, and I'll be steering my clients to other technology providers. If you're short on time and shorter on patience, the bottom line is this: no matter how much you spend with Dell, their service and warranties are absolutely worthless. Moreover, if you rely on Dell equipment for your job, company, or livelihood, you're playing with fire. Because when that equipment fails, Dell will focus on their bottom line rather than show integrity by supporting their paying customers. I spent nearly $3,500 on a high-end workstation and almost an additional $600 on Dell's elite, premium, Next-Business Day warranty... And when my workstation (which was less than a year old) broke, rather than repair it in a timely fashion, Dell gave me excuses and then took more than two weeks. I had to spend $2,500 to purchase a completely new machine from Apple to get back up and running and lost an entire week's worth of productivity along the way. The total loss in revenue was over $11,000. When I attempted to hold Dell's feet to the fire about their Next-Business Day "warranty" the first thing out of the Dell rep's mouth was a quote from the fine print saying effectively that: "we don't have to honor the warranty due to parts availability." That's cute. Even more interesting is that I could track the part, and it had to be shipped from overseas. The part in question was simply an incredibly basic fan pump component. The fact that Dell is happy to sell a $600 warranty and then not stock even essential repair components is obscene. AND the fact that they are shipping critical repair parts from overseas means: they don't care about enterprise customers, regular customers, or their level of service. I know, I know, this sounds like the ranting of a crazy man. I totally get it. So I went ahead and attached a couple of pictures. My advice to anyone who reads this: Cancel your Dell contracts. Never buy their equipment. Absolutely do not waste your money on their warranties. There are tons of system-builders out there who can outperform Dell. Try one of them and save yourself a lot of lost income, frustration, and prevent a few migraines along the way.”

Dell 1 star review on 10th February 2022

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Posted 3 years ago

“I bought a Dell inspiron to study online. The software was slow and within 7 months I asked Dell to check it. The said Windows needed to be reinstalled at my cost. How can a new laptop have faulty software and how can a company refuse to repair their software? Terrible service Hopeless product.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Very bad customer support. shipped out the package on 1/27 to Fedex and it is not an express. Due to the snow storm, the package was not updated with the status, DELL always said it is delivered. Transferred me here and there and no one answer my question. Cannot get update from Fedex because it is a ground delivery. Not allowing me to cancel the order because it is shipped. Finally the package arrived NJ and it said the delivery date was 2/8, then it is not delivered. on 2/9 I received the notification from Fedex that DELL has recalled the package and Fedex is returning the package to the shipper. DELL does not know why and I have been waiting since 1/28 , no laptop to use, no cancellation, no refund, no status, no update. no one follow up. none. And now nothing I can do and to order the laptop from another vendor. I will never purchase DELL again.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I purchased a Dell Inspiron 5000 last year and have had nothing but problems with it. Thankfully I purchased the premium support package. I have been on the phone with technical support for hours at a time, the record is 4 hours. In addition to the phone calls they sent a technician out here twice. The 1st time the technician replaced the memory card. Last week I continued to have problems and Dell said they wanted me to send in the computer to them for diagnostics. They estimated the process to be 5 days. I can’t be without my computer for 5 days, especially since I am an accountant and this is my busy season. They sent another technician who replaced the solid state hard drive and the motherboard. Everything was fine for a couple of days until the computer started shutting down and showing an error message with a blue background and : ( symbol. Today the computer shut down again and showed the same error message. I called customer support and they again offered to do diagnostics if I send the computer in which would take 5 days. Again I told them that I cannot be without a computer for 5 days. I’m an accountant and it’s tax season. They said they are going to send yet another technician out to replace the memory. This could take 2-3 business days so that’s more loss of productivity and money. Between the time I lost because my computer has been down, my time on the phone with customer support, customer support’s time, the technician’s time and the cost of the parts, it would have been a LOT cheaper if they just replaced the computer. You don’t have to be an accountant to figure that out. They said they couldn’t do that but ultimately agreed to do so if I still have problems after the 3rd technician replaces the memory card. Who knows if that will correct the ongoing problems. It could work when the technician is here and stop working once he or she leaves. On top of all of that my track pad does not work and the ”num lock,” button sometimes shuts itself off. I have never had such issues with a computer. The people in customer support have been very nice and have worked hard to try to correct the problem but the computer is a lemon. I have had HP and Apple computers and have never had any problems with them. I have lost a lot of time, productivity and money and Dell’s solution is not customer oriented. Who at Dell is going to pay me for my lost productivity? I don’t want another technician to come out and replace parts and I really don’t want random people in my house. Dell should show some good faith and just replace the computer already, including the customer support package. There are lemon laws for cars. There should be one for situations like this. My experience with my Dell computer has been very frustrating, to say the least.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Dell is rated 1.2 based on 1,051 reviews