After gathering all the evidence and talking to several csr's and kiosk sales rep's here's what I think might have happened with the price of the 3008WFP
The 3008wfp was going to be originally released in Canada for $1599, and then discounted to $1299 upon initial offering, when Dell Marketing found out that they would be the only ones to market with a new 30” in 2008, they decided to take advantage of this and offer the monitor at the prices you see today. What happened, was that this promotion campaign was never stopped in Canada, although this error has been fixed in the States, there are still flyers being printed in Quebec (For over a month now) that still show the discounted prices.
Check out all the flyers:
This one you can find at any Dell Store Kiosk in Quebec
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg183/buda_can/DellCanadaJanuary2008Catalog.jpg
This one is a snail mail flyer sent out just last Sat Jan19th 2008
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg183/buda_can/DellFlyerJan19th-2008.jpg
First page of said snail mail flyer, shows that this deal goes to Jan 31st, 2008
The famous boxing day flyer released online Dec 21, 2007
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg183/buda_can/DellCanadaBoxingDayOnlineFyler.jpg
The famous boxing day flyer sent out as snail mail during boxing week.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg183/buda_can/DellCanadaBoxingDayFlyer.jpg
You don't really think they made the same error 4 times
So basically if you really want this monitor now, call up Dell and rip them a new one, DO NOT BUY this monitor at the insane price of $2000. I’m sure the price will be back to normal within a few months time (When NEC’s and Samsung’s new 30”s come out).
If you live in Quebec, go to a Dell Kiosk, and bring the evidence, argue the point, Quebec has laws against falsely published prices.
Good Luck
This monitor is very nice indeed, there is a definite backlight bleeding problem (on mine it’s in the top center and bottom right) but only when you have a true black background; otherwise it’s just fine (I don’t think I have ever seen ANY LCD that didn’t have a bit of a bleed). It’s also true that this monitor is extremely bright in a dark rooms, I personally have the brightness set to 35 and it burns my eyes on pure white backgrounds. I love this monitor.
Buda
The 3008wfp was going to be originally released in Canada for $1599, and then discounted to $1299 upon initial offering, when Dell Marketing found out that they would be the only ones to market with a new 30” in 2008, they decided to take advantage of this and offer the monitor at the prices you see today. What happened, was that this promotion campaign was never stopped in Canada, although this error has been fixed in the States, there are still flyers being printed in Quebec (For over a month now) that still show the discounted prices.
Check out all the flyers:
This one you can find at any Dell Store Kiosk in Quebec
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg183/buda_can/DellCanadaJanuary2008Catalog.jpg
This one is a snail mail flyer sent out just last Sat Jan19th 2008
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg183/buda_can/DellFlyerJan19th-2008.jpg
First page of said snail mail flyer, shows that this deal goes to Jan 31st, 2008
The famous boxing day flyer released online Dec 21, 2007
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg183/buda_can/DellCanadaBoxingDayOnlineFyler.jpg
The famous boxing day flyer sent out as snail mail during boxing week.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg183/buda_can/DellCanadaBoxingDayFlyer.jpg
You don't really think they made the same error 4 times
So basically if you really want this monitor now, call up Dell and rip them a new one, DO NOT BUY this monitor at the insane price of $2000. I’m sure the price will be back to normal within a few months time (When NEC’s and Samsung’s new 30”s come out).
If you live in Quebec, go to a Dell Kiosk, and bring the evidence, argue the point, Quebec has laws against falsely published prices.
Good Luck
This monitor is very nice indeed, there is a definite backlight bleeding problem (on mine it’s in the top center and bottom right) but only when you have a true black background; otherwise it’s just fine (I don’t think I have ever seen ANY LCD that didn’t have a bit of a bleed). It’s also true that this monitor is extremely bright in a dark rooms, I personally have the brightness set to 35 and it burns my eyes on pure white backgrounds. I love this monitor.
Buda