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In <C0D9DF.9q5@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) writes:

>I bought my last Gateway system from them about 1.5 yrs ago and
>I've been talking to them about a new 66V system and have noticed
>something - they will NOT lower their price!  The guy I used to deal
>with would cave in with free shipping without me even trying!  This
>guy didn't seem to want to move at all.  I'm going to try to call my
>old salesman back and see if maybe it was just him, but has anyone
>else noticed that they are more steadfast in their pricing? (I have
>bought about 3 systems from that salesman over the years and always
>got at least $200 off the total delivered price)

As far as I know, they will now not move their price.  The reason is
what you said below.  

>One more thing - the lead time on the 66DX2 systems custom
>configured is *3 weeks* !!! Jeez.  

The lead time is so long because they can't keep up with demand at the
price they're at now.  It would be kind of silly to lower their prices
when they can sell all they can make at the stated price.

But there's actually another reason for the no-haggling policy: Gateway
is so busy and so hard to reach that management feels that allowing
haggling would only make the situation worse, because then each salesman
would end  up spending even more time with each customer and there would
be even more busy signals.

Greg