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I have about $200 worth of Dell bucks that will expire in February and I'm struggling to find anything to spend them on in the Dell store.

Main thing I need as an exrta NVMe SSD for my laptop. I check prices on Amazon and they look decently cheap.

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But over on the Dell store the cheapest one is triple what Amazon is charging. What the frick!

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Is there anything that's not ridiculously overpriced in this sad excuse for a store?

My other options are to get a backup set of headphones or a backup mouse, but even there my choices are very limited. They don't carry the nice selection of affordable, noise-cancelling JBL headphones like they used to a year ago.

I hate the Dell store so much. It really sucks.
 
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paliagi said:
I have about $200 worth of Dell bucks that will expire in February and I'm struggling to find anything to spend them on in the Dell store.

Main thing I need as an exrta NVMe SSD for my laptop. I check prices on Amazon and they look decently cheap.

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But over on the Dell store the cheapest one is triple what Amazon is charging. What the frick!

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Is there anything that's not ridiculously overpriced in this sad excuse for a store?

My other options are to get a backup set of headphones or a backup mouse, but even there my choices are very limited. They don't carry the nice selection of affordable, noise-cancelling JBL headphones like they used to a year ago.

I hate the Dell store so much. It really sucks.
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Free is free, I skipped on the nvme drive for the same reason and took the sata--plus my drive swap...nornally...makes it more convenient for a 4tb drive unlike a small boot drive.

Really though, where else do you get free money for PC parts at all? It may not be the best but I certainly wont complain personally
 
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whatnitrus said:
Really though, where else do you get free money for PC parts at all?
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Lenovo. Much less. I got a free mouse though, then stopped bothering.

In Dell's case, they have my store set as the wrong country, so I'd need to start a new account to get it to work. Most of it is complete trash. There is no SATA option for me, even if I did bother to start a new AWA account from zero with no artifacts.
 
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whatnitrus said:
Missed my steam quest again, forgot about it till last minute and even though I started it before the hour it wasnt enough time to register it 🤦‍♂️
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That's why you're supposed to do it the day before. Then you can swap back after completing the new quest because your artifacts will be ready to swap again.

For anyone that cares, and hasn't worked it out for yourself, since you now need time on F2P licences for AWA to detect them, that affects the trick to complete the quest without needing to add more play time.

It doesn't stop it working, it just means you need one extra step. First you get AWA to recognize the game, but do not click start quest. Then hide play time. Then sync games in a new tab for the choose your own quest, and start that, and the free quest. Then you show playtime. It will then complete on the next hour.
 
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ausf said:
Lenovo. Much less. I got a free mouse though, then stopped bothering.

In Dell's case, they have my store set as the wrong country, so I'd need to start a new account to get it to work. Most of it is complete trash. There is no SATA option for me, even if I did bother to start a new AWA account from zero with no artifacts.
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I'm sure they would fix it for you, I mean this part is attached to the actual store...have you tried dell rather than AWA? I mean we have clarified they're incompetent on the gaming site :LOL: in my experience they're incompetent at dell too but you never know 🤷‍♂️
 
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ausf said:
That's why you're supposed to do it the day before. Then you can swap back after completing the new quest because your artifacts will be ready to swap again.

For anyone that cares, and hasn't worked it out for yourself, since you now need time on F2P licences for AWA to detect them, that affects the trick to complete the quest without needing to add more play time.

It doesn't stop it working, it just means you need one extra step. First you get AWA to recognize the game, but do not click start quest. Then hide play time. Then sync games in a new tab for the choose your own quest, and start that, and the free quest. Then you show playtime. It will then complete on the next hour.
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Obviously from the facepalm I added...I was well aware I botched this myself :LOL:
 
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whatnitrus said:
I'm sure they would fix it for you, I mean this part is attached to the actual store...have you tried dell rather than AWA?
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No, because there's nothing there I'd want, other than a mouse or keyboard, but those last forever. AWA did agree to change my region, but they didn't actually do it.

Just like you and froggy, I want a new SSD too, but they have nothing suitable.
 
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ausf said:
No, because there's nothing there I'd want, other than a mouse or keyboard, but those last forever. AWA did agree to change my region, but they didn't actually do it.

Just like you and froggy, I want a new SSD too, but they have nothing suitable.
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When I got mine it was the same price as everywhere, well maybe $50 difference, I ended up paying $50 for a $300 drive minimal, if your trying to not spend anything, they pretty much do prevent that, but the savings you can get are worth it. And you should have changed regions ..at the least you could have gotten the few decent game keys for nothing off the US site like I did.
 
paliagi

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whatnitrus said:
Free is free, I skipped on the nvme drive for the same reason and took the sata--plus my drive swap...nornally...makes it more convenient for a 4tb drive unlike a small boot drive.

Really though, where else do you get free money for PC parts at all? It may not be the best but I certainly wont complain personally
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I'm not complaining about the free money. I'm complaining about the shitty things they want me to spend that free money on 😄

I figured the best thing to do is to look at their sales page. That's the only place on their site where prices are normal.
www.dell.com

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For $200 I can get:
Alienware Wireless Gaming Mouse - AW620M
Bose QuietComfort Earbuds

Not exactly what I was looking for, but I'll take it. I already have the same exact mouse and I love it. I could use a back up. The earbuds could come in handy as well. Worst case I'll sell them on ebay.
 
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ausf said:
What's on Steam now? I see some say Xbox and others just say Windows. There's only fifteen PC games.

Also, I just tried to buy something, and unsurprisingly, it didn't work. Not worth wasting my time on.
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I remember I grabbed Final Fantasy 13 and Final Fantasy 7 (classic), dont recall what else. Usually when they say windows the launcher will say steam if you find where it says that. Probably under requirements.
 
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