Dell purchases in Austin

If I go to Austin, Texas, does anyone know if I get a better deal
buying a Dell at or close to the plant? Of course I'll save the
shipping costs (if any) but just wondering if anything else.

 

You might save what it costs you to get there and back....with gas around
2.50/gal

 

You cannot buy one locally. You have to order it and have it shipped, even
if you live next door to the plant (and many desktops are in Nashville now
anyway).

They used to have an Outlet store which was candyland to a geek like me, but
they closed that. It was an entire former grocery store.

 

Ok, thanks. Too bad about that since I expect to be there a few times
a year anyway but no big deal.

OT: BTW, did you ever get the Corvette yet? How do you like it?
How do you rate the build quality at this point? I'm not ready for
one right now which is kinda good since I'm not sure if I'll want a
sports car or a luxury car. Meanwhile, I'm kinda busy right now
buying real estate locally and acquiring the florida real estate too.
I've done this before so no big deal as long as I have the
money <g>.

 

If you are in Austin, and it's still there, be sure to eat at the Old
San Francisco Steak House (they have these in a couple other large
cities in Texas also). Great restaurant.

 

Thanks. We had one on the west side of Houston but my wife thinks
it's closed now. I'll check to see if they have a web site so I can
see if the Austin one is still open. Hey Barry meet me there and I'll
buy you dinner <g>. I think my next trip there will be in a couple of
months (not sure when right now).

 

Good, but the key to Austin is Mexican food.

Matt's Famous Mexican. It's huge and a very diverse crowd and some of the
best food I've ever had.

I miss it

 

Yes, and I like it a lot. Better build quality than you would expect from a
Chevy, but for the price, it should. Much better Nav/XM than my BMW --
light years better. OnStar too.

Oh, and 400hp

That's why we had to move. I needed another garage.

 

Matt's El Rancho?

 

This is strange and wonderful culture we have in this country. Take eating
steak for example. In New York, you get Kansas City or Chicago steak. In
Chicago, it's a New York strip cut. In Austin, San Fracisco is the steak. No
doubt, in San Fran, you order a Texas steak. Um, it's just a steak.

It would be a nice masters or PhD thesis in sociology for someone with nothing
else to do making a survey of what the preferred names of steaks are in the
major American cities. Of course, it would be a practical study, traveling
around the country gorging on steak... Ben Myers

 

It would be a nice masters or PhD thesis in sociology for someone with

I'm from New York State but I'd never heard of New York Style pizza until
I moved to Petersburg, Virginia. If you ever get to Petersburg, see if
Brothers
Pizzeria is still open. They used to serve the best Italian food of any
restaurant
I've ever been to. Also, every dish was smothered in melted Mozzarella
cheese.
Yum!

Tom Lake

 

Yep!

 

Hey, I'm retired, maybe I'll make that my life's work -- for the 3 or 4
years until my arteries would entire clog and I'd die in some cheap hotel
room. Hmm, maybe not.

 

Well, you would probably do better than the guy who spent a month eating only
the food at Mickey D's three times a day. At least you could balance the
protein and cholesterol with a monster salad, avoid the bread, potatoes and
sweet dessert... Ben Myers

 

Yeah-- and you'd probably be playing online poker at the time and have aces
and eights

Mel

 

Avoid bread, potatoes and sweet dessert? Then what's the point!

 

AMEN!

 

I guess that the point is to continue enjoying life, even if you have to
substitute new things to enjoy for the old ones that threaten your life.

Myself, I am a easy victim for first-rate breads, having lived in several places
where the local bakeries produced delicious, healthy, and nutricious breads, not
your Wonder Bread at the supermarket... Ben Myers

 

One of my major financial goals in life is to someday get underground
parking

 

Well, you don't want underground in Florida. You'd be below the water table