What the....?? (XPS Studio 8100 Pricing Issue)

If I configure an XPS Studio 8100 on the Dell Site thusly:

Intel® Core™ i7-860 processor(8MB Cache, 2.80GHz)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz - 4 DIMMs
No Monitor
ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5
1TB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
No speakers

The price is $1,388.99 AFTER a $179 discount.


If I go to Microcenter.com and buy an almost exact copy, the cost is
$999.99.

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0337324

What's up with that?

 

reminds me of the day my laptop arrived and there was an ad from costco
touting the exact setup for $200 less.

 

In Australia, if you want a second HD for your computer, Dell charge 400%
over what you pay for the same HD from the local shop. Dell has done this
for the last few years. Dell used to charge double for RAM, but not anymore.

 

In Australia, if you want a second HD for your computer, Dell charge 400%
over what you pay for the same HD from the local shop. Dell has done this
for the last few years. Dell used to charge double for RAM, but not anymore.

 

I am about 10 miles from one of their stores. Just have to talk myself
into parting with a thousand bucks when my old Dell is working just
fine for my purposes. In other words, I want rather than need, a new
computer.

 

To add even more 'confusion', with an EPP discount:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/29phx6j