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Dell Offering Insanely Cheap Wireless-N Router

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10:40AM November 7, 2009 | Angus Kidman

LinksysIt might well be a typo that gets corrected quickly, but Dell is currently selling the Linksys WRT610N for $20.90 delivered — less than a tenth of the standard price. Let us know in the comments if you manage to put an actual order through. Update: It’s now been pulled from the site.Thanks Ritwik! [Dell]


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  • Graham

    November 7, 2009 at 11:04 AM

    Well I just ordered 2 total = $41.80

  • Blake

    November 7, 2009 at 11:21 AM

    Just bought one. Just have to get confirmation of order. Hopefully it comes through!

  • Craig Morris

    November 7, 2009 at 11:48 AM

    Just got mine :)

  • Clue

    November 7, 2009 at 11:53 AM

    Ordered one aswell. I think Dell reserves the right to cancel orders if the price is obviously wrong and the customer knows it.

    • sortius

      November 8, 2009 at 8:36 AM

      Actually, no, they don’t. They employ a team that looks after their site, if they screw up on pricing something it’s because they’re not proofing their site before they upload it.

      Law here in Australia states that you must honour advertised prices.

  • Alex

    November 7, 2009 at 12:14 PM

    I have ordered one as well, got email confirmation back already with reference number and confirmed pricing.

    Obviously a screw up and will no doubt change very quickly. I wonder if they will actually honour this price?

    Thanks Lifehacker!

  • JT

    November 7, 2009 at 12:24 PM

    Just ordered two, interesting to see if they honour this..

  • Turnip

    November 7, 2009 at 12:26 PM

    Just ordered a couple, great xmas presents for a couple of people I know that could do with one…

    Just waiting for it to be pulled due to typo :)

    • Turnip

      November 7, 2009 at 12:46 PM

      http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/18600

      A comment towards the bottom by Joey:
      ————————–
      Was just taking to Dell.
      They said it was an error and the price should be $309! Also that they will not be able to honor the price as it is a third party product.
      A 10% discount will be given to people that have already bought them! Wow thanks Dell!
      ————————–

      So can try your luck but Dell is unlikely to cough up the product, and 10% does not even come close to the best price on staticice.com.au (thought it does include delivery)

  • David

    November 7, 2009 at 12:26 PM

    Just ordered one, now wait and see

  • Seb

    November 7, 2009 at 12:26 PM

    I was able to order one. Now the wait to see if it is confirmed.

  • Scott

    November 7, 2009 at 12:28 PM

    I purchased one yesterday.

    I called Mastercard to make sure all went fine; turns out $290.00 was charged to my card. Stay away from this one! :(

  • biff

    November 7, 2009 at 12:57 PM

    I just bought one too. fingers crossed they will honor it even if it is wrong.

  • JessT

    November 7, 2009 at 12:58 PM

    I’ve got 3 ordered.

    If they don’t honour the price, I will be contacting the department of fair trading (and I suggest anyone else who wants to does the same) as per this article in The Age:

    http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/dell-error-a-hard-bargain-for-buyers/2005/08/11/1123353431407.html

  • Jack Cola

    November 7, 2009 at 1:12 PM

    I just purchased one as well. See what happens. RRP $169 – good saving. I wonder what the catch is though?

  • Alex

    November 7, 2009 at 1:35 PM

    Sorry, I should have said that I received Order “Acknowledgement”, not Order Confirmation.

  • passivekid

    November 7, 2009 at 1:42 PM

    Just order 4! :)

  • Jerome

    November 7, 2009 at 1:46 PM

    i just ordered 5:P

  • Chris

    November 7, 2009 at 2:20 PM

    Order was accepted…..just have to wait and see what happens.

  • Nige

    November 7, 2009 at 2:26 PM

    5 on order…..$105, will resell them to my boss

  • miles

    November 7, 2009 at 2:51 PM

    thanks guys!

  • Shebangabang

    November 7, 2009 at 3:08 PM

    Yep! Just got the confirmation email – which according to the terms and conditions on their website is when we “entered into a contract”.

    Niiiiice.

  • Andrew Barras

    November 7, 2009 at 3:09 PM

    Still available, checkout went smoothly, waiting on confirmation..

  • Michael

    November 7, 2009 at 3:25 PM

    Hey can you guys just confirm that there is an extra $50 postage. So the total is about $20+$50 = $70 ?

  • Britto

    November 7, 2009 at 3:33 PM

    I just ordered a few. Got the email confirmation, although i have to wait for the bank transfer to go though on monday or tuesday.

    should be good.

  • Jayyee

    November 7, 2009 at 4:03 PM

    Man this sounds like a sweet deal. Does the dual band mean that it can serve an N and G network at the same time without compromising the speed benefits of N?

  • Devz

    November 7, 2009 at 4:42 PM

    Ordered one. Also placed bets that it will be the typical Dell bait & switch^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Htypo mistake.

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