For Halloween only (today, 10/31/2010), Dell Financial's refurbished off-lease computers and laptops can be had for even less than usual. 31% off, and with no minimum price either. They come with a 100-day warranty, and no bloatware on the ones with the OS pre-installed.
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The coupon code is
Save31Halloween. Enter it at the cart in the appropriate box, and make sure the savings is applied at Step 3 in the checkout process.
Yes, I verified that it works, as I just ordered 4 desktops and a laptop for the office, all with dual-core processors of varying speeds; total price, under $800. The thing is that when these come back, Dell keeps the ones that are in better condition to clean/refurb; the ones that are in poorer shape get auctioned off or sold to 3rd parties instead. Over the past few years, I've been responsible for purchasing 15 computers from DFS. Only one laptop had any issues, and it was user inflicted; a new hard drive and it was alive again. Beyond that, no problems with any of the others.