I was in the market for a PC, saw a note here about cancelling the order, I stuck my neck cos mr. Dell needed a few bob and placed an order, got loads of emails telling me all about it, including the order watch, two days later I cancelled it, the courier had it in his van at the time. The chap on the phone told me if I accepted the order he would knock 15% off the price, I accepted got my CC credited for 15% and had my PC within 4 hours!
I suspect the cost of keeping that inventory in their outlet store is more than the 15% they gave off, had I cancelled it. I checked the outlet store a few times and the machines there werenot the spec I wanted, so my machine spec may not have shifted for some time if it was sent there.
Another penny to Mr Dells' 17B fortune........