This was posted 11 years 7 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal.

Related
  • expired

UPDATED (Full 800 SKU Included See Update 2) Deal Extreme - 50% off Hundreds of Items!

38215
UPDATED (Full 800 SKU Included See Update 2) Deal Extreme - 50% off Hundreds of Items!
Go to Deal
bchliu on 15/05/2013 - 01:50 e.dx.com (18114 clicks)
Last edited 21/05/2013 - 08:27 by 1 other user
AUDirect0515

Deal Extreme offering 50% off a huge selection of items!!

There's Quad Core Tablets (under $100)
http://dx.com/p/freelander-pd30-quad-core-8-ips-capacitive-s…

Exynos 7" tab for $88
http://dx.com/p/freelander-pd10hd-7-ips-exynos4412-quad-core…

THL W8 Quad Core phone ($116)
http://dx.com/p/thl-w8-android-4-1-quad-core-bar-phone-w-5-0…

Update:

http://dx.com/mayhalfprice?utm_source=dx&utm_medium=cdn&utm_…

According to this, they will be rotating the deals throughout the day (800 SKUs with total quantity of 40,000) to cover a bunch of other products too. Check back whenever you can to see if theres anything new!

Update 2:

http://dx.com/mayhalfprice/Default/ShoppingList

They have pushed out another list of more items! It does verify the theory that the initial page was for DX AU deliveries whilst this is the International 50% off section. Please be aware that there will be longer delivery times for this since it needs to be shipped directly from China as opposed to the DX AU (which apparently has warehouse in Perth).

Update 3:
Offer is pretty much officially "Ozbargained" with the only remaining stock to be either very specialist products (Spare battery for product x), Seasonal products (Christmas), or stuff that not many people want. The only thing I am hoping for is that they can fulfill all orders so everyone is happy.

DX has subtly stated however, (Broken English) "If the customers who participate in this activity are more than expected which results in lack of product supply, we have to process refund for the oversold items, please kindly understand." which may account for some people's Paypals reported refunded against.

Update 4:

Have to apologise in advance to anyone who doesnt get the stock for this deal. Despite being the OP and putting the order through before others, I have now received a cancellation against my two orders (W8 and PD10). It is seemingly like a lottery to get stock. Very very disappointed. :(

Update 5:

After a disappointing weekend, DX has now come back to affected customers with a voucher that's worth 15% of the original total order. So, if your order was $200, then they will give you back $30 worth as a rebate in compensation to be used in DX. Apparently the stock is still available - but not it has changed to a different SKU but they are offering 15% off the original price. This is pretty beneficial if your original order was expensive (and hence you can get back a higher rebate value) - but typically most would only have done a $200 order with $30 rebated.

The new link is here: http://dx.com/l/au-direct/2013-02/special-items.aspx

As you can see, the deal is nowhere near as good as before. However, it is up to you as an individual to see if it is still good value enough to continue making the purchases.

Other

Related Stores

DealExtreme
DealExtreme

closed Comments

  • skayper on 17/05/2013 - 22:24
    +1

    Mine cancelled too.. Ordered in the morning.. Mod please Ban future deala from this site.. Wasted time, energy n money. Wait I think I've seen they have actually been banned permanently here on Ozbargain?

    • scrimshaw on 17/05/2013 - 22:28

      They got banned because their reps were sockpuppetting or spamming the site with new accounts. Can't remember which.

      Normally I don't complain about chinese companies making a blunder or stuffing up with customer service but DealExtreme just takes the cake. Sudden order cancellation with a 5 day wait for a refund, and no apology email.

  • KOBH on 17/05/2013 - 22:28

    You can post your negative feedback here to lower their rating.

    http://www.resellerratings.com/store/DealExtreme

    • subywagon on 17/05/2013 - 23:56

      I gave them a super shitty review.

  • KOBH on 17/05/2013 - 22:31

    You can join the complaint in this thread.

    http://club.dx.com/forums/forums.dx/threadid.1244124?page=16

  • jammy2 on 17/05/2013 - 22:32

    In addition to the two tablet I ordered, they even cancelled my orders for a monopod and tripod and HUION USB Graphics Drawing Tablet. Did anyone get any items shipped from this sale?

  • petebern on 17/05/2013 - 22:32

    I just cancelled the Euro adapter plug that I ordered after the PD80HD and the $1.50 was immediately credited back to PayPal. I have opened a dispute with PayPal stating that I believe the seller never had the stock and this was a fraudulent offer by the seller to gain access to buyer's funds for short term gain. Maybe if they get enough complaints they will do something - then again, they are likely making money from these deals as well so we get stuck with the short end of the stick as usual.

    • yws on 17/05/2013 - 22:37

      Sorry am a paypal newb when it comes to this. How do I do this? Thanks

    • petebern on 17/05/2013 - 22:40

      My order is still showing as canceled but it now has a new transaction showing 'Pending Payment' 'Order has been created, awaiting payment' ????

  • highon2str on 17/05/2013 - 22:34

    Woo hoo! Another one bites the dust…

    5/17/2013 4:51:45 AM Canceled The order has been cancelled.
    5/14/2013 3:42:42 PM PaymentConfirmed Payment verified. Order is being processed.

  • subywagon on 17/05/2013 - 22:35
    +4

    FFS I was really looking forward to getting my phone and it was cancelled… I was probably the 3rd person on Ozbargain to order a phone. I was in on the deal in the first 3mins, there was NO WAY it was ozbargained at that point. Deal Extreme are full of shit. I'm never buying a thing from them again.

    • Pone on 17/05/2013 - 22:44

      Same boat, I ordered at mid night, right after the OP post the deal, and just got CANCELLED.

    • Jackson on 18/05/2013 - 23:42

      I think they probably ship US orders first as its a bigger market and they wouldn't want to upset them.

  • Giga on 17/05/2013 - 22:42

    So up to now , nobody got " shipped " status for tablet .

    Again , the deal looks like too good to be true .

    • simprosimple on 17/05/2013 - 22:48

      I assumed no one get this deal because even OP's order were canceled. SO everyone here ordered after him/her, therefore you will be lucky if u can get a Tablet or Phone

      • bchliu on 17/05/2013 - 22:53

        THere is a chance that if you ordered the items with the International Sale (UTC 2am) then your order may be safe. I have a very high suspicion that they honoured the International Sale over the Australian sale.

        • scrimshaw on 17/05/2013 - 22:59

          What about the stuff that belonged in the Direct Aussie warehouse section? It would've cost them more to ship the stuff overseas than to ship them locally to their respective Australian buyers.

          Its more likely they actually killed the promotion for Australians because the stuff that sold here usually has less of a margin due to higher shipping and inventory costs.

        • Elijah on 17/05/2013 - 23:02

          It would've cost them more to ship the stuff overseas than to ship them locally to their respective Australian buyers.

          That's the thing scrim they never had an Aussie warehouse, things were shipped directly from China using Toll Express…

          http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1833543#r37571792

        • scrimshaw on 17/05/2013 - 23:06
          +2

          Ah, no wonder.. if that's the case all the more reason for them to discriminate against us. What a massive cocktease this deal was.

  • scrimshaw on 17/05/2013 - 22:46

    According to Jammy they even cancelled orders for some monopods and USB drawing tablet (which are admittedly not the most popular items in the deal).

    Question is, did these items really sell out, or did they not exist to begin with…
    Or perhaps they pulled a Dick Smith and all the employees bought the items for themselves?

    • bchliu on 17/05/2013 - 22:49

      I have a funny feeling that they fulfilled the International orders first before the Australian ones despite being offered first. This type of precedence is ridiculous.

      • KOBH on 17/05/2013 - 22:57

        I have a funny feeling that they fulfilled the International
        orders first before the Australian ones despite being offered
        first. This type of precedence is ridiculous.

        I don't think so, nobody gets their AU DIRECT order shipped. I think all have been cancelled.

        • bchliu on 17/05/2013 - 23:04

          If the International and AU stock came from the same stockpile and because AU's already sold out on the stock even before the International sale even started (where it was advertised for use world wide). Then they would put a preference to fulfill International over AU despite the orders being earlier. It would explain that they counted the orders for AU much later than the rest.

          Just a hypothesis.. But it does fit pretty well with all the info we know thus far.

        • KOBH on 17/05/2013 - 23:09

          You could be right, but that's not fair for those AU customers spent hours shopping at their site.

        • Elijah on 17/05/2013 - 23:26

          Could well be…, but Scrim says he only put through an AU Direct order like mine and his still gets cancelled…, but I did confirm one, would that have made the difference ?! :S

    • KOBH on 17/05/2013 - 22:55

      Question is, did these items really sell out, or did they not exist to begin with…

      DX has no stock at the beginning, they just like to take our money for a week or two as a loan.

    • Giga on 17/05/2013 - 23:08

      Yes , Dicksmith ! Advertise a low price with out of stock everywhere , waste a lot of time on them .

      • KOBH on 17/05/2013 - 23:21

        Yes , Dicksmith ! Advertise a low price with out of stock everywhere , waste a lot of time on them .

        Not just Dicksmith, Harvey Norman is the same. Both are box sellers.

  • highon2str on 17/05/2013 - 22:52

    Oh well… No pd80hd for me. Time to save up for a galaxy note 10.1

    Burnt by dx but still gonna end up using them anyway - as I have been for years now. Haven't got much else of a choice, they do have the range and the price advantage. If you get served a big mac with some mouldy cheese in it, you'd still go back to maccas at a later stage anyway wouldn't you? Dx have gotten big and powerful and they know this too. :/

    • kirynflare on 17/05/2013 - 22:54
      +2

      I wouldn't touch Maccas for a very very VERY long time if they had mouldy cheese!

    • KOBH on 17/05/2013 - 22:59
      +1

      Just don't buy anything expensive like phones or tablets. Some of their cheap gadgets are okay though.

  • Klang on 17/05/2013 - 22:54

    Damn, my Freelander PD80HD has been cancelled. And I ordered at 813am. Stupid.

    • whinges on 17/05/2013 - 23:00

      My orders cancelled as well - I ordered at around 8:00am, the other around 9:00am.
      Waste of time - seems dodgy.

  • KOBH on 17/05/2013 - 23:07

    If the OP got his orders cancelled then there's not much hopes for others. This is a totally fake box sales.

  • subywagon on 17/05/2013 - 23:11

    I think I need to call the internet police on them :(

  • StewBalls on 17/05/2013 - 23:16

    Hmm, my AU direct orders are still processing…no cancellation yet? :/

    As others have noted, the international orders appear to have been shipped…

    • Elijah on 17/05/2013 - 23:23

      Yea still processing here…

      • KOBH on 17/05/2013 - 23:25

        Yea still processing here…

        Good luck and hope your order will be shipped tomorrow! LOL

        • Elijah on 17/05/2013 - 23:29
          +1

          Nope, only open on Monday again…, I'll be at Church this Sunday…

  • rayray78 on 17/05/2013 - 23:19

    My order is canceled too and am waiting for someone to live chat with me. So are we getting refunds??

  • rayray78 on 17/05/2013 - 23:19

    Am chatting with a marina

  • altomic on 17/05/2013 - 23:25

    Chat InformationPlease wait for a site operator to respond.

    Chat InformationAll operators are currently assisting others. Thanks for your patience. An operator will be with you shortly.

    Chat InformationAll operators are currently assisting others. Thanks for your patience. An operator will be with you shortly.

    Chat InformationAll operators are currently assisting others. Thanks for your patience. An operator will be with you shortly.

    Chat InformationYou are now chatting with 'Summer'

    Summer: This is Summer from DealExtreme, how may I help you today?

    altomic: hi summer, why was my order cancelled?

    Summer: Please hold on for a moment while I check on that for you.

    Summer: If your order is at payment processing status, it means the payment is processing. If you received an email that requested you to provide some information for verification, providing that information will expedite processing of your order. If you did not receive any email, please wait 24-36 working hours(weekend excluded). Your order status will update following internal processing.

    altomic: my order says it has been cancelled

    Summer: no,it is ok now

    Summer: 130515001082234674 you mean this order?

    altomic: yes. and 130515001081989227

    Summer: Please hold on for a moment while I check on that for you.

    Summer: Content:cancel order and full refund;au direct system handle

    altomic: why was my order cancelled?

    Summer: it has been cancelled because the au direct warehouse close now

    altomic: why was there a sale?

    Summer: could u please checkyour paypal in 3 to 7 working days?

    altomic: why is the au direct warehouse close now?

    Summer: Please hold on for a moment while I check on that for you.

    altomic: hello?

    Summer: the item is unavailable now

    altomic: why was it sold?

    altomic: why did DX sell me an item that s unavailable?

    Summer: the manufacture do not produce it now

    Summer: We apologize for any inconvenience brought to you.

    Summer: it is not updated sometimes

    altomic: many customers are vey unhappy with DX

    altomic: I am very unhappy with DX

    altomic: thank you for your time.

    Summer: Thank you for your patience and precious time.

    Summer: Thank you for contacting us. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us via livechat or the CSE system at http://services.dealextreme.com/.

    • whinges on 17/05/2013 - 23:29

      Do you think these chat things are just bots?
      It gives out pretty much the same answers I got.

      • KOBH on 17/05/2013 - 23:33

        Yes, something similar to a bot. They use templates or pre written answered by pressing certain buttons on their screen.

        All answers are the same without typo/text errors.

        • Jackson on 18/05/2013 - 23:49
          +1

          They don't use bots in china, ppl are worth less.

  • altomic on 17/05/2013 - 23:26
    +1

    can this deal be marked un-expired so we can start negging it?

  • KOBH on 17/05/2013 - 23:27

    One of my AU DIRECT order with only 1 item like "USB Wired 83-Key Keyboard PU Leather Flip-Open Case for 10" Tablet PC - Black " and it was cancelled, too.

  • KOBH on 17/05/2013 - 23:42

    When did the AU sales starts in AEST?

    I ordered mind at 11:00AM AEST.

    • nadan on 17/05/2013 - 23:44

      There was only one mind on DX and you bought that since they are acting mindlessly now :)

    • Elijah on 17/05/2013 - 23:54

      According to FB the deal was posted around 11:30PM AEST Wednesday…

      https://www.facebook.com/DealExtremeFans

      • KOBH on 17/05/2013 - 23:55

        You meant Tuesday night? So I was 11 hours late.

        • Elijah on 18/05/2013 - 00:00

          We were actually on time its these FB times that got me confused…

          "AU DIRECT- 50% Off DX.com 15th May 2013"

          EDIT: YouTube AD was for the non-AU Direct stuff

        • ruraro on 18/05/2013 - 00:19

          I ordered just after midnight but got the stupid Paypal account + ID check like the next day. Seems that allowed other who had existing DX accounts who ordered after me to get priority access to those items.

          That was a DX issue. There was no indication when I paypalled for the stuff that they needed more proof. Anybody taking this up with Paypal may want to indicate they've screwed ppl over who got in early because of their ID process, which the customer has no control over.

          Sadly no 50% tablet or phone for me. Just an annoying "Lee" at DX's chat site telling me "It's sold out / out of stock / order is already cancelled and can't be reinstated". He's happy to tell me "stock keeps arriving" and "you can order later". I get silence when asking "what 50% coupon do I use?". Asking about speaking to the manager gets a "come back on Monday".

          I want to neg— this deal. Wasted many hours on this with result being frustration and disappointment. Great for DX staff.. they've getting free English lessons from native English speakers and have earned interest from my payment. Now how much can I charge them for that?

        • Jackson on 18/05/2013 - 23:52

          "Seems that allowed other who had existing DX accounts who ordered after me to get priority access to those items."

          not true, I have a dx account and confirmed my details with them same day, and have 4 cancelled orders.

  • KOBH on 17/05/2013 - 23:48

    Don't argue with these DX fanboys like "Voriki, gasbag11 and few others" they're so annoying and acting like they own the company.

    • bchliu on 18/05/2013 - 00:29

      That Voriki really does act like he is staff doesnt he? I cant believe there are those who harass other customers on these sorts of boards.
      Is he like unloved or something? Did the bad man touch him inappropriately?

      • KOBH on 18/05/2013 - 00:31

        Look at this post for example, non stop making trouble with other customer.

        http://club.dx.com/forums/forums.dx/threadid.1300680

        Is he like unloved or something? Did the bad man touch him inappropriately?

        I don't know much about him, but I know he watch too "big band theory" as he previously ordered many BBF T-shirts, sounds like a big FAN.

  • subywagon on 17/05/2013 - 23:59

    So are they able to make money from our paypal payments while we wait for a refund? I'm pretty sure they received a fair few thousand dollars from us all..

    • grab_ur_freebies on 18/05/2013 - 03:51

      Exactly the same idea played out by Gerry. An AU Dx empl. prolly pitched it to sales back at HQ in CHN…

  • nadan on 18/05/2013 - 00:01

    Is it worth lodging paypal dispute for the refund? How long does it take with Paypal as I have never had to lodge a dispute with them.

    • KOBH on 18/05/2013 - 00:05

      Are you going to buy from them in the near future?

      • nadan on 18/05/2013 - 00:54
        +1

        No, never again. I have been a customer since 2010. I just want my money back now.

        • altomic on 18/05/2013 - 09:50
          +1

          same, been ordering since 2008. never again.

  • PresidentClinton on 18/05/2013 - 00:11
    +3

    If you want to make sure DX does not repeat this again, OPEN A PAYPAL DISPUTE with them. Even if they promise a refund. Every paypal dispute with the same business will draw paypal's attention to the business and may result in them no longer wanting to do business with them.

    • KOBH on 18/05/2013 - 00:26

      I agreed with you, we should all open a paypal dispute!

  • KiLLUMiN4Ti on 18/05/2013 - 00:15

    all orders cancelled apart from my $1 RPG pens (they were promptly shipped off the next day) PI$$ED OFF!! Will neg the sh!t out of EVERY future DX deal. Should've taken heed to op's original opening statement, something along the lines of "Alright I know that deals from DX aren't allowed on OzBargain but…"

    • [Deactivated] on 18/05/2013 - 00:51
      +1

      … www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/1390473

      • KiLLUMiN4Ti on 18/05/2013 - 01:03

        wow….

        • [Deactivated] on 18/05/2013 - 01:17

          At the top of page 6, in reply to greenpossum.
          I fear this may be an Xtremely long thread…

  • dkstorm on 18/05/2013 - 00:20

    I've never done a credit card chargeback before. Is it generally quicker to use the chargeback, or wait for DX to use my money, and then they decide when to refund me.

    • PresidentClinton on 18/05/2013 - 00:33
      +1

      If you're feeling vindictive- credit card chargebacks usually cost the merchant a significant amount of money in penalty. Paypal is $20-25 while credit cards can go up to $100 per chargeback.

      • nadan on 18/05/2013 - 00:57
        +2

        I paid via Paypal using my 28Degrees, which is costlier to them? I will do that F@#$ them.

        • PresidentClinton on 18/05/2013 - 07:22

          You have to use PayPal. A credit card chargeback would technically penalize Paypal since they take your credit card money.

  • Elijah on 18/05/2013 - 00:20

    nvm…

  • Kugz on 18/05/2013 - 00:42

    I just discussed with Summer about 15 mins ago

    Summer: This is Summer from DealExtreme, how may I help you today?
    Summer: Welcome to DealExtreme, nice to meet you !
    Summer: Is there a specific question I can help you with?
    Me: Yes I was wondering if everything was okay with my order :) it has not shipped yet
    Summer: Please hold on for a moment while I check on that for you.
    Summer: New orders usually need 7-10 working days to be prepared and processed for shipments.
    Summer: DX just has too many orders recently. they need time to be prepared
    Me: Ah okay, so there will be a delay with orders due to the big sale you had?
    Summer: yes
    Me: So my order will be fulfilled? :)
    Summer: yes
    Summer: when it is shipped,you will recieve an email including the tracking number
    Me: Thank you very much!
    Summer: Thank you for your patience and precious time.
    Summer: It would be highly appreciated that you would give me 5-Star rating after this chat. Please click "Close" button at the top-right corner to complete the rating. Thank you for chatting with me.

    Here's hoping it does get sent, though this may be a robot response to these orders.

    I ordered mine late in the afternoon (I believe around 2:30 pm) and it still says:

    "5/14/2013 10:23:47 PM PaymentConfirmed Payment verified. Order is being processed."

    • jimbler on 18/05/2013 - 00:48

      The same as everybody else that has been told that everything is fine in chat only to have it cancelled later on.

      See the two posts at the top of this link as one of the examples….

      http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/103271?page=8#comment-13950…

    • KOBH on 18/05/2013 - 00:50

      If it's an AU DIRECT order, mostly likely the orders will be cancelled during the weekend.

  • redslert on 18/05/2013 - 00:58
    +1

    Hmm my order is sitting in payment processed… guessed I'm expecting for a cancel.

    As soon as I get cancel I will do chargeback to make sure dx loose more money than they gain.
    Then I will open ACCC ticket.

    • bchliu on 18/05/2013 - 07:34

      The ACCC has no precedence over Deal Extreme since they dont have a real presence in this country. They can advise against purchasing to consumers and at worst ask ISP's to shut down their DNS records. But they really have no power outside of this country.

  • subywagon on 18/05/2013 - 01:08

    I knew the deal was too good to be true. I had a feeling my order would be cancelled actually….

  • dirtybird on 18/05/2013 - 01:46

    Still hoping my tablet order is ok.
    5/14/2013 5:40:25 PM - PaymentConfirmed - Payment verified. - Order is being processed.

    The extra junk i bought 5hrs later was shipped the following morning.

    • boomersgold on 18/05/2013 - 02:01

      Which tablet did you buy?

      • dirtybird on 18/05/2013 - 10:29

        FREELANDER PD80-HD.
        Still not cancelled.

        Mind you if it is cancelled it wont surprise me, it is DX after all.
        They have never had stock control on their site and this woldnt be the first time I've ordered something "in stock" only to find out weeks later that its out of stock.
        They dont hold the stock, the suppliers do.

  • heathwithnoteeth on 18/05/2013 - 01:46

    ive never has this many thread updates via email EVER!

  • docpol on 18/05/2013 - 02:09

    Mine just got cancelled, too. Oh well, good thing I was half-expecting not to receive the items from the start after all the recent DSE fiasco.

  • highon2str on 18/05/2013 - 02:10

    Just logged in to dx again in hopes this was all a bad dream but alas my order is still cancelled ._.

    Common admit it, who else has been secretly logging in, hoping against hope? XD

  • grab_ur_freebies on 18/05/2013 - 03:43

    Order for W8 & Huion cancelled!

    They have certainly earned 'PRO' status….PRO SCAMMERS that is!

    Opened a PP dispute. Post-haste!

  • hexedhavoc on 18/05/2013 - 03:57

    Well, I'm pissed off, was excited for new tablet/phone

    ARghhhhh

    • altomic on 18/05/2013 - 10:11

      same.

  • CheapCoffee on 18/05/2013 - 04:24

    Yup. Cancelled it is indeed

  • KiLLUMiN4Ti on 18/05/2013 - 05:34
    +3

    I just realized that when you tilt your head to the right and stare at DX you can actually see what your face looked like when you discovered your order was cancelled.

    • Moderatorneil on 18/05/2013 - 17:44

      Um, DX is banned and has been for a while. It was only exempted for this one deal. Contacting the mods or starting a thread is much more effective than starting a change petition looking for 100 signatures.

  • EmmaOZ on 18/05/2013 - 09:18

    I did 2 orders. Just logged on to site to see both state cancelled.
    Received no email from them about either.
    Both were paypal, one funds from cc, other bank account.

  • yws on 18/05/2013 - 09:19

    I had 3 orders with them. One from $205, one for $75 and one for $5. I got a refund for the $5 order, but not the others. A-holes

  • rayray78 on 18/05/2013 - 09:20

    has anyone received confirmation of a refund as yet? i think this is the next big question….when do we get refunds? they told me 1-7 days but someone else posted 21 days? going by what they have done already whos to say they wont just keep our money indefinitely?

  • rayray78 on 18/05/2013 - 09:28

    15-21 days…so its a scam

  • rayray78 on 18/05/2013 - 09:33

    they are hoping many of us will forget in 15-21 days so no refund??

    • StewBalls on 18/05/2013 - 09:40

      If you paid by paypal you'll have 45 days to lodge a dispute.

Login or Join to leave a comment
Login Join