I just now had a look at the Dell Canada "outlet store". Lots of "Sorry there are currently no products in this category" messages there.

Looks like perhaps a place to hunt for discounted notebooks, but most of them are subspec for what we require here. And he desktops there are definitely more expensive than what I can buy/build from parts.

The warranties are also inferior, typically just a few months, compared with 1-2 years on purchased parts elsewhere.

I suppose that might all vary from week to week. And country to country.

Cheers