After removing most third-party products from its website more than a year ago, a reader in our Frequent Miler Insiders Facebook group tipped us off to the fact that Dell has brought back a number of popular brands and products, including Bose headphones and earbuds, Sony headphones and earbuds, Logitech accessories, Google Nest accessories, and more.
Back when Dell initially removed third-party products from its site, they had explained in a quote to Dan’s Deals that:
Over the past three years, we invested extensively in building our Client Peripherals. As a result, throughout the summer we discontinued a number of third-party peripherals sold on Dell.com. We will continue to sell third-party products in complementary categories that align closely to our business.
However, it seems that Dell has had a change of heart. We are now once again seeing the latest Bose headphones and wireless earbuds available, as well as competing Sony headphones and earbuds. Furthermore, while I noted previously that Dell had removed Logitech mice, like my beloved Logitech MX Vertical Mouse, I am glad to report that those items are back (it is worth noting that prices may look inflated at first glance, but a quick look at Amazon shows that several of the newly-added products from Bose and Logitech are similarly priced as of the time of writing).
I do not see Google Pixel watches or earbuds, nor do I see Anker products. However, I do see Ring doorbells, Google Nest products, and more.
While the overall selection still seems to be somewhat limited, it is great to see the return of some of these popular third-party products. Hopefully, Dell will continue to expand its offering.
I personally haven’t used any of the Dell credits that come with some of the credit cards in my household, so I was tempted to place an order right away for some products that may prove useful. However, I ultimately decided to hold out hope that these products last a few weeks and we see better holiday sales and/or shopping portal offers to stack.
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There has been so much upheaval with the Dell Credits, Amex Platinum/Business, Chase CSR/Business…I can’t be the only one who just threw their hands up in the air walked away (obviously prematurely) when Dell cut all this inventory. Is there a handy list of all the cards with all the credits summarized in one place to help me get back up to speed without having to go card-by-card?
Agreed. There was a time when the Business Platinum was my most valuable card. The card itself changed and the competitive landscape changed. After years of holding the card, no longer. The personal Platinum is a different (but positive) story.
Yeah at one point between me and P2 we had like 5 or 6 ABP’s and a couple personals, but as the coupons changed and the fees went up we’ve come down to only 2 ABP’s.
I recently cancelled my ABP and ordered the Bose Ultra Open a couple weeks ago prior to burn last of credits before. Had noticed they had Bose speakers for a while, but didn’t register the earbuds were back. The prices matched the various ‘Prime Day’ sales across AMZN and others.
Confirmed the $150 credit triggered after getting the $200 1H before recent changes.
‘40,000 points after you spend $10,000 in 3 months’ retention offer seems in line with their recent deemphasis on such.
I don’t think the speakers ever went away. In our post when they pulled stuff in August 2024, I think we noted that speakers were expected to continue to be available, but not headphones (and many other things)
Yup. Dell had some limited soundbar and conference audio, but I guess they never thought it was as much of a conflict.
I just mean that given they had some form of Bose products despite their Dell branded product push, it didn’t occur to me headphone and earbuds SKUs were add backs and have been available for at least a couple weeks.
Sorry this is a specific question- but if we have a Amex Biz platinum, do we get $150 to spend with dell before year end due to the refresh, if we already spent $200 in the first half of the year?
Yes.
I ordered a Dell XPS 13 this past May $200 credit – ordered a 15″ Dell laptop in Sept $150 credit posted.
Jan 1st 2026, ABP holders will get $150 Credit but also the $600 ($300 * 2 FHR Credit) I’ve already used the bonus/new $300 FHR Credit for our ABP and Plats – (Sunday I will use the New CSR Edit 2nd Half credits on our CSR cards).
That said – on the fence about keeping ABP with changes – but will play by ear.
For those interested, Nintendo Switch 2 is also listed for sale and has been on and out of stock over the last week. The specific bundle available seems like a bad value, but need to use up all those Dell credits some way.
Out of stock 🙁
Bose headphones were on sale during that amazon sale a couple weeks back, I grabbed one for $229.