Sony Corp. aims to take a chunk out of Dell Inc.s market share and boost channel presence by offering customers $500 trade-ins rebates on Dell notebooks and additional funds for resellers.
The San Jose, Calif.-based vendor is offering Go Pro 2, a $500 rebate on its VAIO Professional BX line of notebooks for Dell notebook trade-ins through March 31. The rebate is beyond Sonys standard $300 trade-in on notebooks from all other manufacturers.
The rebate is only for sales made through Sony VARs.
Resellers will also receive $40 Sales Performance Incentive Funds (SPIFS) on each unit sold, Sony said.
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The incentive would be a boost for VARs struggling against the low prices and direct sales strategy that make Dell the channels biggest competitor, said Dale Furnish, president of Dale Furnish & Assocs., of Spokane Valley, Wash., a Sony reseller and government-education VAR.
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