Takealot eventually had a clearance sale end of February and i picked up a DELL G5 for R12500 - specs as follows:
dell G5 (i5 9300h CPU @ 2.4ghz
8GB RAM
128SSD HD and 1TB HDD
GEFORE GTX 1650
If you take shipping and customs into account then evetech has very similar prices. The only win is that you can source older models with decent specs for fractionally less...
It wasn't so much the warranty I'm worried about (buying a Dell), but the possibility of not getting the product, getting the wrong product or getting a damaged product... has anyone bought a laptop from them and being quite happy with the experience?
Some articles suggest the G3 tends to overheat. It also apparently has a low budget display unit. The G5 never overheats and has a marginally better display unit... still not sure how that can translate into such a difference
for example there is a Dell G3 at evetech:
https://www.evetech.co.za/dell-inspiron-g3-15-3590-gtx-1650-gaming-laptop/laptops-for-sale/15896.aspx
R14,499.00
Intel Core i7-9750H
16GB DDR4 RAM
256GB Ultra-Fast NVME SSD + 1TB Hard Drive
GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5 Graphics
specs are better but its a G3...