Ordered a M1530.

On the 19th I think it was I ordered a M1530. Specs were:

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500
3GB, DDR2
15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA+ TrueLife LCD
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
160G 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive Free Fall Sensor

A 2 year warranty included. Total cost was $1616.

Next day I go in and configure a system and notice a I can get something better for $6 more. For only that much more I could upgrade to:

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9300
4GB, DDR2
15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA+ TrueLife LCD
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
250G 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
And a 3 year warranty.

What gives? Just because I configured it through a different link? That's a hell of a big difference for $6.

Now in the second case it said I would not receive my order until the 19th of May which I thought was ridiculous.

After a few days I decided to go back in and reconfigure again, this time noticing that it would ship out on the 2nd instead of the 12th like the second config.

I call up Dell and ask them how long it would take to refund my credits so that I could use my line of credit right away to order a new system.

I get some India tech support...great... script readers who I can hardly understand at times when they start speaking too fast. Guy tells me 3-5 Business days to refund the credit. I get pissed cause I know I will miss out on the $749 off.

I start up the chat and talk to a nice girl who gives me a phone number and tells me that the credit can go back within minutes. I do that and all is well. (Hey Dell, stop outsourcing Support please?) Credit is back within minutes and I put in a new order for:

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9300
Midnight Blue Casing
4GB, DDR2
15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA+ TrueLife LED
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
160G 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive Free Fall Sensor

3 Year Warranty. Total cost was $1649.30

Now to recap, the reason I ordered it a 3rd time was to cut down on shipping time since the config page said it would ship on the 2nd and not the 12th.

Well I am glad I upgraded to the LED screen based on what was said here and I did lose a bit in HDD space but I don't need it anyhow. But as soon as I placed my order the shipping date said the 12th again. Nice.

I am really hoping this thing ships quicker than the 12th as it is a bit of an emergency backup system.

I just hope I am really happy with this thing, it will be my first real good laptop, have been used to second hand dinosaurs in the past.

 

It almost always ships sooner than the "ship date". They always grossly over-estimate it.

 

Congrat's on your purchase!!!

Sorry for all your troubles, though...Shipping is always sooner, then estimated!

I hope you enjoy it once you receive it, I am very happy with mine

 

Thanks for the info, How sooner is it likely to ship?

 

I ordered my laptop on a Friday evening and received it the following Monday (so three days to my doorstep). It depends.. but it shouldn't take more than a week.

 

wow. Is that what your shipment time said, if not how sooner was it vs the estimated ship date?

 

I ordered it 4/4/2008 and it was shipped 4/6/2008 (with free ground shipping).

Dell "estimated" it to be shipped 4/15/2008.

 

Generally build through boxing takes about a week provided that all of your configured parts are available for kitting. I would expect delivery within 8 to 10 days or so of your order date.