Vostro 1720 took ten days (Arlington, Virginia)

I ordered a Vostro 1720 at 1605 on Saturday, 13 February 2010. FedEx delivered it to me in Arlington, Virginia at 1215 on Tuesday, 23 February 2010, three days earlier than the estimated delivery date on the original Order Detail reproduced below:

Order Detail

Order Number: 155217107 Estimated Delivery Date : 02/26/2010

Item Number Quantity Item Description

224-5114 1 Vostro 1720

317-2347 1 Intel Core Penryn T6670,2.2GHz

317-0482 1 4GB DDR2 800MHZ 2 DIMM Vostro

320-7943 1 NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS 512MB Graphics Vostro

341-8916 1 250GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with Free Fall Sensor Vostro

317-1418 1 No security hardware installed Vostro

320-7941 1 17.0 inch Premium UltraSharp WUXGA TrueLife LCD for Vostro 1720

421-1555 1 Windows 7 Home Premium, Media, 64-bit, Notebook, Vostro, English

330-6322 1 Genuine Windows 7 Label, Latitude, Vostro and Mobile Precision Notebooks

421-0320 1 Windows Live Search,Multiple User Interface,SMB

330-6043 1 Dell Back-up and Recovery Manager for Win7, MUI, Latitude, Precision, OptiPlex, Vostro

330-3645 1 90W AC Adapter for Vostro

313-7673 1 8X DVD+/-RW with double-layer DVD+/-R write capability, Vostro

421-1188 1 Roxio Creator Dell Edition 10.3 Media Vostro

421-2080 1 Cyberlink Power DVD 8.3 Playback Vostro

320-7945 1 Integrated 1.3 Mega Pixel camera and digital mic w/webcam

430-3466 1 Dell WLAN 1397 (802.11b/g) 1/2MiniCard for Vostro

320-7937 1 Obsidian Black Vostro

410-1737 1 Trend Micro 16.6 PC-cillin Internet Security, English 15-month, Subscription, for Dell Vostro DT and NB

312-0703 1 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, for Vostro 1710

412-0379 1 No software package

993-8087 1 Dell Hardware Limited Warranty Plus Onsite Service Initial Year

993-1100 1 ProSupport for End Users: Next Business Day Parts and Labor Onsite Response Initial Year

989-3449 1 Thank you choosing Dell ProSupport. For tech support, visit http://support.dell.com/ProSupport or call 1-866-516-3115

988-7279 1 No Warranty beyond 1 year

986-4960 1 ProSupport for End Users: 7x24 Technical Support and assistance for end-users, Initial

900-9987 1 Standard On-Site Installation Declined

905-9919 1 INFO, No Datasafe, VOSTRO

468-3168 1 Visit www.dell.com /windows7upgrade for Windows 7upgrade eligibility, RLOB

467-3560 1 Purchase is Not Intended for Resale

310-8319 1 Intel Core 2 Duo Processor

Product Subtotal: $989.00
Shipping and Handling: $0.00

Tax: $49.46
Product Total: $1,038.46

 

Grat's on the arrival of your new lappy

Now you get to enjoy it 3 days sooner!

Usually the ESD is overestimated..it helps to protect Dell from any delays during production (part shortages/back orders, etc).

Cin...

 

Must be shipping 1720s fast. With the wife's 1720 stolen, I ordered a new one on 17th and it arrived on the 25th. This was not a 'fast ship' config, it was customized. Was not supposed to ship until the 8th of March.

Quite happy. Be happier if my E6400 would show up early too!

 

How long did yours build for?

 

The wife's 1720 went 'In production' on the 18th, and shipped on the 24th (from Calif. so it only took 1 day to arrive).

My E6400 has taken a bit longer. Ordered on the 18th in production the same day, shipped on 3/3 (from TN). Wasn't supposed to ship until the 8th, so that makes me happy.

 

Hm.. didn't realize they show up with that status until they are dispatched, the automated phone service said its "being assembled", but its an outlet laptop so that was strange.

(i love the automated phone voice, its so nice)

 

That is strange. I've ordered outlet laptops twice and they shipped blazing fast (next day both times if I remember correctly). I mean they don't really require anything, they're already built.

I didn't even get my 'Your order has shipped' email notification on one of them. The laptop arrived before the email! The 'new' builds can take quite a bit longer, particularly if you really want that item that says "selecting this option may delay your order until Hell Freezes Over..."