Buying EliteBook 8540w in Canada?

I plan to purchase an EliteBook 8540w with FHD DreamColor 2.

If I were in the US, I could have completed my online order process in 5 minutes. But I am at a complete loss at how to place my order in Canada. The HP Canada website is a joke. The persons I talked to on the phone have no idea what kind of product I was referring to. The local resellers only carry "more popular" models and are not willing to special-order anything.

Your advice will be most appreciated.

 

I understand your pain, Bro.
You can do what I did with my 8740w:

1) email a US rep asking for a decent discount on your config (25-28% OFF is not uncommon)

2) Choose Wire Transfer as a payment method

3) If you don't have relatives/friends in the US that could accept the notebook and forward it to Canada, - choose from a variety of forwarding services (ex. myus.com). They can give you a temp real address to receive the package and forward it to Canada. You will need that address when placing the order.

4)When forwarding, use the overnight/priority/expedited shipping that includes the brokerage fees.

* Expect you total forwarding costs to be ~ 300$ (shipping + brokerage + customs fees)

** Don't forget to upgrade the warranty to the Travel Pack (+40$)

Let me know if you have any questions.

 

Thank you!

 

They have it instock at CDW but its expensive.

 

Hi, a bit late I know, but

@Kaso - did everything work out for you? I did the same (thanks to Aikimox) around the same time as you (early Dec.)

I actually did find one person in 3 different departments (sales, who sent me to CS, who sent me to the repair department, who wondered how in the world they could help me buy a laptop, who referred me back to Sales, or perhaps CDW) who actually had heard of the DC2 screen in HP Canada

@Pongo - I actually contacted CDW, but HP told them the DC2 requires a custom order, which requires a minimum quantity of 50. I, of course, only wanted 1...

 

^^ Yeah, nobody is gonna bother bringing DC2 systems to Canada, most ppl (including HP reps and techs) don't even know what DC2 is

Luckily, getting one from the US is not too difficult, and not too expensive either.

 

I was sure at that time I had seen the DC spec in one of their expensive ATI carded builds, must have been wrong.

 

I think CDW.com (the US counterpart) had the XT907 model with the DC option.