My 8510p is almost here! (Shipped to Canada from USA)

Just thought I would make this thread to provide some extra info for anyone in Canada looking to order computer equipment from the USA. When I was looking to order it took quite a while to find a decent seller, with reasonable prices, that shipped to Canada and accepted a Canadian credit card.

I ordered my 8510p from a website in the states called ShopBLT. I placed my order Thursday morning and they shipped it out Thursday afternoon. The first part of the shipping is via ground to their depot, the second part I choose to be FedEx international priority. They've kept me up to date every step of the way with everything thats happening regards stock and shipping. I've just received a call from FedEx (Oct 2nd) telling me that my laptop is now in Edmonton (where I live) and awaiting customs clearence, which hopefully won't take too long.

Oct 2, 2007
8:53 AM In transit EDMONTON, AB Package available for clearance
8:50 AM At dest sort facility EDMONTON, AB
3:29 AM Departed FedEx location MEMPHIS, TN
12:27 AM Departed FedEx location MEMPHIS, TN
Oct 1, 2007
11:33 PM Arrived at FedEx location MEMPHIS, TN
7:17 PM Left origin NORWICH, CT

I'm very happy with my service from BLT so far and wouldn't hesistate to recommend them. I suppose I'm especially happy since I was messed around by Lenovo Canada so much. They had me waiting over a month with no information sent to me, I had to chase them for updates every step of the way. They never informed me of any of the delays they were having and because of this I cancelled my order.

 

Im thinking of purchasing the same notebook from them and having it sent to australia. have heard nothing but good things from them.

Im a bit unsure about HP international warranties now though.

 

Hey Mr. Ric, I have been considering going the same route as you recently. Could you tell me how much the notebook came out to in the end, including shipping and passing through customs?

 

Yep the international warranties are usually a concern, luckly for me posting back to the states is not a huge amount more then posting to Canada.

I found this link had some useful information on it regards warranties:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=en&cc=us&docname=bpr01266

 

Shipping via FedEx Int.'l Priority was $119 (US) to Edmonton Alberta from their Pennsylvania branch. It's passing through customs as we speak so I don't know what the final charge will be for that but I've been told (by FedEx) that it's just GST on the product.

 

Anyone have any idea how long this takes: Package to be cleared by FedEx broker

 

Is it worth it though? You can purchase this thing for a decent price in Australia.

 

Seems about 200-300 less then buying it through CDW.ca. I went with CDW, they replaced my 8510w that came with an non servicible lcd in one day.

my shipping was 30 dollars. no brokerage...

If CDW dropped the same 200+ off an 8510p as they dropped off my 8510W..and brokarage costs you anything, you will have paid more for your laptop from the states then from them.

 

Why would CDW drop $200 off the 8510p? By my calculations I saved just over $400 by buying from the US and received a larger hard drive, WWAN card and wireless N.

 

I dont know, they dropped over 200 off my 8510w.
You never posted your specs or your price, I just looked at the cheapest 8510p on both sites.
In looking at total cost of ownership, the biggest advantage I could find for ordering from the states was being able to get a tighter match to the config I wanted including XP installed.
The price difference wasnt a big deal once I found CDW.

 

You just scared me when you said I could end up paying more for ordering from the US! That would have been bad.

 

Depends what your brokerage costs are.
You will like your notebook...

 

I did the same thing except shipped it to the US address and brought it across the border. Saved quite a bit :O

 

ahhh very smart...you ship it to a post office? or you have relatives?

 

Actually, the cheapest model i could find with the WSXGA+ screen is AUD$3000+, the one in the states is only 1395USD, it works out to be around 2000AUD including 15% GST and duty. Plus you supposedly get a 3 year international warranty.........correct me if im wrong though.

Unless we are talking about the CTO 8510P we were talking about before. that is still a real possibility. Have you got any personal experience with the RQ555AV model?

 

friends yeah

 

As I understand it regards the warranty, if you buy the laptop in country A and have it shipped straight to country B you will need to return the laptop to country A for warranty. However, if you buy the laptop in country A, have it shipped somewhere in country A then move to country B you can use the warranty services in country B. It sounds like such a stupid messed up bureaucratic nonsense way of doing things but I think thats how they've decided to do it. Hopefully I'm wrong though!!!

 

I suppose that makes sense. They want to protect their profits overseas but at the same time wants to offer warranty as an incentive for those who travel.

 

If you really want, you can purchase an HP CarePack in your country of residence.