*Quasi-Official ENVY 14 discounts, delays, "mine is shipping" lounge*

They will know, as HP told me they send the final invoice after any credits to Microsoft.

Now if they will invalidate the bing.com cashback who knows, but I'd imagine at the very least you would get less money back.

bing.com cashback is too massive to muck around with IMO.

 

what's the difference? lol at least with having the files on hand you dont need to worry about slow streaming issues

 

I've been following this thread for the past week or so and I finally decided to register since I've just purchased my Envy 14! Thank goodness this thread alerted be about the BCB.

I got the i5-450, 4 GIG (1dimm), 160 GIG SSD, and everything else stock.

I also got an extra AC adapter, the sleeve, and the 3 year accident protection plan (for college haha)
Total Cost- $2115.57
Cost after BCB- $1522.41

=D

 

I called HP and received a $150 credit on my envy 14. I took it because I ordered with an employee discount. For me it was about a $50 discount to send my already shipped laptop back and reorder with the 30% Bing cashback. It wasn't worth waiting another month to get my laptop and then wait another month to get the 30% back. Although, if I would have received 30% from the start I would have loaded it up with extras. I hit up sales through online chat. They told me to call 1-888-227-8451.

 

The potential problem is that UPS holds it only up to 5 days and estimated build date is July 22nd. I'm actually strangely enough hoping they take don't ship it out until early August.

 

Soooo...has anyone already gotten e-mail confirmation from Bing? I know I'm paranoid and all, but I'm definitely starting the 48-hour ticker right now!

 

yup, it was fairly quick too.

 

go to bing.com and click the "sign in" link at the upper right.

You will need to create a Microsoft 'live' account if you don't have one (free and easy). Otherwise log in with your live account.

Once account is created, go back to bing.com in the same browser window, it should show your name "Hi, Mark" or whatever in the upper right. Search the bing search bar for "hp laptops".

This will bring up a search results page. At the top you'll see advertisements, one will say hpshopping.com with the bing chasback logo. Click the bing cashback link there.

This will bring up a window where you will log in with your live id that you just created or logged in with at bing. Go through the ordering process at HP. Nothing will show up at HP. Once you place your order you will receive a confirmation email shortly after placing your order.

Go to bing.com/cashback and log in there with your live id you used to place the order. Click on "cashback account" on top of page (a little to right) and it should show you your pending amount of cash back.

Good luck!

 

Reordered my Envy 14 with 6gb RAM this time and still $120 less with the 30% <333333333333333333333333 BCB

 

Yes, before my HP confirmation too.

 

Nope, not showing up under my account either. Then again my order is still being verified by HP.

 

Will HP match bing CB?

 

Canceled my order from last night and reordered to get the 30%. Forgot to order the warranty with it though, doh. Do you think it would update the BCB if I called in and had it added to the order?

 

Im getting ready to place my order..

One thing I want to ask before I order, is the warranty or "care pack" worth it? anyone getting it? I'm thinking of getting the 2 year accidental damage one. Pretty much get it for free with the bing cashback.

 

im on line with them right now, they are saying BCB is a microsoft thing and they cant / wont price match it or compensate me

 

if only you could get more than $200 cash back with this 30% BCB

 

They will NOT match the 30% but you can easily get 10% from them and as everyone else has mentioned, 10% from Student or EPP and 10% price match = 20% overall discount. It's not 30% but it's good enough if you ask me.

 

So I'm still new to this whole BCB thing and I was wondering if anyone has tried getting the BCB discount on a HP academic account. I will not be taking the 10% student discount. Will I get the cash back this way? Also, can I use CC to order? And when do you guys think the BCB 30% discount will be over? Sorry for all the questions, just trying to straighten some things out.

 

Free based on perspective. That would mean you are pretty much paying much closer to full price for everything else.

 

they're refusing to give me even 10% "it's already shipped, you're SOL"

 

they did that for me too because I already got 100 bucks for trying to cancel it when I first ordered it.

 

Hah...finally got my delay notice.

Ordered the 29th, original ship date was the 9th.
Revised ship date is the 23rd.

Seriously HP? 2 weeks? Boo.

 

Well, you'll have to explain it to them carefully. Let them know you can get it cheaper if you return/rebuy using BCB now. Give them the price difference quote. If they say no, say fine, time to return, then rebuy it.

 

Send it back and order another one with the 30%

 

I am and plan on reviewing it.

Should arrive on Friday just like many others.

 

im canadian, i can`t get the cashback, I`d be happy with 5% off my order

 

Well, I just called back seeing if I could get more than $90 and the supervisor offered me $200 back

$1100 total - $200 back from HP - $52 back from discover = 848 total. I cant wait for the laptop to come.

 

Never mind. Got the confirmation from my @live.com e-mail.

 

No official numbers, I am just satisfied as the laptop has always been there for me when I needed it. I tried to run a battery test but the software has always crapped out on me.
So, just my subjective impression that it fully fits my needs and I didnt have had to worry about battery life yet..

 

Let us know what you find ASAP. I'm ready to pull the trigger with the 256gb SSD, but if the x18m 160gb is much faster with random times, I'll just go with that.

 

can you describe what you told themÉ i guess i have to call now too

 

Did you at least get the 10% student discount?

If not, call them up and say that you didn't know at the time that there existed a student discount and if you don't get the discount you are going to return the laptop. Remember to be mean

Just tell them that you go to some Canadian university

 

I think you can get more than that....As many people have posted CB in greater amounts.

 

how did you get it if your in Canada? please explain

 

keep repeating yourself lol...they will get annoyed, and eventually give in. they cannot hang up sooo yeah, keep on nagging xD

 

sorry for repeat

 

If you don't need the space, chances are the 160GB will be better overall. Unless it's a Corsair C300, but I doubt it because they're also more expensive. But either way can't beat a decently performing 256GB SSD for ~$370.

 

I think the general consensus is that they void your BCB if they see a student discount.

 

The $200 max per transaction is an eBay thing only. You can get >$200 from other merchants. My $345 BCB pending email came within 2 minutes of submitting my order.

 

Actually, I think they give you a percentage discount based on the cost of your order. Though I could be wrong, maybe you just have to bug them enough to get through to the supervisor.

 

What is the status of your order when you login to HP?

 

This has been addressed and basically this is the lounge, so anything goes if it's related to the Envy 14.

 

called hp (HP resolution center which is strictly supervisors so they are credible) about how the discount they give out will affect bing cashback, and she assured me that the $139 that i have got credited back will not affect or void bing cashback so i don't have to worry. So if i do loose my cashback i have some grounds to argue with hp about it. still a little worried but feel much more confident.

• Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-450M Dual Core processor (2.40GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)with Turbo Boost up to 2.66 GHz
• 4GB DDR3 System Memory (1 Dimm)
• 160GB (Solid State Drive Flash Module

Grand total $1,690.42 - $461 Cashback - $139 Credited back = $1090 not bad for it coming with a SSD

 

I just called them asking if there was any other way they could credit me back more because if I cancelled and reordered, I could save over $100 more.

 

I asked a CSR and she told me the 30% BCB will end on Wednesday. I'm not sure how she knows that or if it's even remotely true but just thought I'd give you guys the heads up.

 

SHAATT! They're not using UPS! They're using Fedex!

I might have to pay someone at my current address to ship it over! NOT slick at all!!!


Time to cancel...

 

look when you call you need numbers on hand, when i called i said i can save $367 with bing on my order so can you give me that or should i just cancel my order, after a little bit of quoting that $367 i got transferred to a supervisor which is the only person you are getting more than $100 from and she said that they can only give a total max of $200 so i just declined and went with the bing cashback.

 

Yeah, they did for me. I used BCB on the original order so the just checked that.

 

Indeed. I just did this and it worked with no problem.