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

Yep, I agreed to the survey. It's just asking how well they helped you. Either that, or she forgot to give me the survey. I was too busy flirting with the lady on the phone.

Tip: Kindness on the phone goes a long way. Complaining about getting your money back is what they hear all day. Make the ladies laugh and you'll be more likely to get what you want. Worked for me.

 

OK, my work here is done. I'm gone for the day.

(Crossing fingers that there will be someone to ban tomorrow.)

Oh, yeah, I'll totally digging that idea of paying me to post. I'll bring that up with management. I mean, at least we'd send you a T-shirt that says, "Got post?" With "NBR" on the back.

Tres chic, no?

Anyway... Bonne nuit, beunos noche, 100101001 10010001, 100010, good night.

 

Hey found a $10 coupon that works with student discount. SVC55871. found it here:
Best Deal: $400 off HP Coupons, HP Coupon Code and HP Coupon

 

guys when u first bought a laptop for university, was it really hard? why is it so hard

Man how hard is it find a perfect laptop with lots of power, portability, versatility and all that. Doesn't even one company make laptops like this? Also why is HP customer service so bad........ ...

arg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I ordered the 520m and the 500GB HDD on the 27th, order was supposed to ship the 7th, got delayed until today (the 12th), and was indeed shipped this morning, although it missed the pickup cutoff in shanghai and is currently awaiting customs clearance, so ETA is the 16th.

 

A lot of that's "what she said" there

 

:laugh: :lol: yup THATS WHAT SHE SAID

 

update for question 2: i got an email for my shipping delay just now.. wont ship till the 23rd now, awesome!!

anyone have any incite for question1? and also i saw on the 1st page about $90 bback for the microsoft 7? anyone want to explain that a little?

 

For those who got tracking number within the last 24h, what does your current shipping status say?? Mine still says "Picked up" in Shanghai. =[

 

well yeah.

it's 9 am in shanghai.

the laptop's not going anywhere til 4 am EST

 

Daddy's gone... let's Party!

 

YEA!
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Hopefully this is an okay thread to post about a bing.com and $200 success story, as I can't risk getting divided by zero by 2.0!

So I got $499 pending with bing.com and HP just gave me $200 and told me it was a special one time gesture. I now have two Envy 14's coming my way and will most likely be selling the second one at cost. (minus the $200 I got) Bing I feel is a risk in even going through after the $200 credit, so if I can sell at cost at least my risk will be negligible.

 

May I ask how you persuaded them to give you that $200?

 

I think hp or bing ended the 30% off party. Does not show up anymore. Probably saw the flood of "give me some money back" and so had it axed.

 

Im still furious that I have been pushed back two weeks!!!!!!

Due to product constraints we will be unable to ship your order on the original estimated ship date. The revised estimated ship date for your order is 7/23/2010 or no later than business days from the original estimated ship date. If you prefer not to wait you may cancel your order by either replying to this e-mail message with your order number or calling our toll-free customer service number at 866-288-1610 between 7:00 A.M. - 2:00 A.M. (ET) Monday through Friday or on Saturday between 10:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. (ET). If you choose to cancel your order, your refund will be released by HP within 24-48 business hours of cancellation confirmation. The posting of your refund to your credit card, e-finance, or PayPal account is subject to your bank’s processing time which usually takes 3-5 business days.

If we do not hear from you before we ship your order, we will assume you have agreed to this shipment delay and still want your custom PC order. As soon as your custom PC is ready for shipment, it will be assigned a tracking number with our carrier and you will receive a Shipment Notification e-mail from us. You can then check your tracking number online to obtain the estimated delivery date.

We apologize for any inconvenience this delay may have caused and thank you for your patience.

Sincerely,
Customer Service


they dont even list how many business days!!!!

 

HP definitely isnt alone in the terrible customer service category. hp envy 14 will be my first laptop for university and it was indeed a rigorous task researching to find the perfect blend of power and portability but I think I made the right decision with the envy 14

 

Got a notice that mine is being shipped. No later than the 15th 4:30pm. Called hp and ed that it was more than 2 day shipping and delay. Guy(i think it was a guy lol) was really nice and gave me $110 back on my credit card. That plus the 25 gift card puts the total to $135. I also plan on ing about battery life once I recieve the laptop. Hoping there's no shipping delay since I'm flying back to India on the 18th.

=Jason-

 

Some guys on here have gotten their Bing confirmation minutes after ordering. Is anyone else on here still waiting on the confirmation? I ordered around 5 hours ago and haven't gotten it. My Bing cashback page shows nothing pending.

Took plenty of screen shots just in case, but hope this doesn't turn into a big hassle.

 

Nope, I got my about 5 minutes after.

 

Got mine within minutes. Even came before the HP confirmation.

 

Nah. Wait at least 48 hours from when you ordered, then send Bing's CSR department an e-mail. They'll reply within a few hours, so be ready to submit a copy/paste or a screenshot when requested. You'll get your money.

 

I started to cry like a baby and I think she felt embarrassed for me, so caved and coughed up the $200.

I just said that I felt it was too expensive for me, but I'd keep it for $200 and at the same time save HP money from having to pay for return shipping etc.

So $1764-$700= $1064 shipped for a Envy 14 with i5-450m, 160GB SSD and 8GB RAM. Not bad at all.

Maybe I should try and call to get a student discount credited as well? lol

 

what u going to use envy for? what type of task u doing?

 

haha yep, me too. ordered the 29th right? jerks... haha

 

yep, ordered on the 29th, and people who orderdd july 1st on here said theres shipped on schedule on the 12th!!! Im going to call and complain, they are going to get an earful too!!!

 

mine's "in transit" in shangai, not just picked up

 

go get em, man.

 

Did you order with bill me later? Mine isn't showing up either.

 

Figures the one day i do not check the thread BING offer 30% off... now when i try to go to BING i just see 5%... am i doing something wrong or did they pull the 30%?

Also can anyone tell me if ATI HD 5650M 1Gig ram is a better card then ATI Radion 2900 with 512 ram?

 

I ordered with bill me later and bing confirmation within 10 minutes

 

They pulled the 30% 5 hours after it happened

 

Those "$200 credits", what is it exactly?
Is it real money they send u to bank account? or store credit u can use later at HP?

 

Thanks man.

No, I used paypal. Same email address for bing, hp, and paypal. Called HP who said to wait at least 24 hours and then call back if it still hasn't shown up.

 

wow, 5 hours? Thank the lord for this thread (er, the non-quasi official one) and for never ever closing it for the past few weeks! I'm so faithful to this thread, haha

 

200 credit is basically they credit back 200 dollars to your credit card, so you save 200 bucks. Another question for the peeps who got 200 bucks discount. WHEN YOU ORDERED, did you get Norton Antivirus for 15 months for 1 dollar? Cause I only got 175 cash back but I got that for 1 dollar. So maybe that was the difference as now Norton is 30 bucks

 

It's $200 that gets refunded to the form of payment used. In my case my credit card.

 

No one would be able to pay me to take that POS software, so no I didn't have it on my order. I doubt there is a correlation between the two however.

 

OK guys, first, there is no limit to bing cashback. my screen save states the following: "Buy PCs, Monitors, Printers, & More Direct from HP & Get 30% Cashback." There is no mention of $745 or $330.

I saved (confirmed by email) ....
You earned $685.50 from your HP Home & Home Office Store purchase on 7/12/2010:

Details cashback
HP Home & Home Office Store
Unit price: $15.99 (trip lite surge protector)
Quantity: 1 $4.80
HP Home & Home Office Store
Unit price: $399.99 (warranty, which I will probably return if the one I bought from Costco for $99 (2 years + lo jack of accidental damage) works.
Quantity: 1 $120.00
HP Home & Home Office Store
Unit price: $104.99 (640 gb 2.5 external hard drive)
Quantity: 1 $31.50
HP Home & Home Office Store
Unit price: $1763.99 (My laptop with i5-520, 4 GB 1 stick, 160 SSD, extra 8 cell, and HDMI to VGA adaptor for $1234.79)
Quantity: 1 $529.20

Now I will try to pry even more out of this corporation. Maybe I will try to use my student discount post facto. I see some others got an additional $200 back. Hmmmmm.....

And for those who will try to chastise me for trying to squeeze ever buck out of this corporation, bugger off! First, they are still making a porfit, and second, they delayed my first order by 14 days while lying to me all weekend that it already shipped. They also have no problem sending jobs to the Philippines to save money, so why should I not try to do the same. If you don't you are a chump, in my opinion. In reality, Ethics are relative. It is easy to say you have never stolen anything when you are filthy rich, but it is much harder for the starving bum. Read philosophy for 2 years (I did for 5 and got a BA in it) and you will see the light.

 

esumsea, do your orders have EPP_ in front of them? (Check in order status at the website)

I didn't log into my student account but mine has EPP_ label. Bing might think I got student discount, but I didn't. It might be the case for you too.

 

Esumsea are you still seeing the discount or did you place your order hours ago?

 

Lucky enough to place it hours ago.

 

It should not, because I never logged in and it never gave me a discount. I did not even use my account. I bought without logging in. My order number starts with an H. It is still being verified.

But now I am worried.

 

Check! Since you did not log in, you are probably safe. I logged in because I did not want to write my billing address. I am so worried now...
I took screen shots that prove I paid full price. I'm hoping it's enough if they accuse me.

 

Holy Moly....bit defensive huh?

But ya, there nothing wrong with trying to get the lowest price......

 

Called HP.

Instead of trying to compensate me for the TWO WEEK DELAY, she said that that blank spot in the email where it suld say (in so many days it will ship) means it could be delayed even further!! they didnt put anything there to make sure they didnt screw themselves (thats what she said)

So i just spent $1100 on a laptop I need in Aug, and it wont even ship till the end of july or later?!?!?
I want to cancel just because I am so mad at HP!!!! Idk, this is the laptop I want :/
Idk what to do

 

why do you guys think they only had it up for such a short period of time? why do you think they put it up at all? (BCB 30% that is)

 

Shoot. I was at work and couldnt get the Envy ordered at 30%. Now its gone. Whats the next best deal? Amazon is next up but I have no idea when that will ship.

 

Some think that only a certain amount of times it can be used or a certain dollar cap is reached, before they close down the increased percentage off.

 

Man, I hear about 30% cashback outside of home and once I get home to order, it's back at 5%. EXTREMELY disappointed.