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

When i tried to get my price match towards BCB, she told me the same thing, that i should just return it. And i agreed, and she wished me a happy life too xD. But she asked me if there was anything else she could do...and thats when i asked if there was anything she could do, and that i am a student, and i need money for books. and she did what she did and got me $115 back. =D

 

11:47 AM- ANCHORAGE, AK

Mine didnt not visit Kimmy Jung Il...just straight from Shanghai to the good ole US of A

BTW, now that Im (read: my laptop) is in Alaska, its only 1pm there. So it could get out on another shipment to the mainland to Memphis by today. Wishful thinking...

 

Don't get fooled by the HP representatives. Of course they don't want ot give you the money. Of course they're not gonna tell you they will offer you a discount. You have to push for it yourself.

The first technician I talked to told me he couldn't price match the computer to the BCB. I asked for his supervisor and got my refund.

By the way my computer is at the sorting facility in Anchorage. Anyone ?

 

Woo! Mine was supposed to ship tomorrow, but it's in Anchorage, Alaska right now!

It went from Shanghai to Incheon, KR to Anchorage. It's hopefully not a long wait until it gets down here to California.

 

I know fedex doesn't show mine going through Korea before arriving to Anchorage. But simpletracking.com says it did.

 

Mine passed International Shipping Clearance as of three hours ago! Woooooo

Can it make it from Memphis to a suburb of KC in a little over a day??

 

My computer must be with yours because i have the exact same tracking info
7/14/2010 11:47:00 AM ANCHORAGE, AK, US Arrived at Sort Facility
7/14/2010 9:12:00 PM INCHEON, KR Left FedEx Ramp
7/14/2010 7:00:00 PM INCHEON, KR Arrived at FedEx Ramp
7/14/2010 4:19:00 PM SHANGHAI, CN Left FedEx Ramp
7/14/2010 11:26:00 AM SHANGHAI, CN Left FedEx Ramp
7/13/2010 8:56:00 PM SHANGHAI, CN Pickup status

but mine is supposed to arrive at my house in Minnesota on the 20th, so idk maybe mine will come early. Considering i ordered on the 29th and ship date was supposed to be the 9th they owe it to me for it to come early.

 

^Yup I'm in the same exact schedule
Just a short flight to california now?

 

Anyone?

 

I am in the same boat but mine shipped on Monday.

 

Mine started in Shanghai, and just got to Anchorage a few hours ago. Expected delivery is friday, and I am on the east coast in NC. It didnt go through Korea like some other peoples did

 

Yes yes yes! Order in production! That's one week for them to assemble the laptop! Hopefully that's more than enough!

 

Call and say you found out that battery life is overrated!

 

www.simpletracking.com is your friend sir. You can't get the Korea information on FedEx's website.

 

That's what I'm trying to do. I purchased the $200 slice battery and that junk should not be worth that much. Hope they find out that there is no difference between "standard vs. extended life" and refund me money for all this hassle.

 

Simple tracking shows more detail. Both of my orders, one to be delivered by the 16th and the one for the 20th arrived at the very same time in Anchorage - the 11:47 AM time that everyone elses would report.

Next step - International Shipping Release - hope HP has their paperwork in order. Here is a sample delivery. Similar dates, just June instead of July.

Jun 16, 2010 11:53 Delivered INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Jun 16, 2010 7:29 On FedEx vehicle for delivery INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Jun 16, 2010 6:31 At local FedEx facility INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Jun 16, 2010 4:01 Departed FedEx location INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Jun 16, 2010 1:58 At dest sort facility INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Jun 16, 2010 0:44 Arrived at FedEx location INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Jun 15, 2010 15:08 Departed FedEx location ANCHORAGE, AK
Jun 15, 2010 14:23 Int'l shipment release ANCHORAGE, AK
Jun 15, 2010 08:57 Arrived at FedEx location ANCHORAGE, AK
Jun 15, 2010 03:44 In transit SHANGHAI CN
Jun 15, 2010 02:58 In transit SHANGHAI CN
Jun 14, 2010 23:55 at local FedEx facility SHANGHAI CN
Jun 12, 2010 23:29 Picked up SHANGHAI CN Package received after FedEx cutoff
Jun 12, 2010 10:12 Shipment information sent to FedEx

 

In terms of shipping, where does it go after Alaska?

 

Ya know what? I'm not even sure, lol. I am far, far from a Buddhism expert. So, I'll have to ask my sister about that.

From the way she explained it to me, it seemed to be about the fact that the organization was set up for the sole purpose of creating wealth for a few, at the expense of the many. And for no other reason. (creation of jobs, and paying taxes being little more than a required, and not necessarily intended side effect, in order to get the profits, I guess)

And then there was something about the fact that they sell their wares for the maximum amount of money they can get (in other words, what the market will bear), as opposed to asking a fair price, or margin without regard for what they can actually get. (i guess for example, selling the PC for $800, because that represents a fair profit, as opposed to selling it for $1,000, just because you can get people to pay it).

 

I think Memphis, TN.

 

btw, when I called the resolution number wanting to change hard drive in my order (I ordered 160GB SSD) rep told me I couldn't change my configuration, but she'll give me $100 off so I could buy an external hard drive for myself.

 

Nope, I called 3 times, and all of the reps told me that it depends where you are located.

 

Yeah, and we definitely would have NEVER gotten these additional discounts out of Apple....believe me!

 

Hi all. Been scanning this forum for a couple days and figured it was time to sign up. I ordered my envy 14 on july 4th and got 10% after complaining about some misleading advertising, ended up getting the i5 520m, every thing else standard.

Anyways, current tracking says the laptop should be here friday, which seems pretty soon, seeing as originally it wasn't supposed to be built until tomorrow. Is this common, or is fed-ex toying with my heart?
Cheers!

 

if its standard it must have been no problem to set one up for you. fedex doesnt lie.

 

I've resolved my moral qualms. When I have time tomorrow, I'll see if I can shave a little off my price tag.


But guys, let's lose the moralistic approach. A billion dollar corporation like HP isn't run by complete idiots. People at the top by now know that their 21-day return policy can be exploited using the threat cancellation for money back. They'd have to have some pretty dumb managers to not see the number of people calling and getting money off their original price; it's all recorded on their machines. But they still maintain that policy knowing well they could follow in the footsteps of the likes of Dell and require a 15% restocking fee.

In this day and age of online retail sales, the old tradition of haggling for the best bang for buck possible bazaar-style still runs strong. There's really nothing morally wrong with getting money back through the cancellation threat because when you think about it, you're just doing your personal obligation as the customer to save money without breaking any laws. HP has obviously decided to maintain this policy at for 2010 and possibly beyond since they at least believe it helps them maintain their sales figures.


Plus let's not forget HP's own Envy manager quoted $999 as the starting price. In the very least, $100 off is just a way of compensating for what I deem to be deceptive advertising. I intend to get at least $100 because frankly I waited several months for this notebook thinking that $999 would be the base price.

 

They probably just shipped you one of the canceled orders after the BCB fiasco.

 

I agree with all that you have said. Also, they don't have to give everyone the discount, it's their choice.

 

Yet you try a moral justification argument.

First rule of morality? It's relative. - The following is addressed to all:

Whatever your religious, philosophical, or political worldview is, there will be others that disagree. Yet not a one can point to an absolute moral code.

That's what makes these arguments pointless.

The only things that matter is if it is against the law for which you could face prosecution or if it violates your own personal constitution for which you will suffer guilt.

With that said, there will be no further moral judgments tolerated in this thread. If you don't like what others are doing, simply don't do it. No need to comment, berate, insult, or whine.

Have a relatively good day.

 

For those of who got their Envys already, Im just curious how long did the shipping take?

 

Well, when I meant "moralistic," I simply meant taking a judgmental tone others. I'm always open to disagreement--I love debating for the sake of debating. But you have a point. It gets meaningless once it gets nasty

/rant

 

nobody stateside have yet receive theirs i think. they are all chillaxing at memphis or anchorage.

 

Actually, someone did get it. They talked about it in the official owner's lounge. Their s/n is Alaska something, but I don't think they live in AK.

 

It was alaskajoel I think, but he does not live in Alaska (I read on the other forum)
Also you have probably heard that someone from Germany got theirs, he posted a video on Youtube. . search HP envy 14 if you want to check it out.

 

Yay! Ordered my E14 on Monday thanks to Bing 30% cash back and it's finally in production.

 

My dv6tse went to Indianapolis after AK. It spent 4 days in Shanghai and then then took one day to go from Shanghai to my front door in NC.

 

Well I just called HP because I was worried about the $200 credit that hadn't been posted to my account yet. She had trouble finding my order but eventually got it, and said that it would be posted 3-5 business days after I GOT the laptop I think. And I never mentioned how much the credit was, she asked if I was talking about the $200 credit, so that means they have a record of it . Hooray for that.

 

Don't give us hope...Im taking the plane tomorrow afternoon. What if ???

 

Use simpletracking.com to see where your envy has really been. I bet it was chilling in Anchorage for a day or two...mine is hangout there atm....it wont leave. =[

 

I keep refreshing, just hoping that it leaves Alaska tonight.

 

the wait is pure torture.

 

I got orientation tomorrow and stay there overnight too =(( Hopefully my envy will be waiting for me at home Friday

 

<------------I wantz my ENVY!!

 

i second that.....Q_Q

It's soooo close! What do they do in customs anyways? I know they check for paperwork...are they afraid of bombs flowing into the states?

Gahh...I haven't been able to sleep these past nights, I have been waking up at 6am everyday and sleeping at 11 or 12 every night.

 

Forgive me if this is the wrong place to post this, but is everyone that is expecting their machines tomorrow seeing something other than me on their fedex tracking?


This is what mine is saying:

In transit

Clearance delay
ANCHORAGE, AK

Shipment Dates

Ship date

Jul 12, 2010

Estimated delivery

Jul 15, 2010 by 10:30 AM

Destination

AUSTIN, TX



I have seen some folks saying that they have already cleared customs, but I am not sure if this is the batch they were speaking of. Could Fedex be delayed on updating their site possibly? Alaska to Austin by tomorrow at 1030 am seems rough at this time. Thanks for any feedback.

 

Fedex works overnight as well.

 

how sure are you?

 

google it?

 

i only found that they deliver up til around 10pm sometimes.

 

Well, I ordered something on Amazon once. Granted, I had Prime but that only guarantees 2-day shipping. Anyway, I ordered late afternoon 3:30 pm, Amazon had the item shipped and processed by 9pm (cuz Amazon's the best), and I got it next morning at 10 am. It was from New York --> Chicago.


They deliver up to 10 pm, but the guys transporting the goods to the distro centers, flying the planes, etc, work overnight

 

simpletracking shows that it was in and out of Alaska in around 3.5 hours.