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

ha, interesting I was considering the same thing and both times I considered too long before BCB disappeared

 

Yeah, I liked my Eee too. I was just put off by the 1024x600 resolution. Not that I'd game much on it, but there were a couple games that required minimum 768 vertical height to work, Sins of a Solar Empire one of them.

Yeah, I didn't have the money for the Envy 14, let alone anything else when 30% BCB hit. I was waiting for my check to be deposited on Wednesday, when BCB hit Monday and Tuesday, so thankfully my mom loaned me the rest of the money I needed to buy the laptop.

Right now with current instant discount, the DM1Z costs $361 with tax and free shipping with 30% BCB. The Mini 311 or 210 won't cost much less than that with 30% BCB and current discounts, so the DM1Z would be the better buy IMHO.

 

Well they're building my exchange system now... with an EBD of August 9th but if I try to order one off theyre website now, I could get one with a EBD of August 2nd
Worse than that, I checked last night when I called them, and If I ordered from their website last night, the build date would have been July 28th. hp.

If you you're going to pay over $350, check out a microcenter if you have one near you. I picked up a DM3 for $330 openbox refurb from HP. It looked pristine and like it was never touched before. Theyre $400 for the non open box refurbs.

 

I think the DM3 would be too big as an "netbook" type PC. Plus I want to at least get the dual core CPU. Not sure if those refurbs or open box ones are single core. But I'll have to check it out.

 

Its actually pretty small and light for a 13 inch PC. The one I got came with a L335 Dual Core Proc. Just a suggestion

 

I believe this is an Envy 14 thread.

 

Okey dokes. Turtle is on vacation. I've hired Frog to help me reach my goal.

 

Who hired you as the fun governor? There's a new sheriff in town and its name is 2.0...

 

let's hope that HP is lowering it down to 3% to hint that a good BCB is coming up

ahem, if the magic conchballthing is right, 30% ftw?

i'd love to have that 40% or 50% though. i'd add a couple more upgrades =]

 

Who wouldn't add more upgrades with 40-50%?

 

Yes, exactly. I already pretty much upgraded, i5-520m, 256GB SSD, rest stock. I might choose 6GB, but the savings would be so substantial. But maybe a 40% or 50% for one last BCB hoorah! We can only hope!

But you'll have to be fast on the trigger, probably. And HP better get my money returned from my original pretty quick because I'll be spending my property tax money then if I order again, due September 1!!! D'oh!

 

my frugal sister who almost didn't let me get a 160gb ssd (with bcb of course...not paying out of pocket! pshaw!).

her reasoning:

why not just pay 900 total with base config instead of 1200 with ssd?!?! u could save more money!!

me: cause it's a STEAL!!! cheap ssd+30% off + i want it + first time ssd+ STFU it's MY money and MY first laptop DDD

 

Lol! Yep, if it weren't for the bcb I might not have gotten the SSD.

 

yeah if there's no bcb or somehow i miss it *knocks on wood* i'll probably settle with the base config or 450m...(i'm getting lojack no matter what too).

 

I decided on the SSD the day before. The BCB convinced me to get the 8GB and slice.

 

Me too, except for the 8gb.

 

Bah, I couldn't afford it with SSD (well I need 256GB) if it weren't for the BCB. I went a little over what I intended to pay, but couldn't resist. If it happens to pop to 40%+, I'm definitely getting 6GB and probably add lo-jack. Slice sounded nice at first, but part of the reason I'm going for this laptop is the weight, and adding the slice just makes it about as heavy as my current laptop, well still 1lbs less, which is just too heavy to pick up and go like I want.

 

hey sorry if i sound dumb but i just found out about this bcb. And i was wondering if you can get the bcb and the academic discount too? or any other discounts with it

 

No, you can't combine BCB with any coupon code, discounts (including employee/student discounts), or any other cash back sites.

 

ok well thank you for letting me know that but jw do you have any idea if the bcb will go back up to 30% like people said it was before. cause right now it is only 3%

 

Nobody knows, it's up to Bing whether or not they will.

 

Up to HP really, Bing is just the farmed out marketing department so to speak...

But nobody knows, that's the whole issue.

 

just got my email from the ebay lady and my laptop will be in my hands TUESDAY!

excited!

 

To those who have order in the past couple days, what is your estimated build date?

 

i belive its around 9 days after you order. there are no more delays as far as ive seen.

 

Ordered: 7/12
Estimated Shipping Date: 7/22

 

HP Direct is no longer a sponsored link on Bing. You have to go in through the Cashback Stores, which is currently at 2%. Maybe thats it for BCB and HP.

I've watched this Envy on these forums for months, waited for BCB but I have been in Australia (normally I'm in the US) since the 10th and missed the cash back as it was in the middle of the night and only for a few hours.

I won't be buying one unless they give a big discount (coupon or BCB) because I will always feel like I got insanely ripped off.

 

I was tempted to get an SSD too, but I felt I'd be better off waiting for 256gb and larger SSDs to drop in price. I'd still like to keep my music and some movies on my notebook if possible.

 

Looks like it's true, might be the end is near...

 

Well that's unfortunate. It was great while it lasted though and there's still a few more days.

 

Yep, still 9 more days of opportunity, and maybe they were taken down so they could update them for a larger discount promotion.

 

shhh, i'm just trying to lower my expectations now in case they don't

I won't stop watching though, and I hope you are right!

edit: it is back as a sponsored link and 3%; god I must have clicked on that site 1000 times in the last week...

 

i'm hoping and convincing myself that they lowered their usual 5% to 3% to hint at their incoming 30%+ bcb......

and i don't rly keep many movies/songs/etc in my computer. i'm too lazy to torrent/buy/fileshare/etc to get music. i just use slacker haha, or watch a movie in the theatre. sooo...160gb is MORE than enough for my steam games. besides, i'm gonna have an external nonetheless.

 

1,000 times isn't enough.

 

It's now the 21st. Damn. Now there's a possibility of a delay. Time to start keeping my landline phone and HP CSR number close by.

 

Mines is supposed to ship out on the 22nd.

I wonder how long it will take for my laptop to get from China to Southern California. Anybody know how long it took the june29 buyers to arrive after shipping?

 

We have the same shipping date and location.

 

I should have mine on the 30th!

 

My shipdate is the 21st (TODAY!!) too.
Order status as if 1:16am Cali time, stll says in production.. I'll let you know if it ships today.. Which I reeeeaaalllyyy hope for.. Or they'll be gettin a call from me right after you

 

My ship date's the 22nd. I was hoping it'd ship out earlier.

 

That makes 3 of us. Yippee.

 

Awesome. xD
*Still hoping for no delays.*

 

That makes four of us! I hope they've got their first batch issues sorted out.

 

Bing cashback is now @ 3%. They probably won't be bringing the 30% back. 8 business days to go though. We'll see.

 

If it doesn't come back, looks like I'm buying my warranty from Square Trade.

 

When I look on bing I only show it as 2%, any idea why I would only see 2 while everyone else sees 3??
Not really worried about the 1% dif, but I'd hate for it to go 30% and I still only see 2%.

 

And now five.

 

what do you wanna bet that all the 22nd envys were completed last week and they have just been sitting there waiting to be sorted and shipped..


Haha, 22nd envy's...Maybe this infantry of envy's won't suffer from the QC problems the previous batch did.

 

if all goes accordingly it looks like a ton of laptops will ship out tomorrow. i wonder how much the packages will move over the weekend

 

take a look at my envy tracking which shipped on the 19th

Jul 21, 2010 4:32 PM--In transit--SHANGHAI CN
Jul 21, 2010 2:23 PM--In transit--SHANGHAI CN
Jul 21, 2010 11:30 AM--In transit--SHANGHAI CN
Jul 20, 2010 9:00 PM--At local FedEx facility--SHANGHAI CN
Jul 19, 2010 7:44 PM--Picked up--SHANGHAI CN--Package received
Jul 19, 2010 5:54 AM--Shipment information sent to FedEx

it looks like its getting a tour of Shanghai before getting on the plane. im sending this one back anyway.

but i hope this doesnt happen to our envys that ship on the 22nd