why is customized zt3000 cheaper?

i was just wondering..

why is cuztomized zt3000 cheaper than ready-to-ship zt3000 series?

i tried to customize zt3000 just like ready-to-ship zt3000 series.

However, customized ones are cheaper.. a few hungred bux cheaper..

(before rebate or any discount)

would any1 please tell me why? -.-

does ready-to-ship ones have something more/different than customized ones?

 

Do not try to apply logic to the actions of marketing weasles. Madness lies that way.

You'll have to wait about 2 weeks for your CTO model. That's the only downside, and it's worth it both for the cheaper price and to select better options than the ready-to-ship models provide.

 

you could probably ask HP and they wouldn't be able to tell you why, it would make sense that customizing costs more, but the marketing and finance department obviously aren't cooperating with each other at HP so just do what it takes to get the cheaper price.

 

CTO (Customized) Notebook Process:
1. Customer orders notebook with requested config
2. HP builds notebook
3. HP ships config'd notebook to customer
4. You get notebook

Ready-to-Ship Process:
1. Notebook manufactured with preset config
2. HP ships product to HP Logistics around the world for storage
3. Customer orders "ready-to-ship" notebook
4. Order goes to Logistics to pick and ship to customer
5. Customer gets unit

Because there's more people involved in storing the read-to-ship notebooks, there's added costs, like shipping. Another issue to drive costs up, would be if a company were to order the Ready-to-Ship units, but wanted more ram. The units would then have to be opened, ram added, units tested, repacked and then shipped to the customer. Also, if they don't sell off the units before they become obsolete, they gotta dump them at a loss. So, the more hands that touch the completed product, the more the unit will cost. That's why HP is rumored to be switching to the CTO method for their notebooks in Canada. Definitely a welcomed change. We only have access to ready-to-ship models, and badly configured models at that. ZX5000 w/P4 3.xGhz CPU and a 64MB ATI 9200 GPU. How sad. [V]

-Vb-

 

It might only take a week to get a custom machine.

I ordered my ZT3000 on the July 28th and received it on Aug 5th.
The estimated ship date was Aug 11th.

Very satisfied with that quick of turn around. Great machine. I'm still tooling around on it and will write a review soon.

 

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