Just placed a order with 10% + %5 + 10% discount for a x220T

If you are not buying a tablet it will be 10% + 10% + 10%.


Here is how I did it:
1. Goto Visa.com find the Lenovo link under their shopping section and click on it. This gives you 10%.
2. Configure your system and use the coupon: USPTHINK48HR. This gives you 5% for tablet or 10% for others.
3. At the page where you pay for the system (where it ask you for your credit card number), donot pay and DONOT enter your credit card info, instead generate a quote using the link on the bottom. Call lenovo sales with the quote number and ask for a discount "Can you give me a discount on this?". This will give you another 10%.
4. Give credit card info and pay for it (I don't think it needs to be Visa at this point). But do it for extra 1 year warranty.

Here are my specs:
Processor Intel Core i5-2520M Processor (2.5GHz, 3MB L3)
Operating system Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64
Operating system language Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 English
Display type 12.5" Multitouch HD (1366x768) LED Backlit Display, Mobile Broadband Ready, 2x2 Antenna
System graphics Intel® HD Graphics 3000
Total memory 4 GB PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz SODIMM Memory (1 DIMM)
Keyboard Keyboard US English
Pointing device TrackPoint and TouchPad
Fingerprint reader Fingerprint Reader
Camera Camera, HD 720p
Hard drive 250 GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm
Battery ThinkPad Battery 52+ (6 cell)
Power cord Country Pack North America with Line cord & 65W AC adapter
Bluetooth Bluetooth 3.0
Integrated WiFi wireless LAN adapters ThinkPad b/g/n
Integrated mobile broadband Integrated Mobile Broadband - Upgradable
Language pack Language Pack US English

Subtotal: $2,204.00
Without Visa: $1,544.00
With Visa Sale price: $1,389.60
[USPTHINK48HR] -$69.48
Shipping and handling: $0.00
Estimated total: $1,320.12*
Total after rep discount: $1,188.11

Happy Shopping!

 

FYI it's 5% on non-tablet x220 as well Still, thanks for posting!

 

Its a good discount, but its pretty penny for an i5/768 res/Intel graphics.

But still, good discount!

 

CostCentral has a very similar config (320gig hdd 7200rpm) for $1274.53, best of all, no tax (unless you are in CA, and some other state).

 

I don't see any button that allows you to generate a quote.

 

You have to click checkout (lenovo checkout, not PP or Amazon), fill in fake details, and in the next page at the bottom of the page, click the I agree box and below that on the right side there is a generate quote button

 

At the screen where u are asked for your credit card number, scroll all the way down to the bottom.

 

Yea, I thought it was in the page right after you generated the quote. If I can get what you posted, I'll cancel my existing of 20% off and reorder.

 

Also your price has to be above a certain amount to get the reps 10% discount. Two different reps told me they can't give me that discount because my price was already so low (used another method, not Visa).

And remember, ask if they can also give you 2-3 day shipping for free. Worked for me

 

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This is my guess but I think I got the 10% from the rep because the visa qoute did not show the 10% off (already calculated into the base price) so the rep might think "oh, 10% not applied yet, I am authorize to give a default of 10%")...

Now that you mentioned about the free shipping upgrade, I should have asked if he can throw in a free year of accidental protection lol.

 

I already got the 10% from the reps on top of the Visa discount. What I didn't realize was to ask for the 5% USPTHINK48HR discount to be stacked on top of that. My X220 came to $923 after the discount so like you said, they may not be willing to give more.

dreamwonder, who was your rep? I sent you a pm but didn't hear back.

 

I called two different reps as well, but none was going to give me the discount. So as of today, I have two options
1. Go with Costcentral.
2. Custom order.

I live in CA, so I get taxed with either options. And both has free shipping

The difference is that Costcentral is about $50 more expensive.
But with Costcentral, I get the 3 year warranty instead of 1 from Lenovo.
With Costcentral, it comes with finger print reader and webcam. The custom build from Lenovo, I configured it without these two features since I don't use them.

Hmmm...so now I'm not sure what I want to do here. I was hoping for more savings but I guess I'm hoping for too much.

 

^^^ I suppose you'll get the X220 in a few days from CC. And the 3 year warranty is worthwhile. (Return/exchange might be simpler with CC. Just a thought.)

The fingerprint reader and webcam could be neat features to highlight when, some years down the road, you decide to sell the thing.

 

yup it seems better. I talked to a rep asking him to match the price to Cost Central's, but he said the best he could do was $1250 not including tax (came to $1325 with 6% state tax), and with only one year warranty. Didn't seem worth it to pay over $50 extra and losing 2 years of warranty.

 

You might want to verify the warranty length with Costcentral if you go that route. I asked a sales rep about the 3 year warranty on an e220s model because that didn't sound right and she confirmed that in fact it was a mistake and it was 1 year only. They quickly took down that listing to fix it.

 

I'm not sure if what the OP wrote is legit since he seems to be unwilling to share which rep who gave him that deal.

For those of you who haven't ordered, you can get 10% off the Student/Visa price (20% off main site) through the rep a couple of others and I have used. Don't ask for 20% off main site price, ask for 10% off Student/Visa/Employee price. If all else fails ask him for the deal he gave Jarrett and Somu/Vig.

Easiest way to get a hold him is through chat. His id is _



For multi-touch tablet buyers, 4296-2WU is an amazing deal that's probably impossible to beat through Lenovo considering the specs, warranty and no tax. Cost Central doesn't have anything to do with the warranty, all X220 and X220T pre-configs in tabook have a 3yr warranty.

 

COSTCENTRAL shopping requires DRIVER LICENSE and CREDIT CARD copy.
be aware!

 

Tried the above method from OP, got as far as the check out quote and noticed by chance, that the Operation System was SPANISH confused: ) not English. Thought I did something goofy, tried again with another quote making sure the OS on the sales site did not say SPANISH but once again it did at the check out area.

Of course the sales department is now closed so I could not speak to anyone regarding this, I think, Typo.

Now I have two quotes to cancel or ignore

 

That OS goofiness happened on the first day too. If you do Win Pro it says 'config invalid.' (can't generate a quote when it gives this error) If you use Win Home, you get Spanish.

Just go with the Spanish config to generate the quote and see if you find anyone that'll give you what the OP says. If they do, just order it when they've fixed that problem. Fyi, they're open till 9 est.

 

Just a quick question regarding a quote obtained. I have two quotes now with different configurations and no credit card information was given on the site. How can one cancel these two quotes if I don't want them ? No where to select cancel anywhere. Phone call on Monday or just ignore them ?

 

It's just a quote. Don't do anything and it'll expire after some time.

 

Thank you vinuneuro.

 

I did not ask for his name. I looked through the email confirmation but it was just generic info.

 

I should have mentioned that you don't have to enter your credit card info, sorry. I edited the original post to include this info. But i think as long as you did not submit payment and generate the qoute only, you should be ok.

 

I did not give my credit card number. I'm not that stupid/slow just yet. ( Might be a little off from time to time )

 

After ordering, both the emails I got confirming the order had my rep's info. One was directly from his email address containing all his contact info. The second was from [email protected] which has his name and email in it.

 

Strange, I checked one more time on all the emails, only thing I got was this:

Sales Representative: Lenovo Sales
Email Address: [email protected]
Phone Number: (866) 428-4465
Technical Support: (800) 426-7378

 

i bought it with price 1165 + tax

Qty Product Code Description Unit Cost Total
1 SYS.4294CT CONFIGURED SYSTEM $1,165.86 $1,165.86

only config
i5 2520m
fingerprint
720 camera

thank you vinuneuro

my sale rep is JERRY

 

not that big of a deal guys in 2 months you can get them for 30|% off
right now on the canadian site lenovo has this promo
*this is just an example how the like the t420s is already on sale

 

I just did an online chat on lenovo website with one of the rep
I gave him the quote which i already applied for the 10%off and 5%coupon.

I asked him to give me another 10% on top of the 10% i already got
but he asked me whether i have applied for the coupon yet? and said
only 1 coupon can be applied.. So he wont give me
Sad.
There is no option to choose specific rep to chat also.

 

When you get a rep, just ask to speak to another. "Can you please transfer me to ?" and they'll transfer you

 

oh thanks a lot