Lenovo 25% off sale

Is the current 25% off sale plus the USPSRINGSAVINGS 10% coupon a good deal? Or does Lenovo offer even better sales/coupons?

 

If you know anyone who qualifies for the EPP program (employee discount), such as an IBM employee, that will always be the best deal. They don't have to be a family member, they get something like 25 referrals per year that they can give out.

There's a link for Visa cardholders that isn't bad either... you get 25% off plus a Visa discount plus another coupon discount.

http://shoplenovo.i2.com/SEUILibrary/controller/Lenovo:EnterStdAffinity?affinity=visacardholders&ConfigContext=StdAffinityPortal

When you get to the checkout screen where you can enter a coupon, type in USXTRIPLESAVINGS to save even more.

MB

 

Unfortunately I don't know anyone in the EPP program and I don't have a visa card at the moment. But thank you for the tips.

 

If you find a Visa card to use, here is an example:

$1700 T61p, minus Lenovo discount, minus Visa discount, minus USXTRIPLESAVINGS = $1066 T61p.

 

ThinkPad prices are historically very low right now. Back in the day it was not uncommon to pay $3k or more for a specific machine type with very few options to customize. When I got my R60 about a year and a half ago, I paid $850 which at the time was a very good price. The equivalent machine now probably goes for $650 with coupons. IBM always said they weren't making any money which is why they sold the PC division. Now Lenovo comes along and has been slashing prices. Makes you wonder how they're making any money.

 

I think Lenovo has greater economies of scale so they can afford to have lower prices. My best guess is that they're using the volume approach rather than the high profit per machine approach. Microsoft successfully used this w/ the XBOX360 so it seems like a valid way to do things.

 

Hope Lenovo doesn't have the equivalent of the "red circle of death" problem that a lot of the 360s have.

 

It's sort of a crapshoot with the sales. Occasionally they will have a sale that is somewhat better than usual. I myself was thinking they might offer a better sale since the end of the financial quarter (2Q) is coming up on March 31, but we shall see.

 

Anyone know if 25% off is the best discount Lenovo offers (without considering visa perks, coupons, cpp, epp, etc.)?

 

That is a good deal.

CPP has the best pricing that I have seen.

However you have to qualify to purchase from the CPP WEB site.

 

Are Thinkpad prices low only in some places? I know US and Canada prices seem a lot lower than Japan.

I configured a machine for $1,500 and then the same machine on the Japanese site and it came out to over 400,000 yen which comes out to around $4,000 USD.

 

I'm likely going to be in the market for a T61P within the next few months. I'm trying to wait until the last minute to maximize bang for buck as well as wait til they sort out the bsod 2 dimm problem.
I read that the current 25% thing ends april 7 or so.
Are we not likely to see prices this low again for some time or am I safe waiting a few months?

 

I guess you haven't noticed but PRICES ON ALL TECHNOLOGY IS GOING DOWN.

 

Thanks for the insight.

 

LOL I am on my 4th 360 its a pain in the neck but I still love it!

 

the CPP codes discount differ from passcode to passcode ?

also for those who doesn't live in the states how to pay via visa on lenovo's website ?

 

you can't. you need a credit card whose owner's adress has to be stated in the US

 

If you go here I got a sweet discount on a T61p I just recently ordered, about 15% plus this 25% sale as opposed to the 10% coupon on notebookreview and the 25% sale.