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    Ordered August 8th, shipping October 3rd!!!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Supercujo, Aug 25, 2008.

  1. Supercujo

    Supercujo Notebook Consultant

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    I ordered a Thinkpad SL500 on August 8th and my ship date was suppose to be August 22nd but I check today and now it says OCTOBER 3rd!!! Thats a 2 month wait and I didn't even order the 9-cell battery, that is just outrageous. 1 month didn't bother me since my college doesn't start until the beginning of October but now I am getting pretty annoyed.

    I was looking forward to getting my first notebook and having it be a Thinkpad but now it looks like I'm going to have to start shopping again, 2 months is just flat out too long. Lenovo has to be seriously losing money from all these delays and people canceling in one of the top selling periods for notebooks/laptops
     
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    You might wanna call mang.
     
    janko10, Aug 25, 2008
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    trucks Notebook Geek

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    I ordered a T500 on the 20th and I just got confirmation it shipped from China on the 21st.
     
    trucks, Aug 25, 2008
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  4. Supercujo

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    There seams to be some that are going smoothly and others that just keep getting pushed back. I got mine with a big discount, if I could get it for the same price I would try to order another one and see if that one goes through.
     
    Supercujo, Aug 25, 2008
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    waht, I ordered on the 21st, scheduled 25th. Called em today to see if it was shipped and they said credit still authorizing?? havnt built that **** thing yet.... ***??
     
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    are these prebuilt configs u guys are talking about shipping a few days after ordering?
     
    sfrohman90, Aug 25, 2008
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    They must be. Customizable items have a (reasonable) 1-2 week waiting time.

    At any rate, you may want to continue this discussion in the dedicated thread.
     
    claudione314, Aug 25, 2008
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    trucks Notebook Geek

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    I customized a T500 through Visaperks and they said it's shipped from China after 1-2 days. That being said he said it takes 5 days to get from China to Canada and another 4-5 to clear customs and get delivered.
     
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    whats the specs u ordered? I also ordered through visaperks on the 21st with a coupon, called em today n it was still credit authorizing stage =\
     
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    Huh? Mine took 24 hours from Shanghai to Anchorage and another 2 days to my "doorstep" in Iowa, U.S. All of this with standard UPS Ground shipping.

    Perhaps it's the Visaperks thing that slows it down?
     
    claudione314, Aug 25, 2008
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