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    Ordered a T420 -- Did I get a decent price?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by koreo, Jul 13, 2011.

  1. koreo

    koreo Notebook Consultant

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    1 4177CT CONFIGURED SYSTEM
    08/05/11 $990.54 $990.54
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    45K5972 3YR Depot Warranty

    Total (Tax+Shipping+Recycle) - $1,077.56

    *Note- The 4GB memory was part of a webspecial
     
    koreo, Jul 13, 2011
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    anarti Notebook Geek

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    around £300-£400 more for this config in UK......
     
    anarti, Jul 13, 2011
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  3. kirayamato26

    kirayamato26 Notebook Deity

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    I think that order should be closer to $900 ~ 950, unless I'm missing something big like a dGPU.
     
    kirayamato26, Jul 13, 2011
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    frisbeefreek Notebook Enthusiast

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    frisbeefreek, Jul 13, 2011
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    Oh, whoops, didn't read the tax part. If tax is included, that price is decent.
     
    kirayamato26, Jul 13, 2011
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    EZjijy Notebook Geek

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    How much did that 3 year warranty cost?
    I got mine for 910 (with tax) with the exact setup expect with a 500gig hdd (free upgrade at the time) and the Intel 6205 and base warranty.

    I also got lucky and the price dropped 21 days after my purchase, so I got a 70 dollar refund thanks to their 21-day price protection.
     
    EZjijy, Jul 13, 2011
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  7. koreo

    koreo Notebook Consultant

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    Hi EZ, the 3 year depot warranty was around $84.00


    The 4gb ram was not able to be changed since it was part of a web-special. At the time, the difference in pricing between a regular T420 and the web-special T420 was about $100 (web-special was $100 more, but came with more features, some of which I removed to get a cheaper price like bluetooth and fingerprint reader).
     
    koreo, Jul 13, 2011
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  8. trudat15

    trudat15 Notebook Guru

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    I'm wondering how you got it for so cheap? I tried configuring something similar through the Slickdeals link above, and it's way higher than yours. Also even the three year warranty is showing up as 128 under that link, so if you got it for 84, I'm guessing youre on a better EPP site or have a better discount? Am I missing something?
     
    trudat15, Jul 13, 2011
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  9. koreo

    koreo Notebook Consultant

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    Ah my bad I forgot to mention I am using the student pricing from Lenovo.
     
    koreo, Jul 13, 2011
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  10. frisbeefreek

    frisbeefreek Notebook Enthusiast

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    I followed the directions on Slickdeals (went through the mastercard site).
     
    frisbeefreek, Jul 13, 2011
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    Got it. I must have been high or very distracted. See the numbers now.
     
    trudat15, Jul 13, 2011
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