Student Discount link

I figure I'd giv this a shot...anyone have the link to Lenovos Student Discount site? They are closed right now, so calling does no good...

thanks!

 

Should be accessible right from lenovo.com

Click on Government & Education under "Solutions For:" then click on "Higher Education Products & Information" and then under "Personal Purchases" select your program

 

Better solution is Lenovo's CPP (Contractor Purchase Program) link.

EDIT: Sent you a PM. Worth reading.

 

In most cases this is true, but not all. Sometimes a school sets up specific configurations with extended warranty support.

For example, my grad school offers a T400 config for $1264 including 4 year onsite warranty & Thinkpad Protection (accident coverage); I just set up the identical T400 config on CPP and the total is $1647 with the matching warranty, $1192.55 with the base 1yr send-to-the-depot warranty. So effectively you get the 4yr accident onsite warranty upgrade for $70.

With that said, this sort of special bundle isn't through the lenovo.com site like I'd described above; frankly I'd forgotten about these bundles when I wrote my previous answer. For my school there's a school-specific code you have to enter at https://www.directlenovo.com/customer/login.cfm? that you get via the campus bookstore.

 

While I admit that I didn't purchase a large warranty (I plan to upgrade the warranty down the road before it expires), my T400 cost me $880 (not including tax) with most of the toys using CPP and a 5% coupon code Lenovo listed. I couldn't beat that no matter what options/coupons I tried.

It saved me enough money to easily add additional RAM and a large hard drive after the fact.

 

How do the CPP and Student discounts compare to the EPP discount?

 

My understanding is that EPP trumps all. However, you need to know a Lenovo employee.

CPP is the next best one I know. Student probably after that, and Visa Discount program is either similar to, or slightly weaker, than student. Note though, what Lew mentioned. Some universities have a special arrangement through their school bookstore. These probably allow for less customization, but do allow good discounts on a number of pre-configured models.

I bought my T61 through the Visa program a year and a half ago, but at a time when coupons were stackable on top of Visa. I was able to use the program, plus a 15% coupon, plus another 5% coupon. I haven't seen the Visa program work with coupons recently.

 

Exactly. And in the version I can see it's for a pretty heavily spec'd machine that might well be more than someone truly needs. The T400 I references was P8700, Vista Business (32 or 64), WXGA LED/Camera, Hybrid graphics, 4GB ram (2dimm), fingerprint reader, 160GB/7200rpm or 250GB/5400rpm drive ($0 difference between), DVD recordable, bluetooth, 7-1 card reader, Intel 5100, 9 cell battery.

Outside of such very specific deals, CPP is generally the best path for anyone who doesn't know an IBM employee.