Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
What you have to understand is how a credit card charge works. It's a three step process and is NOT realtime, though with your new abilities to see your account in realtime you may see the steps, you may even see ghost steps. Biggest problem is that you may see them, but not the type of step. So you won't know it's an auth, you just see the amount. This leads to a lot of confusion.
Step 1 is the Authorization. What this means is that they are given permission to charge the card. The Auth lasts a maximum of 30 days, in some cases less (varies from bank to bank.) You are NOT charged (ie clock on interest does not begin yet.) There is a hold placed on those funds so they will be available when the merchant wishes to take the next step.
Step 2 is the capture. This is where the merchant tells their processor to go ahead and charge the card. You are NOT charged (ie clock on interest does not begin yet.) V/MC rules state that the merchant may NOT capture until they are within 24 hours of shipping the item.
Step 3 is the settlement. In this step the processor (gateway) does the actual charge. There must be a valid authorization and a capture for this to occur. It normally occurs between 6 and 8 pm (end of business.) This is the step when your card is charged.
There is yet another post process step after this where the merchant account gets the money from the purchasers bank. This step can also go wrong, though it's rare. Usually a case where the purchaser's bank does not follow the guidelines and voids the auth, though it should be good.
To add insult to injury there can be ghosts, double and triple auths which users can see realtime on their account, but which normally sort themselves out in a few days.
I'm not even touching on international rules which are a whole different quagmire.
What's all this mean? Lenovo should not be 'charging' you until they ship. They should only take an authorization which you will not see on your statement, nor will it start the clock on interest (normally you have 30 days to pay and not get interest fees.)
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ok i just ordered today (july 26) and estimated ship date is August 28
I'm leaving for school August 27th! Is there any chance that it will ship before then? If not, can I change the shipping location?
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I live in California, LA. I'm going to the east coast.
Shipping is vital!
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Haha, the funny thing is, I knew what this said right away when i read it.
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Sometimes it's just better to let it out, man
I actually called Lenovo today, and the guy I talked to said I would most likely have mine shipped before the ESD of August 17 (after reviewing my configuration). Now, he may or may not be right, and I hope this doesn't generate false hope, but just letting you guys know what I've been told.
You can check my config on page 11, about halfway down, if you wanna compare your setup to mine. -
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My T61p has just arrived
Ordered: July 11
Estimated: 3~4 weeks
Shipped: July 26
Arrived at door: July 27 -
And mine isn't going to come until the 15th of august. I'm jealous.
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[Edit: I will continue to grow this list a bit more instead of opening a new reply]
Ok... I couldn't really resist openning the package...when it was sitting right next to me
Here's my first impression (before I power it on):
1) Huge - compared to a 14.1" TP
2) Heavy - compared to a 14.1" TP
3) Surprise! Fingerprint scanner is included!
4) Damn! Not a NMB keyboard! Yes, it feels differently...
5) What? Two rubber legs (near the front of the unit)! Ugly! [Edit: guess I overlooked the fact that the T42 also has two rubber legs there for years... never noticed them]
6) Ugly Intel and Windows Vista stickers.
7) The T42 next to me is sexier!
8) Take your hands and fingers off my toy! (said that to someone standing next to me)
9) The off-center screen bothers me first. Once I start watching the actions on the screen, I no longer notice the screen is off-centered.
10) Touchpad area is smaller. The touchpad buttons are... less appealing.
11) Minor light leaking from bottom of the screen (when the screen is completely black).
12) Audio/Mic on the left hand side. Good.
13) Screen is bright and good, so far. Text/font readability of the high-res screen to me is acceptable.
14) Noise seems to be about the same as the T42 (both are set to run at Maximum performance on AC). In my office, they are both very quiet.
15) Much cooler than the T42.
Yes, still got the same IBM Thinkpad logo... but for some reason... it doesn't feel like the IBM Thinkpad's I'm so used to. To be fair, I have only used 14.1" TP's. This is the first 15.4" widescreen TP I have.
Spent over 1 hour by now trying to connect the TP to my home wireless G network. No luck and no idea what is the issue. Can connect to neighbor's open/insecure network though. Thus, it may be a "compatibility" issue between the new TP and the old SMC G router I have.
Despite the WiFi problem I am having, all I can say now (after running 3dMark05) is
WOW...WOW...WOW...!!!
Heavy, big, ugly.... so! This is THE notebook I have always wanted! -
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That's not going to do anything, at most it will slow stuff down. The people at the call center located here in the US have no control over the build center that's in china. The last thing lenovo needs is us calling and annoying them.
Let's just wait it out, besides lenovo is to busy taking orders from new suckers....
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T61p Buyers Post your Shipping Dates Here
Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Jeremy092288, Jul 12, 2007.
