T61p Buyers Post your Shipping Dates Here

I concur with you

 

Just because you pay more doesn't mean that you should get it first. You're comparing oranges to clementines.

 

hmmm...I was hoping it was like the XPS line with Dells...

 

The WUXGA, 570m, and WUSB is all backordered. WUXGA and 570m is t61p only, so thats why it is taking so damn long to build and ship them.



I'm in the same boat as you are bear. I want my t61p NOW.

 

I wanted mine to ship yesterday, but I get a free six cell battery if it doesn't ship tomorrow so I'm cool with it either way.

 

what?!

you ordered a t61p, it went late a day, and they're sending you a free battery?

i want a free battery.

 

man, i'm thinking about cancelling and just buying some t60p off ebay. i paid a pretty penny for this, and i'm beginning to think it might not be worth this much time, money, and effort... especially since there seems to be serious confusion over there where my stuff should be shipped. i don't want to have to call lenovo again

 

Call em up Kebs, just call em and complain, they will do it. I talked to some chick.

 

I'm thinking about editing my order, from T7500 to T7700.

Worth it? I'm going to be doing a lot of 3D rendering and I'm wondering if that extra bit will be noticably faster so I can get more sleep than I did last year.

 

you'll lose more sleep not GETTING your laptop EVER.

hahahah! =)

 

Actually, I'm not really stressing the delayed ship date. My little tugboat Toshiba has been getting me by thus far. :]

 

Benchmarks show a bigger increase from t7300 to t7500; I doubt that the t7700 is worth it.

 

UPDATE!!!!
Order Date- 7/11 12pm PST
T61p fully decked out except for RAM

New Shipping Update RAAAAAAAAR!
1 6459CT CONFIGURED SYSTEM
08/30/07 $2,260.75

1 40Y8519 LENOVO USB WEBCAM - WEB CAMERA
07/31/07 $63.96

1 40Y6789 LENOVO THINKPAD ADVANCED ULTRABAY BATTERY - NOTEBOOK BATTERY - LI-ION - 2700 MAH
08/01/07 $85.68

 

After you posted that you order 7/11 and now got 8/30, I had to check my 7/18 order. On the order status mine hasn't changed, it's still 8/20 (also fully config'd except for ram and 2.0ghz not top cpu).

I'll check in throughout the day, maybe they're updaitng ESDs by order date. I was really hoping 8/20 was worst case scenario, not best case.

 

sorry, duplicate post

 

Holy COW! You need to call them up and complain dude. Make sure they give you a free battery or something.

 

Something is wrong with this picture. I took it today. Can anyone find it?

 

$1543 + $92.58 - $325 = $1635.58 ... wat the....

 

Well that, and look at the estimated shipping date....

For what it's worth, Lenovo Rep has just confirmed that mine is shipping today and said that I should be receiving a tracking number this afternoon. Do I believe him? Hell no, but that's what he said.

 

This proves tat lenovo website is screwed up!

 

I didn't need that to prove that their site was screwed up.

 

This thread should be renamed: "Longest running joke"
Only saving grace is that I used the 'pay it later' method so at least they aren't tying up my $

I was ready to give up and order the Dell 1330, but I see it's an even longer running joke.

I suppose Sony will be up with the next joke on their SZ6 series.


I'm about to start lugging my desktop around, sure wish my 4150 hadn't crapped the bed.

 

I swear, the training at lenovo goes something like this:

When you get a call, no matter if the truth is a good thing, LIE to the customer. No matter what, LIE LIE LIE!

 

At least they're consistent.

 

when you call, ask for their name and say you will be recording the call for customer service quality assurance heh

 

Haha, I am on hold right now, and I will be asking for a supervisor as soon as someone picks up the phone.

 

And you don't there was training module for supervisors that also covered:

Nah, supervisors are definitely better. No one even had a direct line to the warehouse (email only) until I got a hold of one in my two lenovo battles.

 

What do you mean by backordered?

 

Can you tell me how to receive a free 6 cell in case mine does not ship in time also? Like what did you say to the support person? That will be very kind of them. Thnx

 

Just call em up and tell them that since your's didn't ship that you want some kind of gift for your trouble.

 

They had more orders than they had parts.

 

lol Are you serious? Would that actually work? Sounds kind of absurd...

 

Oh no....I think I'm going to hide in a corner and sob...

 

bump.

calling lenovo right now. +1month= insane.

 

I was requoted +6 days. I dont know if I should complain or not.

 

I talked to a supervisor and he told that my laptop would ship this Saturday for sure. Ugh, That means I will get it this Tuesday? Ugh.....

 

Jeremy, does your order status still show In Process?

 

Do you think most people with T61p orders are having these kinds of crazy delay problems? Every time i check this thread i get more stressed. =|

 

My T61p was suppose to ship today 7/30. It was ordered 7/11

Now the ESD is 8/30.

Currently on hold to see what the deal is. I might cancel

 

Wow... thats just rude.



I ordered mine on 7/16 and my ESD is still 8/16. It better ship while im still in the US!

 

Best one I've encountered... I get some bologna about why my esd is 8/20 and basically realized that the guy was just making stuff up. So i ask for a supervisor. He says "there is no one here" then he says "its impossible because we are located in India" then I ask his name: Christopher Rosario (sounds Indian to me) and his employee id number is Y02 which seems awfly short to me. So Im at the point where Im gonna prolly cancel my order or something. Too bad ever since lenovo took over IBM the service has sucked. Used to be every call was answered in Atlanta or Raleigh. Man I hate outsourcing.

 

What time did you call? Remember Lenovo's Support Department in North Carolina is 9am - 6pm EST. (If memory serves) If you called anytime after that (which you probably called the general inquiries line) you're going to get oursourced assistance. And just so you know, alot of companies allow outsourced support techs to choose ... more 'American' names so you feel more comfortable talking to them. But that's neither here nor there...

If you want a fast food laptop, there's always the local Best-Buy. Otherwise, just get in line like the rest of us.

 

There isnt a number for the NC office, is there?

 

Thats weird that you guys are getting changes in the ESD... I still see this:

 

From the Investor Fact Sheet:

Key Location Addresses:

Research Triangle Park
1009 Think Place, Morrisville, North Carolina 27560, USA.
Phone: 866-45-THINK (866- 458-4465)
Sales: 866-42THINK (866-428-4465)

Beijing
6 Chuang Ye Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China. Post code: 100085 Phone: 86-10-5886-8888

Singapore
151 Lorong Chuan, #02-01, New Tech Park, Singapore 556741 Phone: 65-6827-1000

I've dialed the 42THINK number after business hours and you just get a recording which is their NC Sales line. The General Inquiries line 45THINK is their outsourced help #.

 

Yep, It's still in process.

 

do you still have the lack of parts detail like I do in the picture above?

 

What lack of parts detail? I have never seen that, I don't see it on yours either. Am I blind? or did you block it out?

 

When I ordered, that paged listed line item by line item exactly what parts I ordered with the computer... such as processor, ram, HDD, etc... a week ago it went away...

The problem is described here:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=145806

 

Oh, yeah, I thought you meant that it said somewhere that lenovo had a lack of parts. Yeah mine only says configured system. Anyway, I'm afraid I'm not gonna get what I ordered. As long as it has UWB.