ThinkPad X220 Info/Ordering/Shipping Thread

Placed an order via UNC's website. Should be fun having a portable TP to go along with the veteran that's still doing the work.

 

Mine's been sitting in Louisville, KY for over a day...

 

Mine arrived Louisville on 24th and this morning (25th), UPS updated the status as:
exceptions: This shipment is warehoused until it is released by Clearing Agency

Some googling tells that the custom is requesting invoice info from UPS (and finally Lenovo). People said it would take a week for the custom inspection. And, calling any one of them would hardly help.

 

you might want to check status again...if it is in the same batch as mine I have some bad news...

Louisville, KY, United States 05/25/2011 10:34 A.M. This shipment is warehoused until it is released by Clearing Agency.

Louisville, KY, United States 05/24/2011 1:19 A.M. Arrival Scan

 

Shake hands, here I am. Same batch.

Louisville, KY, United States 05/25/2011 10:34 A.M. This shipment is warehoused until it is released by Clearing Agency.
Louisville, KY, United States 05/24/2011 1:19 A.M. Arrival Scan

 

Yep, I'm in the same boat. Brilliant.
Ugh- googling the phrase, this seems to be standard procedure for Lenovo. People have reported waiting 10 days for it to clear customs in KY.
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/General-Discussion/Shipment-stuck-in-customs/td-p/181978/page/3

 

and plus me...

 

Not to make you guys jealous... but mine didn't seem to get stuck into the custom loop. My past 2 laptops were stuck in same status like yours and it took 3-4 days to get cleared.

Roswell, GA, United States 05/25/2011 6:57 A.M. Out For Delivery
05/25/2011 4:44 A.M. Arrival Scan
Atlanta, GA, United States 05/25/2011 3:55 A.M. Departure Scan
Knoxville, TN, United States 05/24/2011 9:12 P.M. Departure Scan
05/24/2011 6:52 P.M. Arrival Scan
Louisville, KY, United States 05/24/2011 1:48 P.M. Departure Scan
05/24/2011 11:12 A.M. Import Scan
Louisville, KY, United States 05/22/2011 6:50 A.M. Arrival Scan
Anchorage, AK, United States 05/21/2011 8:32 P.M. Departure Scan
05/21/2011 6:26 P.M. Arrival Scan

 

Holy crap I had 6/11 estimated ship date, ordered 5/19, but it says it shipped TODAY (5/25)! Real excited

 

Looks like our customs delay got sorted out already! w00t!

Louisville, KY, United States 05/25/2011 3:09 P.M. This shipment is warehoused until it is released by Clearing Agency. / Released by Clearing Agency. Now in-transit for delivery.

05/25/2011 2:39 P.M. Import Scan
05/25/2011 10:34 A.M. This shipment is warehoused until it is released by Clearing Agency.
Louisville, KY, United States 05/24/2011 1:19 A.M. Arrival Scan

 

Ordered on 5/19 - x220 tablet
Estimated ship date - 6/24

 

Same here. Good news.

 

Likewise. Excellent. Good chance I'll receive it before the weekend

 

Dang you, I ordered 5/13 and have an estimated ship date 6/7 and mine still hasn't shipped. Ugh.

 

mine too!!!

 

Since I am still waiting on my x220 which was ordered April 17th, I just went through the order process again to see if the price changed. I sent myself a quote, and found I can save over $245 bucks if I just reorder! I guess I will cancel the original and just order this, as it indicates it will SHIP IN 10 DAYS, and I have been WAITING SINCE APRIL 17TH!


Processor Intel Core i5-2540M Processor (2.6GHz, 3MB L3, 1333MHz FSB)

Operating system Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64


Operating system language Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 English


Display type 12.5" Premium HD (1366x768) LED Backlit Display, Mobile Broadband Ready, 3x3 Antenna

Total memory 4 GB DDR3 - 1333MHz (1 DIMM)

Keyboard Keyboard US English

Fingerprint Reader Fingerprint Reader

Camera No Camera

Hard drive 320 GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm

Micro Hard Drive No Micro Solid State Drive

Battery ThinkPad Battery 29+ (6 cell)

Power cord Country Pack North America with Line cord & 65W AC adapter

Integrated WiFi wireless LAN adapters ThinkPad b/g/n

Integrated mobile broadband Integrated Mobile Broadband - Upgradable

Language Pack Language Pack US English


40Y9213 + 1YR ThinkPad Protection $59.00
$44.25
$59.00
$44.25


Shipping & Handling: $0.00
Tax: $91.06

[LOGICBUY10]: -$112.40
Total: $1,147.78

 

Sounds like an IPS shortage or some sort of delay related to the IPS screen? I got the regular TN screen since a pretty 22" LED monitor is coming in the mail. The only other differences between yours and mine are the HDD? (base is 250GB right?), Intel 6205, Win7 Pro and i5-2520 versus 2410, all of which aren't things I'd expect to have stock issues with.

I considered the IPS screen, but decided against it since well, 50 dollars is a lot of extra money for a screen upgrade. I've seen IPS screens and they look fantastic, but I don't know that I'd like paying extra for it.

 

Do you have any idea how hard it is to come by a copy of W7 Pro? Thats exactly where all the shortages and supply issues stem from..

 

I think you may be the one person who didn't.

 

After reading some of this thread I thought I had a serious wait on my hands, but I ordered on Sunday and got a tracking number today. Now I just need to find an 80gb intel 310 from somewhere and my glossy screened mac's days are numbered.


- Intel Core i5-2520M Processor (2.5GHz, 3MB L3, 1333MHz FSB)
- Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 English
- 12.5" Premium HD (1366x768) LED Backlit Display, Mobile Broadband Ready, 2x2 Antenna
- 4 GB DDR3 - 1333MHz (1 DIMM)
- Keyboard UK English
- Fingerprint Reader
- 720p HD Camera
- 320 GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
- No Micro Solid State Drive
- ThinkPad Battery 29+ (6 cell)
- Country Pack United Kingdom with Line cord & 65W AC adapter
- Bluetooth 3.0
- Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 (2x2 AGN)
- Integrated Wireless Wide Area Network upgradable
- Language Pack UK English

 

Everything that a computer does is outputted on a display. The display is really the most important way we interact with a computer. I believe the best investment (or upgrade) one can make when purchasing a computer is choosing the best screen available.

 

i didnt either. well it woulda cost me 150 bucks here in canada.

 

Bummer, but it's still a very good machine with or without the IPS.

 

Mine should be delivered today and I should be playing around with it by tomorrow.

 

Well just got shipment confirmation!

Ordered 5/13, shipped 5/26. Definitely not as fast as I would have liked but oh well. Now I get to wait for slow UPS ground.

 

Really? Win7pro is standard on the X220 and they have volume licenses, I'd think they would be well prepared for it.

@the other people, sure the display is important, but TN panel works just as well. I'll have this connected to an external monitor most of the time and will use the notebook screen as a secondary screen. As ZaZ said, either way it's a great machine, IPS or not. It's scheduled to arrive on Wednesday, I'm very pleased with this! 2 weeks wait isn't bad at all. Looks like even if they have some delays I'll be getting it in time for leaving for the summer.

 

Ordered the 16th and it just arrived.

 

Are there usually Memorial Day sales for Thinkpads? Currently, I only see sales for Ideapad laptops.

 

-ordered 4296-2ZU on 4/15 (i7+GG)

Then all gorilla glass preorder models cancelled, CTO got the option later but so far estimated ship dates look awful. Pricing is also a lot higher.

-ordered 4296-2WU on 4/26 (i5+MT)

-Still no real ETA: "maybe 5/31-6/8"


CC/PV/etc supposedly had my model last night but it was "an error" when I called this morning...

They all sold out of the 4296-37U that came in fairly quick (i7+MT+dock)

Judging by various forums my situation is not unusual, I think most got theirs by ordering extra early (somehow).

If this takes too much longer I might go heavyweight workstation instead and get a dell M4600/6600 with rgb ips.

Seconded, $50 ips upgrade on the regular model is the kind of deal you only pass if you don't know about it

 

The current sale ends today so I'd expect to see something tomorrow. In fact, I waited a week to place my order because the current sale (RAM+HDD) is weaksauce.

 

Ordered early hours Monday 23rd. Got my shipping confirmation yesterday afternoon (26th). Spec's in my sig.

 

Holy crap tracking says it's in Alaska...oh the anticipation.
Glad I didn't get that IPS screen, sounds like I'll be able to show off the X220's awesomeness to some friends before I leave lol.

 

Okay so the Memorial Day "sale" is up and, no joke, it's more expensive than last week. I have an estimate that I saved:

Today it's looking like this:

The base price went up and the coupon is NOT giving the claimed 15% off. I'm confused and annoyed. Their big Memorial Day sale is a bust, it's actually more expensive than their lame sale last week because they raised the base price. :-/ I'm going to be combing the deal sites looking for good coupons tomorrow for sure...

I'll have to sleep on this and work on it more. Some quick things I noticed tho:

- 4gb of RAM is still $0
- 320GB HDD is now the default and there's no 250GB option anymore.

 

no 250 anymore? is this a freaking joke? If my 250 saved me any money, I'm glad...if it didn't that kinda pisses me off, although I don't really care about storage as I will use my current computer's WD blue 500gb for external if the need arises.

 

Maybe there's a shortage.

 

So nobody else ran into this? I'm beyond disappointed still. I wonder if they'll give me last weeks price since I have the quote saved...

 

Try calling a rep and get them to cut you a deal.

 

My price is coming up about $25 cheaper today than earlier this week. I am configuring with the 128ssd which is cheaper now than it was. Nothing close to the sale I was hoping for though, and not enough to make me buy just yet.

 

Anyone have any tips on working the reps? The one I was talking to wouldn't give me yesterday's price and wouldn't throw in anything to help cancel out the price difference. Basically, according to her, I'm SOL.

I know people have said trying other reps. Anyone have any helpful tips on what to say or ask for? I was being my most polite and charming, but that alone didn't seem to do it.

If they continue to stonewall me, I'm just going to have to wait. The price on these has been steadily rising over the last 3 weeks. I can't imagine it'll get much higher before it drops again. And who knows, maybe a better laptop will come out while I'm waiting (X220s with 1600x900 screen, anyone?).

 

got mine today. ordered on 5/16 when it was on slickdeals, took 10 days and finally arrived on 5/26. shipped on 5/21, then the thing spent about 4 days in lousville, ky, before clearing customs. machine looks nice. haven't turn it on yet. compared to my dead t61p, keyboard feels less bouncy/springy (something that I liked about the t61p keyboard), but I am pretty sure I'll get used to the new keyboard in no time. overall, the build quality looks awesome. now i just need to decide whether to keep my m17x or this

 

I chatted with a rep a few weeks back who said that you only have to pay what the quote says no matter what until the quote expires.

 

Update: I boned myself. I "Saved Cart" (and emailed the cart to myself) instead of doing a quote thing. Because of that, they won't honor the price. Makes me sick to my stomach.

 

It's okay that happened to me too, but a better deal came a few days later lol.

I am pretty sick of this system where you need to dig through coupons and whatever crap to get a good deal, it's like they don't want sales or something...even with the crappier 10% only discounts their prices would be much much more attractive than say, Toshiba or Sony or whatever. Maybe they should stop with this ridiculous on and off 20-25% discount, massive price fluctuation, and whatever, and just give people a consistent price instead of trying to give some people a good price and then using them as marketing to rip others off.

All that said, if the laptop is really great I can almost forgive them for their ridiculous webstore. It's in KY right now, I hope it gets here soon

 

Hi,

I ordered the X220T (4296-2WU) from CostCentral on 4/25. I've called several times over the past several weeks and the dates keep getting pushed out - 5/6, 5/10, 5/17, 5/20, 5/25, 5/26. They don't seem to have a clue as to what Lenovo has for manufacturing or ship date.

Has anyone else ordered from CostCentral about the same time as my order and received any information to delivery? Also, does anyone know if the laptops are drop-shipped from Lenovo or if CostCentral receives the laptop and then ships it out to the customers. (If the latter, I may consider expedited shipping.)

Thanks!

 

I ordered the tablet with ssd mt i7 etc... The ship day has been like a rollercoaster on my end. Gone from 6/8 - 5/25 - 6/16 - 5/25 - 6/16 - 6/1 and finally 6/9! I called 3 times this week and their updated shipping changed all 3 times! Grr... Although the last person I spoke with guarenteed it'll be shipped out before 6/9 as of today. It sounds like they may be having supply issues due to the tsunami or are just overwhelmed with orders due to the heavy discounts and wholesale orders like p-advantage and c-central. I still have some hope it'll get to me next week but who knows at this point! I'll have my ram next week along with the slice, bt mouse, sleeve for about a month just sitting on my desk patiently waiting for this unit!

 

Hey everyone, I ordered my Thinkpad x220 last week and it was shipped yesterday (currently in Kentucky) with ETA of Wednesday.

When I first ordered it, I checked my bank account online, and the funds were 'pending'. I just checked again and the money seems to have been given back to me. There is no sign of a transaction with lenovo.

Anyone know when creditcards are usually charged? Maybe once it has shipped or not? Very confused.

 

Verified on order and charged on shipping.

 

Well, about a week ago my laptop was sent to the Lenovo outlet in Whitsett, NC because of an "incomplete address". My credit card has been charged by Amazon and I have not been contacted by Lenovo to say that my order was cancelled.

Massive run around...

 

I am having the same problem with Provantage at the moment. I originally had an order with CC but they want a scan of my drivers license, hell no to that.

Whats worse it occasionally it pops up as "IN STOCK" on their website. Its happened 3 times so far, but I never notice in time during phone line hours since I'm at work. When I get a chance to call the next morning they are of course "out of stock" again.

Like right now, they supposedly have TWENTY NINE of them, and it dropped a few dollars. CC supposedly has 10 of them.

I placed yet another order just incase there is some stupid screwup with my order, if I end up getting two I'll just refuse the second. (I'll be damned if I pay any restock) I will also definitely only be paying the lowest current price, and not what it was in mid-april.

I ordered from PV on 4/15 (4296-2ZU) with an order change on 4/26 due to that model being discontinued so I really should be top of the queue for shipping. If some random shopper buys today and gets one of those in stock and I don't, thats an utter failure in customer service.

 

I ordered on 5/16 as well but it has yet to ship. The extra battery I added shipped already though. I did max out the configuration as it was the B&N 30% off Doorbuster deal so that may be the holdup.