X200 - Have any shipped yet?

i went home in between classes today... I MISSED THE STUPID UPS TRUCK.. by 45 Minutes... so i requested for a pick up tomorrow.... which i'll do lol... oh well i can concentrate on my assignment tonight

 

Why I won't be buying from Lenovo Direct in the future! Although I've purchased a loptop from Lenovo Direct before (several years ago) my experience with an x200 order makes it clear to me that Lenovo is not only way below Dell in direct ordering but also totally screwed up! I'd read a number of msg. regarding delayed shipping and/or problems and delays getting thru customs so I was on guard when my scheduled ship date of 10/2 was approaching. Several days before the "estimated ship date" I asked my Lenovo sales contact to check on whether it would make it -- he came back with a vague statement about "running behind, probably slip several days" which bothered me but I continued to hope. Sure enough (like the experience of others on this forum) ON the date it was to have shipped, 10/2, around 4pm my time, a new "estimated ship date" appeared slipping the "estimated ship date" by more than 3 weeks. I decided that was too much, especially since there was no guarantee they'd make that date either. I notified my Lenovo sales guy to cancel the order - he responded that he would "send a cancellation request". Then I found an almost comparable package on TheNerds.net and ordered it, although it included an ultrabase so my price was ~$200 higher. That was last Friday. My new x200 arrived on Monday as expected and I'm enjoying it. On Monday, while learning my new x200 I was shocked to see my credit card had two mysterious charges from Lenovo -- one obviously for my ordered computer, but $17 more than price on my order and a second for $70+ with no explanation. I quickly checked the website where my Lenovo order is posted -- no change in price from what I'd ordered, but instead of the 10/20 "estimated ship date" it referred me to a tracking link -- in other words, they had shipped it -- checking the tracking I discovered it was already in Louisville, KY, awaiting customs, due to be delivered the following day (Tue) -- as with others' experience here, it flunked customs and went to Alaska, then back here (I'm in Pennsylvania) in time to arrive today (Wed)..... meanwhile when I challenged my Lenovo sales guy he excused the whole mess by saying that his request to cancel the order arrived in China after they shipped -- no kidding! He has yet to explain the price difference or the mysterious charge and when I looked at the packing list it says it was shipped on 9/30, BEFORE they changed the "estimated ship date" from 10/2 to 10/27. Obviously the right and left hand don't communicate! Long story but it has a point -- I don't trust Lenovo Direct period!!!

 

As a note to Bruce's experience. I ordered a Dell monitor a week before the x200. The monitor showed in stock, and ended up showing up 1 day before teh x200. Dell had ZERO info to give over the phone, they could only read the same status web page I could see. Once shipped they provided no tracking no. on the status page as they usually do.

So considering I had an order with each company. Had to call both to see what was going on etc. I'd still go Lenovo.

 

so you're complaining because it shipped early...?

 

Read what he said...poor communication. He ended up getting two (2) x200 because he ordered from thenerds. He was concerned about the wait time which is why he called to cancel. IF they could tell him properly he would have not ordered from the nerds...

This has happened on a few occasions it seems. Your credit card should protect you though if you are returning the lenovo purchase (and you should be able to correct the charge too).

Sorry to hear about that. I just waited it out though.

 

mine was ordered on 10/1 and was shipped today. i guess they got a new batch of 6-cell batteries.

 

Ordered mine on the 4th, estimated shipping date is the 20th. I really hope I'm one of the lucky ones that get theirs early.

Edit: Looks like they removed the x200 with the WWAN option. Hope that doesn't mean that the WWAN card is a major limiting factor, because I ordered an x200 with a WWAN card so that I would have GPS capabilities.

 

Ordered three X200's on 9/29 and they were all received today, 10/8.

Ordered an X200s yesterday 10/7 and it is expected to ship out on 10/21, but experience tells me it will go out on 10/15.

 

wow - ordered 9/29 and got a shipment notification today, was expected to ship 10/14, 6 days early

that just is exciting! will let you know the expected recieve date tomorrow! but my U330 was arrived in 2 days, so imagine friday

 

Shanghai,
Cn 10/09/2008 10:11 P.m. A Flight Delay Occurred Because Of Mechanical Reasons

Dang......

 

Mine got stuck in Alaska with "SHIPMENT IS HELD TO VERIFY COMMODITY DESCRIPTION WITH THE CUSTOMER FOR CORRECT CLASSIFICATION", but that resolved itself in about four hours, and it's now in Kentucky, to be delivered tomorrow

 

Mine was supposed to be shipped 12/23, date then changed to 1/06/09, but it shipped on 12/26, is out for delivery on 12/30. I'm at work waiting, yay.

I've already played with 3 new t400's we've ordered, but this x200 is for me to carry so I can troubleshoot issues at all times (yay). I can't wait to play with somethign so small and powerfull.

 

mine got delay : 12/30/2008 7:40 A.M. A FLIGHT DELAY OCCURRED BECAUSE OF MECHANICAL REASONS

Hope it will come in today(which is the delivery date).

 

Well -- I took the plunge and ordered the X200 Tablet.

Here's the configuration:

SYS.7448CT CONFIGURED SYSTEM
7448CTO THINKPAD X200T -
43Y5820 VBB GWINXP TABED2005,SP.BIDS
44C7048 SBB GWVISBUS+XPPCED05DGENG(US
43Y5212 SBB 12.1"WIDEVIEW SUPERBRIGHT
42X6308 VBB 3GBPC3-8500 1067MHZ2DIMM
44C5216 SBB KEYBOARD US ENGLISH
27R0300 VBB INTEGR. FINGERPRINT SENSOR
44C1917 VBB INTEGRATED CAMERA
43Y5244 SBB 320GB HDD,5400RPM
43Y3894 SBB THINKPAD X200 ULTRABASEVC
43Y5239 SBB DVD REC8XMAXDUALLAYER,SATA
44C5183 VBB 5-1MEDIACARDREADER+MODEM
62P6054 VBB INTEGR.BLUETOOTH PAN
42X6325 SBB INT.WIFI LINK5300
43Y5227 SBB INTGR.WWAN UPGRAD.
43Y5235 SBB TPADX200TAB4CELL LI-LONBAT
44C7286 SBB INTCORE2DUOSL9400 FRU LAB
41C9170 THKPLUS TP 3YR PICKUP DEPOT

I opted for the non-Multitouch screen, because I was concerned about undue fuzziness from the extra layer, plus I wasn't too keen about putting my greasy fingers all over the screen...

The processor is the SL9400 1.86GHz flavor. I went with the Vista Business / XP "downgrade" option. I got the Ultrabase with the DVD writer (was NOT willing to spring $500+ for Blu-ray). Oh, and I ordered an extra stylus...

Wish me luck!

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woot ! my x200 just got delivered.

 

What's the latest these days with Lenovo and X200s orders? I ordered last night, and the system shows shipping in 9 days. Is that still accurate? Are people getting their orders earlier or later than the estimates?