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    selling my t61p, safe to give out serial number?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by alphakenny1, May 25, 2009.

  1. alphakenny1

    alphakenny1 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm not sure if it's safe or not. I remember one time I requested the serial number from a seller and he said he wouldn't give it out for safety reasons. But i thought the serial number would hold the parts of the machine and the warranty information. I have a potential buyer on my t61p and he requested the serial number, is it safe?

    Also what is the MTM? Thank you in advance.
     
    alphakenny1, May 25, 2009
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  2. globalkiwi

    globalkiwi Notebook Enthusiast

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    Depends why the prospective buyer wants it - usually it's to determine the manufacture date of the machine. If you give them the majority of the number but "x" out the last two or three digits, then they can date the machine but can't register for warranty or customer service or whatever.

    Why are you selling? Isn't this the machine you've been tweaking?!
     
    globalkiwi, May 25, 2009
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  3. zephir

    zephir Notebook Deity

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    Rather than me going through a lengthy explanation, read this:
    http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=76088

    MTM is the 7-digit model number of your machine
     
    zephir, May 25, 2009
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  4. Tseng

    Tseng Notebook Consultant

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    When I bought my used T61p, I also request the seller to provide the S/N. The reason being I need to check the warranty status and original configuation. So I think you would better provide this info. to seal the deal.
     
    Tseng, May 26, 2009
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  5. erik

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    giving out a serial number to a prospective buyer is safe.   both the service and warranty entitlement departments run through a set of checks to help mitigate falsified service claims or warranty changes.

    if you're ever uncomfortable giving your MTM/SN info out then you can take screenshots of both the parts lookup and warranty lookup page results and edit out your MT and SN info.

    MT = machine type
    MTM = machine type / model
    SN = serial number
    MTM/SN = all of the above ;)
     
    erik, May 26, 2009
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