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    ibuypower.com

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by bramp, Jan 17, 2008.

  1. bramp

    bramp Notebook Guru

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    compal hel80 for $749 it's older technology, is it worth it?

    Is Ibuypower.com a good place to buy from?

    the review on the forum states something like 3 hours battery life, using no wifi ect, can you watch a whole DVD on that?

    are compal products good long lasting sturdy products, or is it going to break in a month? software or hardware related?
     
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  2. aan310

    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    i can vauge for ibuypower. my best friend gota lappy from there, good price, good company, ect
     
    aan310, Jan 17, 2008
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    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Compal is good, actually they build most cases for Dell/Gateway/etc. anyway. Ive never bought from ibuypower but almost bought a Gigabyte laptop from there last year. Thier ad is always in the Games for Windows Magazine.
     
    ahl395, Jan 17, 2008
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  4. vashts121

    vashts121 Notebook Evangelist

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    My laptop is from IBuyPower, configured totalled about 1.3k. It's a good company, and they offer 1 year parts and labor warranty, and lifetime tech support. My laptop came unscratched and with lots of free stuff (case, shirt and game) and they were very nice on the phone. I think their prices area really good, and their products.
     
    vashts121, Jan 17, 2008
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    daenigma Newbie

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    The price is right from them, but if you need an RMA be prepared to get the run around and be without for 4-6 weeks.

    I purchased a IFL90 from them Aug 20th 07 and did not receive it until October 11th 07. Sadly it was DOA (Black screen, no HDD activity) so I called to get an RMA. They emailed me a prepaid ground label and I sent it back the next day. I then did not see it again until Dec 15th 07. For some odd reason they do not believe in sending out a replacement for a DOA item, but instead they send it to Compal in Taiwan... I called five or six times and was told everything from it is on the way, out of warranty, you broke the screen (screen was fine when it was shipped) and we will not repair, and finally we do not know go ahead and contest the charges. I finally called Amex to contest the charges & 24hrs later I get an email with a tracking number for next day air FedEx by 8am.

    Anyway I love the laptop and recommend it very highly, but I can not recommend their company in good conscience. I would spend a bit more from a company with a good customer service record. If you search the net about them as I should have you would see many reports about CS and TS problems in addition to shipping delays.

    Item details:

    $1306.25
    $39.00 Shipping

    Battalion CZ-7 Ultra III
    IFL90
    T7700
    2gb Corsair 667mhz DDR2
    160gb 7200rpm HDD
    Optiarc AD-7540A DVDRW
    8600GT /w 512mb
    Intel 3945 ABG Wireless
    1280*800 15.4" screen
    Free carrying case (it is thin as paper)
    /w Vista Home Premium (reloaded Vista Ultimate and modded SLIC bios)
     
    daenigma, Jan 18, 2008
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  6. vashts121

    vashts121 Notebook Evangelist

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    Wow that sucks. It took 11 days for the laptop to arrive at my doorstep. I also talked to Steve, and he was really nice on the phone. But why do they send to compal lol....
     
    vashts121, Jan 18, 2008
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  7. chrisgssc

    chrisgssc Notebook Enthusiast

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    when I was looking into buying a laptop I came across these guys to. I almost bought from them until I read some of the reviews on cs rating. Not good at all.
     
    chrisgssc, Jan 18, 2008
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