Sonystyle said SZ-160 is unavailable until Mar 29th!!!

Oh Dear..

What's up with them??

Should I just buy SZ120??

Sony drives me crazy.

 

did you already pre-order, or were you just waiting until they got the 160 in stock? just spoke sony and they said they DO have the 160 in the warehouse and they are starting to ship them. the reason the date is pushed back on the website is because they are filling the preorders first.

 

I've waited the laptop coming out. However, they don't even have enough stock for pre-orderers.

 

Maybe have a look into a asus w3j. They are released mid march and will be a lot cheaper and better than the sz.

 

I called Sony in NYC today and asked about the SZ Premium availability. The guy said they don't have any yet and don't expect any for at least two and a half weeks - maybe longer. Since Sony doesn't have any to ship SonyStyle isn't taking any more orders. He also said he wasn't allowed to take an order over the phone for the SZ until they have them in stock.

I don't know if this guy is just feeding me BS or not. If someone who pre-ordered on SonyStyle gets their 160 please let us all know.

 

Trying to order the SZ 160 on SonyStyle a few minutes ago gives a message of "The product VGNSZ160P/C is currently unavailable until Mar 22, 2006!"

TeddyGom, where and when did you see the March 29 message?

 

I saw that message from Sonystyle website 2 days age? I guess the date is pushed forward. good thing!! (still too much waiting)

 

It's weird that they won't even take pre-orders though, That makes me think they're afraid they won't have a steady supply of these things. I don't know if hte premium models are really worth it, but that sliver screen is really hot.

 

And case.. looks AWESOME!!!

case has kind of purple color... according to some pictures.. AWESOME!

 

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I pre-ordered my SZ 160 from Sony Style, and it was supposed to arrive yesterday...-Only bummer was that they left out a digit in my street address and couldn't find me! -It will be in my hands on Monday (Feb 27th). According to Sony Style, I was the 5th person (nation-wide) to order it. They told me Wednesday that they had received 100 units, and would send them out over the next two days. Mine shipped Thursday the 23rd.

I'm new here, but will try to post a review/impressions when I get it this week. I have read that the Premium screen is significantly brighter/nicer than the standard version, so my hopes are high that it will be an excellent screen. The reviewer I read noted that he was disappointed with his first impressions of the standard screen, but that he was thilled with the Premium. Good news...

-Mark

 

Sony Style (UK) tells me they cant get me a VGN-FS415S until mid April. Stupid people, I might just get the VGN-FS415M in PC World and possibly upgrade the ram

 

Last week trying to order the SZ 160 on SonyStyle used to give a message of "The product VGNSZ160P/C is currently unavailable until Mar 22, 2006!"

Now trying to order it gives a message of "The product VGNSZ160P/C is currently unavailable until Mar 01, 2006!". And at the same time there is a message on the SZ page that states "Currently Out Of Stock - Next shipment expected March 29, 2006".

WTF Sony.... get it together. You have conflicting information on your own site. Is it 3/1 as stated when you try to order or is it 3/29 as listed on the front SZ page?

If anyone has good information please let us all know. Obviously SonyStyle doesn’t give a straight answer.

 

Followup: Called Sony and they say the SZ 160 (premium line) will not be available until mid-April. The only notebooks that will be sent out are the backorders already in place. No new sales will be made until April.

On a side note... Sonys customer service SUCKS!

 

Someone is selling them on Ebay right now. I was so tempted to buy but the seller does not look that great.

 

Anyone see sz180's for sale yet?

 

According to SonyStyle Canada ... The anticipated date of arrival is Mar 20, 2006.

Maybe that helps?

 

I (pre)-ordered my sz160 on 1/31 and still nothing on my order status. We all know it was supposed to launch beginning of Feb and then came the delays. I called Sonystyle and their excuse was they lost a part of their first order and only got 20 of 100 on 2/22. They’re next shipment of 100 is supposed to arrive 3/2 or 3/3 and said I could possibly get it by 3/6. If not.. I’ll have to wait till 3/28

Bad answer and poor customer service. They’re SONY? A huge, hi-tech corp and they only crank out 120 computers in a month? Are they in some test phase and holding back? That’s pathetic. They went on to say that their priority was to fulfill their custom sz140 orders. Anyone got those..? No again. If you’re charging $2500+ shouldn’t the sz160’s be your first priority? I hear Best Buy, Compusa, and Circuit city already have their sz’s selling like crazy. There’s even a guy on eBay selling sz160’s since 2/19. I’ve never owned a Sony Vaio, but this type of runaround customer service isn’t a good start and I’m not looking forward to their tech/help support.

 

you guys are going a little too crazy over this i think. i agree that they shouldn't have even put it on there site until they were completely ready to release but give them a break.

it isn't really customer service until your a paying customer unfortunately with most of these companies. they can't really do anything about it if they just don't have the notebooks to ship.

 

Circa, some people pre-ordered so they have paid. Plus I think most people are just angry with Sony taunting them with so many conflicting release dates & delivery estimates only to watch those dates come and go. Then Sony pushes a standard model on them while they delay the premiums even longer. It is bad when their is so much conflicting information coming from one company about one product.

 

well, CS gave me a DIFFERENT story. i ordered on 2/13. i called yesterday (2/27) and was told that they are getting 120 more 160s on 3/1. then they proceeded to tell me that i'm currently #121 in line (which, personally i think is bullsh**). they said that unless someone else in line cancels before tomorrow (unlikely), my computer will likely ship on 3/8, which is when they're getting the next shipment. this is all after a previous rep PROMISED me that i'd be in the 1st shipment back on 2/22.

i'm getting extremely annoyed with the conflicting stories from different CS reps. sony needs to figure out what is going on and stick to their story. my boyfriend tells me just to expect to get the computer in april and be pleasantly surprised if it comes before then. easy to say, but i'm getting frustrated here!!!

 

It's official, Sony Style says the next shipment is expected March 29th on their website.

I suspect the limited supply has to do with manufacturing the components for those razor thin LCD screens.

The technology is relatively new so it's not going to be easy to outsource production.

 

I ordered a SZ160 on 1/31 and got a call today that I'll be getting mine tomorrow...didn't get the email the guy promised showing it shipped but my fingers are crossed - I'll let you guys know.

...and for the record, they don't charge your credit card until they ship it.

~r

 

I preordered sz160 1/25 with datavis.com. 2388.00 - 50.00 rebate. shipped today with 3/3 dlvry. I believe they have the lowest price so far but cust serv is bad, can't get a straight answer on how the get the rebate. I'll post a review friday and over the weekend. Just glad the notebook research addiction is over!! Still have 2nd thoughts about the w3j though.

 

Flip-flopping Sony has changed its date AGAIN. When you try to order the sz160 on SonyStyle it now gives a message we saw sometime last week. Last week it was
"The product VGNSZ160P/C is currently unavailable until Mar 22, 2006!"
For the last few days it has been
"The product VGNSZ160P/C is currently unavailable until Mar 01, 2006!"
And now, today, we are back to
"The product VGNSZ160P/C is currently unavailable until Mar 22, 2006!"

I guess if Sony is looking to loose potential customers, continually changing the availability date is a good start.

 

I just went into FRY's today and bought an SZ160, I love it.

There is a major difference between the screens on the premium and non-premium models.

It was the main reason I went for the sz160, probably doesnt justify the extra $400, but oh well.

 

I would buy from Frys but my local Frys only carried one and said they expect to be out of stock for some time. I also had a bad expereince once tyring to get a notebook I purchased at Frys (with extended warranty) repaired there - probably an isolated incident. So I would rather buy from a Best Buy or Sony Store. Too bad none of these places have the sz160.

 

Well I never got any email confirmation of shipping, but this afternoon my SZ160 showed up as the supervisor at Sony promised!! I'll have a review for you guys as soon as I get through fiddling and uninstalling the bloatware.

it is way way sexy - everyone in my office was drooling so far so good.

~r
Best,
~r

 

Try Datavision. I called today and they just recd. 6. After my call they have 5 left. And for $120 less than the Sony list price! It should be here tomorrow, Friday at the latest!!!!!

 

Yeah, the guy was pretty cool. A bit worried, though. I've never heard of these guys until today so let's hope all goes smooth. 14 day return policy with a 15% re-stocking fee. We shall see.

 

Well guys I just got my SZ160P/C!!!!

Here is a hint - call every frys electronics you can find - every store has received 1-2 pcs and have not even put them on display yet! I just drove 110 miles to pick mine up down in San Diego!

 

After calling Frys and being told they don't have it in stock, I went in and bought one. Just lucky tonight I guess!

On the way out a rep stoped me and asked if I was the one who called. When I said yes his face dropped to the floor for loosing the sale by being too lazy to check stock.

 

I had a very similiar experience at Fry's. I had gone over to my Fry's on Sunday after reading that Timelockmind had picked one up. Was told that they did not have any at mine (Sunnyvale CA). Rep said he would call when they came in. Went there today to see the Toshiba HD-DVD show and checked in the laptops area. Surprise, they had only 1 left. I ran into the rep who forgot to call me and he was embarrassed that he had forgotten. His loss.

 

No other places are shipping SZ 160's that Datavision and Frys?

 

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