sz 450 order from amazon.com

I just ordered an sz450 from amazon.com but it's out of stock. I just wanted to know if anyone who ordered from there did it while it was out of stock also and how long it took for you guys to get the laptop. I don't mind waiting as long as it's not for more than a month give or take a couple of weeks.

Thanks!

 

Welcome to the forums.

I think out of stock items are restocked differently depending on the particular situation. They have the "in-stock soon. Order now to get in line" up for that model--that means it should be in rather quickly. It still depends on an item-by-item situation--but I'd guess you should not be waiting too long for it as long as there isn't a long waiting list and you're at the end of it.

If it is going to be a long time before the item is available again--it is usually just "out of stock" and then they link to other resellers. If the wait ends up being too long for you--you can always cancel your order as posted on amazon. You could also try contacting one of their reps to get an actual estimated time of delivery.

 

I ordered mine from amazon and its saied coming soon.. first come first served
I placed an order and I was surprised that the laptop was shipped 2nd day of order. I checked the item's page and its still says out of stock . I might got lucky

 

Well I ordered a 450 back in Feb 2. Then three days later the Amazon indicated that the estimate delivery date was Feb23. So I switched and ordered a 491. The estimate shipping date was Feb6. Then they corrected to Feb 12. Today they sent me an email saying that the estimate shipping date has been changed and that it is Feb 29 - March 5. Amazon might trying to void the rebate.

 

If this an online rebate thru amazon, just go to their rebate site and file it. All you need is the order number. The rebate uses the order date, not the ship date.

 

I ordered a SZ450N/C yesterday (2/24) from Amazon with 1 day shipping, and the delivery estimate is 3/27-4/10???

I'm banking on this date moving up. I was hoping to have this notebook in hand by 3/8 (next thursday) at the latest as I'm going out of town.

Based on previous experience, will these dates move up? Otherwise any other suggestions on where to buy one of these laptops? They don't seem to be in store anywhere. I don't want the WWAN, which is why I chose the 450.

Thanks for any help.

 

Tug99 I'm in your situation. Today I got an email again for the second time saying that the order has been delayed untill March 15. Screw Amazon. My guess is that they don't want to grant the $200 rebate. Worst part is that I got the docking station a week from the day I ordered the SZ back in Feb 2. So now they expect me to wait that SZ for two more weeks and Amazon has been screwing me around giving me false promises for past four weeks already. I say cancel your order and wait few more months until the summer and hopefully Sony will come out with a replacement SZ.

 

I'm not totally sure but given that the Santa Rosa platform, also known as Centrino Pro, is coming out at end of April / start of May, Sony will sure come out with a replacement for SZ.

In my opinion, since the SZ series has been around for quite some time, I'm expecting them to have a totally new design & even if they don't, they may do a S series type of minor design modifications & in that case, I'm be looking forward to something like color replacements of white for the silver in non-premium models & maybe black for the charcoal black/blackish brown in the premium models....

 

Thanks for the insight Oasys. I'd like to conisder another retailer, but there don't appear to be any other comparable options for buying the notebook. Circuitcity.com is almost 250 more after tax and minus the rebate. Some of the other retailers (dbuys, butterflyphoto) have poor return policies (no returns, high restocking fees, etc).

Any suggestions on where else to look?

 

SPEEDwithJJ, maybe that's one of the reason Amazon has been delaying the shipping. It was clear from the second email that Amazon was encouraging me to cancel the order indicating that the unexpected delay might occur again. Perhaps they are trying to clear all the SZ stocks out in the market. As you said the SZ has been out in the market for quite a while. Beside I was not thrilled with the design anyway.

Tug, I don't know where else you can get the price near Amazon. But if you are not a resident in California, try Newegg or pricewatch.com. They might have some deal there.

 

I was looking at waiting for the Centrino Pro as well, but most web sites are saying that it has been delayed until the Sep/Oct time frame. Bummer.

 

Wow, looks like I was way wrong on this and the Santa Rosa is back on schedule for a May release. That would be great!

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