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Up for sale are two very fresh identical *BRAND NEW* ThinkPad T61's with the following details:
The boxes were opened to check the contents and the laptops otherwise the machines are brand new with all the original contents of the boxes.

Pictures available upon request.

$1000 (each) non-CC paypal/money order/personal check plus actual shipping to CONUS, Canada and Europe.

$100 Add an Advanced Mini-Dock

UPDATE (Feb 13, 2008): One machine sold and one available

hi syedj!
had to ask - will u ship overseas? thx.

7thsky wrote:hi syedj!
had to ask - will u ship overseas? thx.

To 7thsky or to Malaysia? Shipping to Malaysia is possible, however, I have no idea how affordable it will be for you though since you will bear the cost.

I would take one or both

I have seen this a few times now...
what specifically does 'n-disabled' mean?
or more importantly, what is involved in enabling it?

btw, syedj, you got pm...

kaczor47 wrote:I have seen this a few times now...
what specifically does 'n-disabled' mean?
or more importantly, what is involved in enabling it?

btw, syedj, you got pm...

PM replied to.

I have also been looking around for any explanation for the "n-disabled" in the description - could have called Lenovo as well but reading is more fun than waiting on the phone line. From what I have gathered the antenna for the n-band frequency is pre-installed but the wireless card doesn't support that standard. Changing to a compatible abgn card will provide the n capability. If I am wrong some please correct me.

syedj wrote:

To 7thsky or to Malaysia? Shipping to Malaysia is possible, however, I have no idea how affordable it will be for you though since you will bear the cost.[/quote]

hi syedj!

i wish i m in 7thsky!.. malaysia fedex quoted me a US$200+ tag for full insured 1okg notebook shipment of that value. US fedex might quote a slightly/totally different figure i wouldnt know. anyway, i saw that deal is pending on this one, so i guess it'll be in safe hands soonest. thx again.

You guys may want to consider USPS instead of FedEx and UPS...

Just my $0.02

ajkula66 wrote:You guys may want to consider USPS instead of FedEx and UPS...

Just my $0.02

Thanks George. I also have had much better experience with USPS for shipping everywhere, including Europe and Australia.

syedj wrote:Thanks George. I also have had much better experience with USPS for shipping everywhere, including Europe and Australia.

As have I, having been the recipient of a USPS Priority Mail International-sent laptop a few weeks ago (not from syedj, but forum member hamrad). Any buyer would be happy to know that such parcels are tracked with a guaranteed arrival date to some countries, and that you can subscribe by email to updates on the location of your item. You'd be up for about 1/3 of the price that FedEx quoted, 7thsky.

hi all!

fedex seems the famous one back here, for some reasons. i didnt know USPS does a better job for a fraction of the price untill u guys pointed it out! thx ya all, will try that one out on my next first 'valuable' shipping!

7thsky wrote:i didnt know USPS does a better job for a fraction of the price untill u guys pointed it out!

Yeah, because it's subsidized. But "better job" is pretty subjective.

Funnily enough, depending on where it's going and the route it will take, FedEx and UPS will be doing some/most of the actual shipping.

Correction: The post service isn't subsidized:

http://www.nalc.org/postal/perform/self ... #subsidize

It's been quite a while since the USPS has been subsidized by the taxpayer.

One could argue that FedEx/UPS have skimmed away the higher revenue/profit packaged parcels business precisely because they don't have to provide universal delivery service.

Mitchell
ps: who is not at all in any way affiliated with the post office.

Two more identical machines available. Details as the original post.

syedj wrote:Two more identical machines available. Details as the original post.

One machine sold and one is still available.

Mitchell wrote:Correction: The post service isn't subsidized:

http://www.nalc.org/postal/perform/self ... #subsidize

It's been quite a while since the USPS has been subsidized by the taxpayer.

One could argue that FedEx/UPS have skimmed away the higher revenue/profit packaged parcels business precisely because they don't have to provide universal delivery service.

I didn't go into any detail because this isn't the place. The USPS still enjoys monopoly by law on first-class mail, which is, in effect, taxpayer subsidy. UPS, FedEx, and others would kill to get their mitts on that business. Furthermore, UPS and FedEx didn't "skim" that business--for years they were forbidden from even that...

One machine still available.

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