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BrianR wrote:

Paul Unger wrote:You have to call, call, and call again. Are you aware of this forum? [NB the original thread was recently deleted . . . Curious, that . . . )

So I ordered a T61p last night. It's showing end of march on the Lenovo site.

I'm not clear: does calling magically make it ship faster or do the phone people have better information than the web site?

hey,

Well, according to "Afty"'s experience, I should have mine tomorrow!!! NOT!

seriously, I don't think calling makes any difference. Mine was "in production" the next day.


- Afty : was yours a custom order or stock?

Ordered CTO: 2/20/2008 at 11PM
Lenovo estimated ship date: End of March
Shipped: 2/23/2008
UPS estimated delivery date: 2/29/2008
Received: 2/28/2008 at 2PM

T61p 14.1"
2.4 GHz 3MB L2
1x1GB RAM
UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad) with Fingerprint Reader
80GB HDD
8X DVD Burner
PC Card Slot & Express Card Slot
Intel AGN
9 Cell Li-Ion Battery
Vista Basic

It was held by Brokerage beyond UPS' control on the 2/27/2008 and was released either the same day or next day and it was on its way.

I am thoroughly impressed with the system. I <3 it so much.

I forgot to mention that I chose the free shipping (5-7 days).

Still amazes me that US customers that order CTO's have their systems built and shipped within 2-3 days and in their hands within a week!

Ordered a T61 on Feb 28 (same as CanadianNorth), haven't called Lenovo to check status cuz I don't want to jinx anything.

Bah - the computer comes when it comes... I like surprises (but only good ones).

CanadianNorth wrote: - Afty : was yours a custom order or stock?

It was a custom order, but a pretty straightforward one. Nothing out of the ordinary.

Yeah, it doesn't make much sense. Assuming they come from the same factories... How US orders can take less than a week, and Canadian orders 3-4 +++?

All the same, I'm not complaining that much.

8891CT : T61p, T9300, Vista Business 64 (planning to downgrade to XP), 14.1 SXGA+, 100GB 7200RPM HDD, 1GB memory

Ordered: 3/2/08
Original est. ship date: 3/20/08
Shipped: today, 3/5/08

I opted for the free 5-7 day UPS shipping. We'll see what the estimated delivery date looks like tomorrow morning.

I'm very pleased with how fast this order was handled!

another Canuck here...

just ordered (March 3) a T61. very anxious about receiving it, I'm ready to move on to a new laptop.

i'm prepared to wait the full four weeks if necessary, but i agree with CanadianNorth and icantux -- wtf is with the wait? What is NAFTA good for anyway?

remotedevice wrote:snip....What is NAFTA good for anyway?

NAFTA is in fact no good in this case since your machine ships from Asia and not from within North America.

ryengineer wrote:

remotedevice wrote:snip....What is NAFTA good for anyway?

NAFTA is in fact no good in this case since your machine ships from Asia and not from within North America.

I'm not a politician, but I think it's Free Trade anyway, not 'speedy' trade!! (just be glad it's not a softwood lumber laptop :-0 )

All the same, as I said before, it doesn't make sense that one company can supposedly produce the same laptop in one place, but take two weeks to make one and two days to make another.

Vilaia's laptop took 3 days to ship, mine has been 7 and they have "no idea" when it will be ready.

yeah the NAFTA quip was a joke and a semi-reference to the whole Clinton-Obama thing... still, it's almost weirder that the machine is shipping from an Asian manufacturing source; I can't figure out why there would be such a disparity in ship times. Canadian customs, at least in my experience, aren't any slower at processing goods than they are in the US.

Any more theories?

remotedevice wrote: Any more theories?

Could be something to do with the other end not receiving order details in a timely manner to start building up your machine.

You asked for a theory, that was mine.

Confuration in signature ordered on 02/26/2008.

Estimated shipping date: 3/24/2008

Docking bay and Belkin wirelss router shipped on 2/29/2008.

T61 shipped on 03/06/2008.

Location Date Local Time Description
CHEK LAP KOK,
HK 03/06/2008 10:54 P.M. EXPORT SCAN
03/06/2008 10:53 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN
HK 03/06/2008 2:02 A.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

You know I walk into a crowded room and I think everyone knows I have a T61 and they are all going to rush up and hug me and shake my hand, but nothing happens! It hasn't changed my life like I thought it would. Oh well. I'm busy working on a strap/harness I can use to hook my T61 to my forehead. That should help. . . . . .

All kidding aside, finally, a laptop I can trust. Took me 5 years to come around, but I'm here now.

when you get that forehead strap done I'll buy one off you.


I called LeNO-GO today. They said my order was being built (i.e. they had a guy out at the mine looking to get some copper to make some wires). Ordered on the 28th of Feb. it will be 'built' on the 16th or March.
The guy told me it will take 6 days to get to Canada from 'overseas'. At which time it will go to their distribution center and then get sent out UPS.
So I'm looking at March 28th or so.

I really wouldn't care , if it wasn't for the fact that if had a US address I would have it in 5 days, not 30.

CanadianNorth wrote:when you get that forehead strap done I'll buy one off you.


I called LeNO-GO today. They said my order was being built (i.e. they had a guy out at the mine looking to get some copper to make some wires). Ordered on the 28th of Feb. it will be 'built' on the 16th or March.
The guy told me it will take 6 days to get to Canada from 'overseas'. At which time it will go to their distribution center and then get sent out UPS.
So I'm looking at March 28th or so.

I really wouldn't care , if it wasn't for the fact that if had a US address I would have it in 5 days, not 30.

yeah that sucks. I ordered the same day that you did and just got it today. you must be

They said my order was being built (i.e. they had a guy out at the mine looking to get some copper to make some wires).

hahaha

Truth be told, I ordered on February 27, it will be delivered tomorrow, March 10(monday) according to UPS. They had it at the Portland (my city) depot on Friday and could have delivered it on Saturday. So much for "2-day shipping". So that is 12 days, but I started this jouney about 4 days before that when they triple charged my credit card. So, 16 days, it looks like.

I'm just going to put the box over in the corner. And wait until I have 4 days to install and configure all my software. Someday I might even use it!! hahaha

My old Compaq Presario is going to make an excellent door stop. Won't be overheating down there close to the floor. . . . .

CanadianNorth wrote: The guy told me it will take 6 days to get to Canada from 'overseas'. At which time it will go to their distribution center and then get sent out UPS.

I really wouldn't care , if it wasn't for the fact that if had a US address I would have it in 5 days, not 30.

Canadian shipments (thinkpads) travel by ship from China to Canada, offloaded in Vancouver checked by "customs" then shipped to the Toronto area from where they send the system to you by UPS... The journey from factory to you takes 2 weeks.

From what I've read elsewhere, you'll know the laptop is shipped from China and on its way over when you get an e-mail from Lenovo that contains the system specs - also Lenovo then charges your card (if you opted for credit card purchase).

Then the agonizing 2 week wait for "ship"ping. Imagine if the lappy missed the boat?

Mine was shipped from China to Hong Kong to Alaska to California and now it's sitting at the Portland, Oregon depot waiting for the delivery guy to bring it out to my house where I won't be but there are instructions to give it to the 94-year-old lady across the street.

just called lenovo and they said my T61 has been built and is shipping from China to their delivery hub in Brampton.

ordered 3/3
built 3/10...

T61 8891CTO
14.1SXGA+, 2.5 T9300 cpu, 2gb ram

Ordered 3/10
Ship 3/25

Folllw up to:

So I ordered a T61p last night. It's showing end of march on the Lenovo site.

Well, that was March 3. I got it March 10th. Not bad!

I don't think this has already been posted (although a 2nd time wouldn't harm). All Canadians should have a deep look at this article from Digital Journal: Lenovo Still Suffering From Faulty Order System, Causing Lengthy Delays

We are not just talking about shipping delays here, but about much deeper issues.

My personal situation in short:

I ordered on Feb. 29
I still do not have any itemised costing (sub-totals, discount, taxes) for what I have ordered.
My credit card has been charged three times for items I never received an invoice for.
I don't know when the machines will be shipped.
I don't know if I'll be able to register in time the warranty I've already been billed for, without having the machines in my hands yet.

I have talked with 5 Lenovo employees so far and I can only say they are much better at throwing the ball in s/o else's yard than at resolving issues.

Communication is now restricted to e-mail only.

yeah, my, er, Canadian nightmare is basically just getting underway over here.

here's what happened:

I ordered a T61, pretty standard config with the 140m, on the 3rd of March, using the online store. I receieved email confirmation that my order had been placed.

I was prepared for a 3 week wait, so I didn't call in to check on things until this Monday. I was told that the machine had been assembled and was about to ship from China. The rep told me to call back on Thursday just to confirm.

So I called back today and learned that THE ORDER HADN'T EVEN BEEN PLACED YET!!!

They apologized and credited me 100 bucks, and have told me they're expediting the process now... but wow, I sure hope the build quality and functionality of my T61 is better than the service Lenovo's offered so far...

WTF is up with Lenovo Canada?

Ordered the 12th, Shipped the 19th, Got it today 20th


edit: I said 10th in my last post, but then I edited the shipment so they had to rebuild machine

Hooray!

Got my Thinkpad T61 this afternoon!

Originally ordered it on Feb 28, received confirmation on the 29th, shipped on the 15th of March and I was expecting a long-ish wait for final delivery (expected the delivery next week sometime). But UPS guy showed up late this afternoon with a nice little box, so here we are. In all, it took 3 weeks from order to delivery.

My specs:
T61 - T9300
14" std - NVS 140M
3GB RAM
Bluetooth, Fingerprint
DVD-RW (DVD-RAM)
80GB hdd (yanked that out - replaced with 200GB 7200)
Vista Bus x86

Already installed XP on it (can't handle Vista yet!) and time to put on BSD and Fedora.

Got the thinkpad, now spending too much time trying to do a clean install of XP. All the websites with info are slightly wrong. At least for my situation. [censored] Lenovo for not giving me XP Pro SP2 disks!

I ordered my T61 on the 10th and recieived it on the 18th...not bad.

Just ordered my T61, my first NEW Thinkpad a 6465CTO

Order placed 3/22, estimated ship date 4/10

Core 2 Duo T8300 (2.4Ghz 800Mhz, 3MBL2)
15.4 WSXGA+ TFT
Intel GMA X3100 GM965
2 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM (1 DIMM)
80GB 5400rpm hard drive
CD-RW/DVD-ROM
4965AGN
Integrated Bluetooth
6 cell battery
1 yr depot warranty
1 year Thinkpad Protection

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EDIT: Shipped Today, 3/27

Your package is on time with a scheduled delivery date of 04/03/2008.

Type: Package
Status: In Transit - On Time
Scheduled Delivery: 04/03/2008
Shipped To: HOUGHTON, MI, US
Shipped/Billed On: 03/27/2008
Service: EXPEDITED
Weight: 3.90 Kgs

LOUISVILLE, KY, US 04/01/2008 7:22 A.M. THE SHIPMENT IS BEING HELD BY BROKERAGE FOR REASONS BEYOND UPS' CONTROL / BROKERAGE RELEASED SHIPMENT. SHIPMENT IS SUBMITTED TO CLEARING AGENCY FOR FURTHER CLEARANCE

LOUISVILLE, KY, US 03/31/2008 11:25 A.M. THE SHIPMENT IS BEING HELD BY BROKERAGE FOR REASONS BEYOND UPS' CONTROL

ANCHORAGE, AK, US 03/29/2008 3:55 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN

ANCHORAGE, AK, US 03/28/2008 3:21 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
03/28/2008 12:52 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN

INCHEON, KR 03/28/2008 10:12 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
03/28/2008 8:44 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN

GUANGZHOU, CN 03/28/2008 5:03 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN

GUANGZHOU, CN 03/27/2008 8:07 P.M. EXPORT SCAN
03/27/2008 8:05 P.M. HUB SCAN

SHENZHEN, CN 03/27/2008 3:10 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
03/27/2008 7:06 A.M. ORIGIN SCAN

CN 03/27/2008 8:03 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

FINAL EDIT: Received 4/3/08, 10:12 AM

Ok, I got T61 slimmed down with a skinny XP install. Whew, what a journey but it sure feels clean and squeaky and fast. Here is a thread with my journey:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthr ... ost3144764

So, the date I recieved the Thinkpad and the date that I actually got it cleaned are very different.

Also, I saw somewhere in this forum people posting performance tests. They usually consisted of about 5 test with values between 4 and 5. Can anyone tell me where on my computer this is done?

Also, maybe I don't have all the ThinkAdvantage stuff now on my computer, but System Updates from Lenovo allows me to add it all or pieces of it sometime in the future.

I also ordered the Belkin router option when I ordered the Thinkpad. They sent that right away. It sure is a sweet device. They didn't pull any punches, just included the biggest fastest Belkin (model N) that is made. All the old ladies in the condos next to me can have free wireless now hahaha.

My old Compaq is hooked up with a RJ-45 wire, my new T61 with the WiFi card. Almost too easy. Also, was able to create shares on my T61 and map to them from the Compaq using the T61's IP address so now all my files can be easily transferred. All that leaves is my 50 pounds of software applications to re-install. (and yes, I have firewalls on everything).

Kerios is the easiest firewall I've ever owned. I just double clicked on the exe I moved over and it started asking me everytime something tried to communicate in or out. They got bought out and probably the new one works just as good but I am using the freeware one,
just google for: kerio-pf-2.1.5-en-win.exe

So. . . .
Lenovo is shipping pretty quick, bloatware that comes on them is a bane, Lenovo System Updates really helps when doing a skinny install of the OS.

And thanks to Bill Thinkpad, the owner/moderator, for this great no-nonsense forum. Now off to figure out how to let the world know I belong! I Thinkpad Therefore I Am! heh pass the Thorazine

Ordered March 17; received early morning March 24 (US residential address). I selected the "free" shipping. Glad I didn't pay extra for more... this was still in Hong Kong on the 20th!

T61p, 6459CTO... 9300 CPU, 4GB RAM, Intel a/b/g/n, flash memory, UWB... basically everything except cell-phone networking, UWXGA (eyes aren't that good!) or the encrypted HDD.

Just starting a run of 3DMark06 to see what happens with that reported overheating issue... I'll post in the appropriate forum either way.