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will lenovo ship to EU? maybe even as gift?

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 10:28 am
by festher
ill call them tomorrow and order if they do, the T60P 14 inch cost 5000$ in denmark and with that kinda money in my pocket, im useally about to buy a car, not a notebook :shock:

even if they do not ship "as gift" and im hit by US tax + the danish 25% tax-hammer, ill still save some money.

ive been looking around and lenovo seems to be not only the most trust worthy place to buy from but also they seem to have some okay prices. i think im around 2599$ for a super loaded T60P 14,1


any advice are welcome, thx

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 11:55 am
by meditate2001
i did import once t4x from the us. but you cant directly by ibm. goto shopper.com search for your desired tp choose a company which sends to europe. www.ecost.com worked good for me. but you have also pay around 80€fee for the shipping/toll companys

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 12:24 pm
by festher
but i should be able to order directly from lenovo's homepage yes? or do they not ship to EU?

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 12:50 pm
by JHEM
Lenovo/US will only ship to US addresses.

Regards,

James

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 1:01 pm
by meditate2001
yes thats true. but you could ask bill, i think i remember one time reading that he has done it already. to france i think.

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 1:54 pm
by waqar
I have asked each and every company in Norway and Lenovo T60 is not available right now and i am sure not even next 2 or 3 months or maybe more. I really need to buy notebook and i dont want to run into dell because of their poor customer services. So, it would be great if i could import one into Norway?

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 2:01 pm
by Army Chief
As stated, IBM/Lenovo will NOT ship outside of the U.S. This is not merely a matter of convenience, but rather in deference to their worldwide subsidiaries -- and their home markets.

You can, of course, have the machine shipped to an intermediary (friend or family member) in the U.S., and forwarded upon receipt, but the IBM/Lenovo shipping policy is pretty inflexible; they won't even ship to a U.S. military APO/FPO address.

Chief

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 2:03 pm
by waqar
If we get it ship from us or canada, the international warranty will be effected in norway? especially, if we face hardware fail and needs a replacement?

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 2:11 pm
by Army Chief
I've never had a problem, but I would check TA Book (see the FAQ) to see if certain models are carrying different warranties. If I recall correctly, there are some global workhorse models which may be better suited to international warranty issues. That said, I've had U.S.-sourced ThinkPads repaired in Europe and in Central America with no troubles whatsoever.

Chief

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 2:23 pm
by meditate2001
yeah, regulary you only get 1 year warrenty from ibm in the us, which you could for $ of course stretch

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 3:26 pm
by waqar
Thanks. by the way, which screen is recomnded 14 inches or 15 inches?

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 4:48 pm
by astro
The 2623-##U Topseller models are not covered by international warranty. I covered this in another thread. To be safe, go with the 1951-##U or 2007-##U models.

bill@thinkpads.com will ship o/s.

www.euclidcomputers.com will ship o/s.

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 6:15 pm
by rasta
If the machine has international warranty then, it's covered. I had a problem once with my thinkpad in europe and i called them up. They sent a courier to pick it up and shiped it back to me very promptly. i had bought the TP in Canada. You can't go wrong w/ IBM's International Warranty

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 9:45 pm
by JHEM
meditate2001 wrote:yeah, regulary you only get 1 year warrenty from ibm in the us, which you could for $ of course stretch
More Thinkpads come with a three year warranty than with a one year warranty.

Three years is the "norm", not one year.

Regards,

James

Re: will lenovo ship to EU? maybe even as gift?

Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 1:33 am
by pekka
festher wrote:ill call them tomorrow and order if they do, the T60P 14 inch cost 5000$ in denmark and with that kinda money in my pocket, im useally about to buy a car, not a notebook :shock:
Why don't you buy the T60 from Germany? I don't think that after delivery costs, EU toll and value-added tax it's worth to order the notebook from US. Inside EU you don't have to worry anything but delivery costs. You can get the localized keyboard from IBM for about 50 euro and it's easy to change yourself. For example I can warmly recommend http://www.notebooksandmore.net-store where I bought my T60. Also in Finland the prices of Thinkpads are completely irrational...

Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 6:50 am
by kimx
I brought my T60 from germany, no problems at all :)

Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 10:35 am
by Zeitgeist
Some addresses in Germany (remember you don´t pay taxes/custom when shipped within the EU)

Students/teacher/scientists:
www.nofost.de http://ok1.de/shop_content.php?coID=20

All others, e.g.
http://www.magicdevices.de/shop/index.p ... 1&parent=2

However, you will get a notebook with a German OS, you may need the English recovery CDs.

Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 10:57 am
by stephan54
This company www.lapstars.de (have good shop ratings) sells an English keyboard version (probably OS too) next to their German offerings.

Stephan

Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 2:00 pm
by festher
everything is cool, today i ordered a 2008-83G from www.notebooksandmore.net

im not able to find it in the tabook, only on EU-reseller pages. but its one loaded son of a [censored] to be sure :wink:

im selfemployed and they agreed not to charge me with VAT, this way i pay danish VAT and is able to get a full VAT refund. ill get danish keyboard as well.

Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 3:54 pm
by Hamid
astro wrote:The 2623-##U Topseller models are not covered by international warranty. I covered this in another thread. To be safe, go with the 1951-##U or 2007-##U models.

bill@thinkpads.com will ship o/s.

www.euclidcomputers.com will ship o/s.
So, can you upgrade the warranty for the 2623 models to IWS?