Potential insights about T61 shipping delays

[bgeorgescu]

I configured a T61 on 5/22 and it is still set to ship for 6/11
Since prices went down ~$50 I created an e-quote for a price adjustment. My e-quote has an "estimated shipping date" of 8/29 which it seems a lot of people have been dealing with.

I went ahead and compared the two orders with a "diff" utility and there are two interesting differences. The one with the later shipping date has the two following parts in addition to all of the parts of the one shipping in June:

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42X0929 SBB MECH MISC PARTS

and

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42V9634 SBB STAND LCD C/B:14.1”W/ CAM

I'm guessing that these are the part numbers causing the delay, since this is the only difference between my two orders (though I configured the laptops exactly the same).

In order to try to clear up all of this confusion, I ask anyone with a pending order to answer the questions in the poll linked in my sig so that we can see if there is a trend.

Edit: I am not sure that this is what is causing the delay. It is merely something I noticed, and I hope that people answering the poll based on their situation will verify whether this pattern exists or not

Edit2: I just want to mention that both configurations were for a wsxga+ w/ cam and thus both have part 42X1671 ** SBB 14.2"WXGA+TFT,W/ CAMERA

Note from Moderator: There's a shipping sticky for this sort of thing.

[Tholek]

I'm alarmed by the fact that both video choices state that choosing them may delay your order!