Longest you've waited to recieve your thinkpad?

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poonsmjj · #1 Post by **poonsmjj** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 8:39 pm

Yeah so I picked up my T42 today.... I ordered it 2 months ago through a university discount thing and I finally got it! That was a long 2 months....

Thanks,
Matt

rocketman · #2 Post by **rocketman** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:44 pm

Ordered 10/6, shipped Friday 11/11 & received 11/14.

RCube · #3 Post by **RCube** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 10:21 pm

I ordered on a weekend so they didn't get the order until monday and I received the unit on wed. IBM Canada!

lfeagan · #4 Post by **lfeagan** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 3:11 am

Ironically when I ordered mine business style it took three weeks. When I ordered it through the University program I got it in less than a week.

Plinkerton · #5 Post by **Plinkerton** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 3:56 am

[censored]. That's a long time. The first one I ordered, arrived about a week or so later. Then, that one died, and my second one took about 2.5 weeks to arive. Then, my 3rd one was sent to me while I still had my first one, so there was no waiting...

Hopefully 3rd times a charm.

Ancient · #6 Post by **Ancient** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:05 am

I ordered my t42p 3 weeks ago over a student discount reseller.
i rang the company up a few times so far and asked when i could expect the thinkpad to arrive.
As i rang them up today they told me that the notebook itself is avaliable since 1 week but unfortunatly my additional 1 GB Ram has not arrived yet so they are waiting for the additional Ram to arrive so they can install it and send it to me.

The problem is that i can't sleep since 3 weeks because i'm thinking of this [censored] thinkpad the hole time

.
[censored] i'm an thinkpad addict even before i actually have my thinkpad.
I have spend much of my time doing research on the unternet about th t42p and i have been looking for real cons of the t43p but haven't found anything so far.
it seams everyone is perfectly happy with their thinkpad.
i really hope it arrives soon.

wongle · #7 Post by **wongle** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:16 am

ordered on oct 28th... shipped out on nov 14th... arrived nov 16th.. so that would make it just under 3 weeks

lfeagan · #8 Post by **lfeagan** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:35 am

Ah yes, I learned my lesson too ancient. I have come to conclude that ordering anything but a stock Thinkpad tends to take a lot longer to get out on the average. Which actually makese sense as their chain of building probably isn't optimized at all for making slightly different combinations. This is likely the result of the large number of stock configurations available. They probably figure that just about anyone can squeeze into any of the configs on the tabook and be happy and that those who add extra memory or other things like that are the exception--thus the long waits. Just a hypothesis. I have little to base that conclusion on, but it certainly seems reasonable enough.

I would say anyone looking to add memory should go to <insert favorite online vendor, mine is Newegg> and pickup the memory they want. It is usually cheaper than what IBM charges by a good deal.

GZheng12 · #9 Post by **GZheng12** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:54 pm

I got the same thing. I ordered on 11/8 from IBM website and the order status said the TP would be expected to be shipped on 12/8. On 11/11, I called IBM saying I could not wait for that long. Finally, they shipped my order on the same day and I received my order on 11/17.

Sometimes you've got to be strong for this matter.

mdarnton · #10 Post by **mdarnton** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 5:25 pm

I ordered my "in stock" one last spring, and it took three weeks--I guess by "in stock", they meant all the bits and pieces were in stock, in China. On the flip side, though, I sent the one I'm using right now in on Tuesday for a repair, and it came back this morning (Thursday)!!!! That's incredible.

whizkid · #11 Post by **whizkid** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 5:58 pm

I waited my whole life for my first ThinkPad... about 26 years.

Ancient · #12 Post by **Ancient** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 10:18 am

[censored]!

theese guys from the student discount just called me to tell me i will not recieve my thinkpad before december the 12th.
when i asked them why this takes so long they tolled me there were problems with IBM and its not their fault.

is this possible i mean we are talking about IBM here and theese guys from the discount company are trying to tell me IBM has got problems to assemble a t42p within 8 weeks ?.

What do you think is hould do?

help me please i'm really [censored].

#13 Post by **daeojkim** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 2:40 pm

Ancient wrote:[censored]!

theese guys from the student discount just called me to tell me i will not recieve my thinkpad before december the 12th.
when i asked them why this takes so long they tolled me there were problems with IBM and its not their fault.

is this possible i mean we are talking about IBM here and theese guys from the discount company are trying to tell me IBM has got problems to assemble a t42p within 8 weeks ?.

What do you think is hould do?

help me please i'm really [censored].

I think when IBM or a vendor fails to deliver the notebook within 3 weeks they should give you some refund. I mean the value of the notebok in 2 months will drop significantly. My fvu arrived in 5 days, I was lucky, but since I had it 4 weeks now and I check the price, the price dropped $100. If you have not received your thinkpad for like 2 months and they charge your credit card you are actually getting screwed.

Bestbuy and many others do this. If within 30 days the price of the item that you bought drops then they will refund you the difference. This is because usually the return policy is 30 days and if your item dropped price then you could return the item, get a full refund and buy same item again.

When I bought my PS2 about 3 weeks later the price dropped like $50. I went to best buy with the receipt and they gave me $50 back.

I think anything over 3weeks for delivery is ridiculous...

Ancient · #14 Post by **Ancient** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 3:21 pm

well i thought about canceling.

but if it's true and IBM really got problems with delivering then i won't get it anywhere before 12th december.
and probably i'll have to wait even longer ....

Ghostrider · #15 Post by **Ghostrider** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 8:10 pm

I ordered my T42p nearly two weeks ago and last week my dealer confirmed that it should arrive next week.

Longest you've waited to recieve your thinkpad?

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