Lenovo Australia drops the ball on X200 - urgh!

[malcolm99]

I'm very interested in purchasing a new X200, and have been awaiting its appearance on Lenovo's Australian website.

Great - it's there! Oh no - its freaking AUD3k (US2700) !! one-spec only, with the price 2999.01 struck out, and the SAVE 0.01 price of 2,999.00 You gotta be kidding me!

I immediately specced-up a similar config on the US site and arrived at a cost of approx USD1700. And thats before all of those coupon discounts etc you in the USA get (and we don't) Even allowing for our 10% GST (sales tax) the Aussie X200 is still more than $750 (45%) over the US price.

I called Lenovo and asked if the price was correct - it was. I related the above example, and got a torrent of garbage about smaller market, higher overheads per unit sold etc etc.

I asked why then, with the X300, there's only a $200-300 difference? Silence, then a "well that's our price" and a hang-up.

Infuriating.

So, can anyone please direct me to a legit, non-ebay source who'll ship internationally? Please please.

[Supermans]

Put down exactly what specs you want on your X200 and what price you are willing to pay...

[malcolm99]

Put down exactly what specs you want on your X200 and what price you are willing to pay...

Hi, looks like the Top Sellers are hitting by the end of the month. I'd be happy with either of these two, probably the cheaper one @ USD1199 - which is lierally half the price of the X200 in Australia.

7454-2GU USD1199 - P8600, 2GB Ram (2x1) 160/5400 4-cell battery
7454-2JU USD1599 - P8600, 2GB Ram (1x2) 160/7200 6-cell battery WWAN-ready.

Obviously, I wouldn't pay over retail, and would be hoping to get some kind of discount....