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Forget about EPP and corporate discounts :)
Just got off the phone with Thinkpad rep. I placed an order on Wed using corporate discount and compared that to AMEX and EPP discounts which turned out to be a best deal. Last night I went to Lenovo on-line just to build a same system, and it came out to exactly the same price (actually $15 cheaper) with only difference of wi-fi card without "N" and 3-year warranty being "depot" instead of "on-site". I called them back today hoping that I can take a webprice and apply corporate discount to get it even lower, but to my surprise I was told that either/or could be used. Lenovo is doing a very agressive on-line pricing right now which is as good as any other corporate discounts.
Take advantage of the next 10 days to get good on-line prices!!!
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I just did the same thing. I asked them whether I can use the EPP on the on-line sale. The answer was NO. The sale is much better than the EPP right now.
The est. ship date is 12/25. Just wish everything will be fine.
Good Luck!
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Hmm, they quoted you 3 1/2 weeks before shipping? They told me 2-3 weeks, but I'm wondering if due to holiday traffic it might be longer :confused: I actually ended up keeping my original order since it was already put into the system and I'm going to get new Intel a/b/g/n card and on-site warranty. Still can not understand WHY with on-line orders you can configure T60 with C2D up to 2.33GHz but without "n" card, while through other corporate discounts you can get "n" card but only 2GHz cpu?!?!? This inconsistency makes no sense to me :rolleyes:
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It really depends on the model. I just bought a Z61T from the EPP site for $1377. The identically configured model from the main Lenovo site is $1713. I did make numerous upgrades and customizations, though, so maybe that has something to do with it.
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I wonder if choosing Z vs T can make a difference in this case...
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I configured a T5500 model with 3-year warranty under EPP pricing and it was a better deal than on the main site. However, if I chose instead T7200 (I don't care about the clock speed), it would be a worse deal.
It is case-by-case, I suppose.
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A few months ago, the top-of-the-line models X60s 170469U and X60 170997u were featured for $1101 on epp... these are around $2300 still on the lenovo site still.
Mine is a free loaner from IBM.
BTW right now thinkpad prices are higher right now, as they always are this time of year, because it's by far the busiest time for thinkpad sales - both consumer and especially corporate sales (the bread and butter for thinkpads)
heck even ram prices are higher now than a while ago.
this is, simply put, the worst time of year to buy a thinkpad.
The best time is during the summer back-to-school sales (when corporate sales are at a snail's pace and discounting peaks)
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How low have you seen a mid-range spec' T60? (Duo Core, discrete graphics)
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I disagree about the timing. The Holiday Sale and the EPP (for everyone else!) deals right now are awesome. Go to Fatwallet and see how many people jumped now, compared to summer time. Those people smell deals.
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However, now building and shipping is super slow. I am not sure it is caused by sales volume, or their logistics just suck. They should learn something from Dell and Amazon.