3 Weeks for shipping? It will take a month to deliver!

Hi guys, I just ordered the T520 21th April, seems like it will be shipped 12th May. It's 3 weeks!!! I wonder how long does it take for you guys?



BTW, I wonder why there is not many people here having T520, it is a much cheaper W520 with FHD screen. Why pay more for its AutoCAD discrete card?

Reply 1 : 3 Weeks for shipping? It will take a month to deliver!

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Originally Posted by tonmey Hi guys, I just ordered the T520 21th April, seems like it will be shipped 12th May. It's 3 weeks!!! I wonder whether how long does it take for you guys? BTW, I wonder why there is not many people here having T520, it is a much cheaper W520 with FHD screen. Why pay more for its AutoCAD discrete card?

I ordered a w520 on the 19th Originally said estimated ship date of may may 4 changed to may 2 today. Only changes on the default quad core mchine were 1 dimm instead of 2 quadro 2000 and intel centrino ultimate.

Reply 2 : 3 Weeks for shipping? It will take a month to deliver!

Ordered an x120e on 4/14. Original estimated shipping date was 4/28, but they moved me back to 5/4. =

I picked the E-240 $399 base config and upgraded the CPU to E-350 for $40. With the CPU upgrade it's exactly the same as the $450 E-350 config.

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Originally Posted by LeafHater I ordered a w520 on the 19th Originally said estimated ship date of may may 4 changed to may 2 today. Only changes on the default quad core mchine were 1 dimm instead of 2 quadro 2000 and intel centrino ultimate.

Well, you did change the graphics card, I guess it takes some time. I am thinking my FHD screen takes some time.

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I ordered a T420 with Optimus graphics on 4/13. Original estimated shipping date was 4/26. It shipped out on 4/19 and should make it to my door by 4/26.



Generally, Lenovo's site gives the long estimate. I'm sure they do this because sometimes parts shortages or high demand can change ship times, and they'd rather give you that long estimate and deliver faster than fail to meet a date they've given at time of order.



Occasionally, they push back the ship date too. Usually this is due to unforeseen circumstances, like a supply-chain problem (just as an example, what if an important part comes from an area of Japan hit by the earthquake/tsunami?)



They do take longer than Dell --but Dell has assembly plants in North America, benefiting US/Canadian/Mexican customers, and Lenovo does not.

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I ordered 2 T420's with base config but with an upgraded screen 2 days ago and I have a estimated ship time of 5/17

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Originally Posted by LoneWolf15 I ordered a T420 with Optimus graphics on 4/13. Original estimated shipping date was 4/26. It shipped out on 4/19 and should make it to my door by 4/26.

Talk about timing! I should get my T420 on that date too though I ordered mine on the 15th April. It's currently being departed from Hong Kong now, maybe we can compare to each others T420 once it arrives on our doorstep!

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Originally Posted by Hearst555 Talk about timing! I should get my T420 on that date too though I ordered mine on the 15th April. It's currently being departed from Hong Kong now, maybe we can compare to each others T420 once it arrives on our doorstep!

Mine's just left Anchorage, Alaska. I had figured on it taking longer through US Customs there, but it was only a day, so it will likely make it on the 25th now.



Since I have this Friday off, I'm going to be spending some of my free time backing up the data from my T400 to get ready.

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Originally Posted by LoneWolf15 Mine's just left Anchorage, Alaska. I had figured on it taking longer through US Customs there, but it was only a day, so it will likely make it on the 25th now. Since I have this Friday off, I'm going to be spending some of my free time backing up the data from my T400 to get ready.

Customs takes place in KY. It will go from AK to KY, where it will stay a day (at least in my case), that next day it will go through customs and to your state. Overall with standard shipping it took 3 or 4 days to get from HK to IL

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Originally Posted by thecrafter Customs takes place in KY. It will go from AK to KY, where it will stay a day (at least in my case), that next day it will go through customs and to your state. Overall with standard shipping it took 3 or 4 days to get from HK to IL

I thought it could take place in either. US Customs does have a location in Anchorage. I could be incorrect, though.



3-4 days is an improvement over my last two ThinkPads by about a day or two. Most of that delay was in Customs. I didn't order at peak traffic times (generally early to mid summer), so perhaps Customs has gotten more efficient.