Lenovo ThinkPad X220 for $487.91 Delivered from Official Website

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Lenovo ThinkPad X220 for $487.91 Delivered from Official Website

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mily on 16/11/2011 - 11:47 shopap.lenovo.com (6079 clicks)
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Best price I ever saw, nice 12" laptop as it's a real Thinkpad.
1 year warranty
Don't forget 3.5% from Moneybackco because I forgot and now really regret.
Don't know how long it lasts but won't be long on that price.

Edit === Adding the specs ==========

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64
2nd Gen Intel® Core™ i5-2520M Processor
12.5" HD or Premium HD LED Backlit display
6 cell battery
Starting at 1.45 kg (with 6 cell battery)
3 USB 2.0 port, Display port, VGA port

Computing Computer Laptop Lenovo ThinkPad X220

16 Nov 2011 1:22pm

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- blackrider89 on 16/11/2011 - 13:46
  
  I used guess check-out. Can I check the status of my order?
  - anthony on 16/11/2011 - 13:49
    
    +1
    
    Yes, use this http://shopap.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/auweb/Leno…
ccrap on 16/11/2011 - 13:44

+2

Gone. I wanted one :( Will be checking this thread to see if they magically re-appear or if someone finds a working link.
aussiebabe on 16/11/2011 - 13:46

Now it's free! whaahaaaha
aboutconfig on 16/11/2011 - 13:48

late for the party lol
johndoe123 on 16/11/2011 - 13:52

damn. missed last night COTD freebies…and today missed again this impulse buy. DAMN!!
- ChatCPT on 16/11/2011 - 14:30
  
  thats a good thing
Save Medicare on 16/11/2011 - 14:00

I've been looking at this for a few days. Missing this makes me sad ):
- ChatCPT on 16/11/2011 - 14:30
  
  +1
  
  thats not good
Save Medicare on 16/11/2011 - 14:14

+2

It's now ".00 inc. GST"
Where can I sign up to buy infinity?
- penrithman on 16/11/2011 - 14:32
  
  +1
  
  Super Broden!
atlas on 16/11/2011 - 14:21

Now listed at $1042. Damn.
protecon on 16/11/2011 - 14:26

Deal finished :/
Turd on 16/11/2011 - 14:30

Mine has a Estimated ship date: 16/11/2011!

Before it was blank.
0ptus_Fail on 16/11/2011 - 14:31

Sorry folks.

If its a genuine price error they don't have to and won't honour the deal.

Now you just gotta wait for the refund to come through.

LOL I got a negative vote.

Not my fault they won't honour the deal.. its in their Terms and Conditions.
EnALup on 16/11/2011 - 14:32

Was it an error or real deal?
blackrider89 on 16/11/2011 - 14:42

+1

Think they're gonna honour it. Mine has changed to "submitted" and has both shipping date and method. They were blank 30 minutes ago.
- viggenn on 16/11/2011 - 14:51
  
  +2
  
  Same here * hi5 *
  - alextran1983 on 16/11/2011 - 14:54
    
    +1
    
    me 2 :)
    - blackrider89 on 16/11/2011 - 15:02
      
      So "hi5" for all of us ^_^. Hope they're gonna do it.
    - homersyd on 16/11/2011 - 15:43
      
      Is this what you guys have?
      
      Order status: Submitted
      Shipping method: L2 GL Standard
      Estimated ship: 16/11/2011
- infinity89 on 16/11/2011 - 14:52
  
  Got a message about 1.5 hours ago after I emailed them regarding the validity of this deal:
  
  "We ran out of stock for this model. A sales rep will rin gyou shortly to offer another model to you, and we may have to cancel this order.
  thanks."
  
  I just checked my status and yep you're right it has a shipping date now.
  
  Hmm, I guess I'll just send in my direct deposit and see what happens. It might be honoured :)
  - davidl2 on 16/11/2011 - 15:19
    
    that is not right!
    
    they cancel the order because OUT OF STOCKS?
    and now listing the exact same stuff & asking for HIGHER PRICE?
    
    they shouldn't & couldn't just use the "out of stock" excuses!
    I smell ACCC even though this maybe a pricing error,
    but still…they have exact same thing & use "out of stock" as excuse!
- infinity89 on 16/11/2011 - 15:02
  
  Ok latest news. Just called again. Even though my status had a shipping date, they said it was Out of Stock. I could either cancel or place an order for their standard configuration with the same specs for 1150 (or something like that). I cancelled :(
  - viggenn on 16/11/2011 - 15:13
    
    I wonder if there is a difference in payment methods? When I ordered they took money off my CC straight away.
    - Turd on 16/11/2011 - 15:14
      
      They didnt take your money off straight away, what they do is put a sale hold on the card. If funds are not taken out in 7days they are given back to you.
    - infinity89 on 16/11/2011 - 15:29
      
      From my phone conversation, there is no difference in payment methods. Either way CC or Direct Deposit it only depends on the time of your order.
  - siuol on 16/11/2011 - 15:19
    
    What time did you place the order?
    - infinity89 on 16/11/2011 - 15:28
      
      My original confirmation of purchase was at 9:16am
    - Turd on 16/11/2011 - 15:35
      
      9.16am? That's early. Did you buy it before it was on ozb?
    - infinity89 on 16/11/2011 - 15:46
      
      Bought after it was on OzBargain. From Perth haha :P
    - siuol on 16/11/2011 - 15:57
      
      9:16am in Perth is like 12:16pm in Sydney.
      
      Ozbargainers who bought earlier than 12:16pm might still have hopes……
davidl2 on 16/11/2011 - 15:17

damn, missed out! :-(

if anyone decided not to buy it for any reason!
(financial, impluse, too many laptops, wife is complaning)

pass it on to me & I will buy it off you!!!!!!
mily on 16/11/2011 - 15:20

Now my order status turns into "FS ReRoute Pending", don't know what's the exact meaning but doesn't sound good to me. Finger crossing.
Turd on 16/11/2011 - 15:25

I think the orders are being canceled.

FS ReRoute Pending

Shipping & Handling: AU$0.00
Total: AU$0.00
- johndoe123 on 16/11/2011 - 15:30
  
  -4
  
  sound relief to me :) no offence
- viggenn on 16/11/2011 - 16:06
  
  my order is still "Submitted" with today as the shipping date. My order date has yesterdays date on it tho :S
- xyron on 16/11/2011 - 16:54
  
  This is what mine currently says too. Just wait to see what happens I guess.
Doey21 on 16/11/2011 - 15:27

Bad luck guys :(
blackrider89 on 16/11/2011 - 15:38

Same story here…
siuol on 16/11/2011 - 15:42

Apparently the deal was showing in whirlpool as early as 9:30am in the morning…..

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1705066&p…
tron07 on 16/11/2011 - 16:08

I was looking at Edge 420 yesterday for my company, didnt notice anything difference.
- blackrider89 on 16/11/2011 - 16:09
  
  +2
  
  Edge 420 IS much different mate.
  - EnALup on 16/11/2011 - 17:03
    
    much much different. Better buy a vostro than that.
EnALup on 16/11/2011 - 17:02

I called Lenovo and they told me, it was a system error and orders will be cancelled :(
homersyd on 16/11/2011 - 17:09

-1

hate all this system error crap! First it was coles with the beer, now Lenovo - I think I see a pattern, it's a free way to get a WHOLE LOT of new customers to signup to a site. This should be illegal! :(
mustafansu on 16/11/2011 - 17:41

mine also says FSRerouting, Hope it doesnt get cancelled. damn, I really needed a laptop and couldn't spend more than that.
johndoe123 on 16/11/2011 - 18:16

i was really regret that i missed out this morning. now i'm happy :-)
- EnALup on 17/11/2011 - 02:24
  
  +3
  
  I was regretting for missing, but I still wish, Lenovo to honor it.
ttkc on 16/11/2011 - 21:19

+5

I did not buy but hope Lenovo honour the deal.
bbcw1980 on 16/11/2011 - 21:34

Bait advertising
'Bait advertising' describes the situation when a trader advertises goods at a certain price (usually a 'sale' price) but does not have a reasonable supply. What is a 'reasonable supply' will depend on several things, including the type of product and the way it was promoted or advertised.

If a trader has genuinely underestimated the popularity of a sale product, it may not be considered bait advertising.

For example, an electronics retailer runs a major national campaign advertising 50-inch televisions at a low price of $799 for a week-long sale. The retailer usually sells about 30 televisions of this type every week. The retailer only stocks two televisions at the advertised price and refuses to take customer orders. When customers attempt to buy the television at the advertised price, they are told it is out of stock and offered a more expensive unit for $999. This is likely to be bait advertising as the retailer does not have a reasonable supply of the advertised television.

http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/815334
- some_one_some_where on 16/11/2011 - 22:14
  
  +2
  
  And your point is…?
  - kheob on 17/11/2011 - 09:39
    
    +1
    
    I knew it! Someone was going to ACCC it up sooner or later. I love how some consumers think they're so privileged; a good, honest company makes a mistake and they try to do whatever they can to exploit it.
    - blackrider89 on 17/11/2011 - 09:44
      
      +1
      
      The should have put it "pricing error". And fine, all done, no more complaints. But in this case they said it was due to "out of stock" so it would be a different story…
    - ccrap on 17/11/2011 - 12:10
      
      Someone was going to ACCC it up sooner or later
      
      haha so true. kheob, we never heard back from that dude claiming to ACCC threat his way to a $99 laptop from OW either :)
    - A Banana4scale on 17/11/2011 - 12:27
      
      oh yeah that $99 Toshiba laptop he was supposedly getting. Guy was a big fat poser if you ask me
    - kheob on 17/11/2011 - 18:38
      
      haha so true. kheob, we never heard back from that dude claiming to ACCC threat his way to a $99 laptop from OW either :)
      
      Knew he was talking a load of crock. It would be a shame if companies started to 'ban' themselves from this site to avoid all the complaints to the ACCC.
savit on 16/11/2011 - 22:10

ThinkPad X220, 2 GB PC3-10600 DDR3 (1 DIMM). Valued at: $2,313.45. Amazing value for money…
mustafansu on 16/11/2011 - 23:10

So, when do we know for sure that order is going through or cancelled, I really need a laptop, can't have my money stuck forever.
zxcv on 17/11/2011 - 02:23

+1

well when i called up, they really tried to hard sell me on the edge model. Did anyone else get that? She said they sold out of the last 2 "just then" even thought i called up way after everyone else reported similar calls.
I don't know what to make of this, I think it could have been a COTD style (only 1 or 2 available) bait sale.
- blackrider89 on 17/11/2011 - 03:49
  
  +1
  
  So they have sold their last 2 a thousand times lol.
pennyless on 17/11/2011 - 07:17

+1

They tried this nonsense with me when I purchased and paid for an edge model, 2 weeks later they called me back cancelled my order and tried to make me purchase a higher priced model. Lost a lot of regard for Lenovo.
mustafansu on 17/11/2011 - 16:15

+1

called them up, they said all nonsense about pricing error/out of stock/system problem. then redirected me to sales team, who wanted me to sell the same product for 1150 - 10% 1050, I said that is normal price now, where is my discount for your error, then they offered me half price for the extra 3 years warranty. I didn't take it, so they finally cancelled the order. I got an email regarding that. On top of it, in the email the refunded money was stated less. I had to email them again to get it fixed. Sigh, no more going lenovo.
- viggenn on 17/11/2011 - 17:00
  
  +1
  
  Isn't that the definition of bait advertising?
  - anthony on 17/11/2011 - 17:18
    
    +1
    
    I dont think it would be.
    
    If it is a pricing error or stock error then Lenovo does not need to accept the payments and deliver the laptop at the advertised price. (The agreement you make with them says this)
    
    There is nothing wrong with Lenovo offering the same laptop at its usual price, that is not bait/switch. They have not switched the good for sale.
    
    If Lenovo was offering a more expensive laptop model instead of the X220 then it would be bait/switch
    
    It is like stores saying "No rain checks"
    Lenovo are not letting you pay the discounted price for new inventory of the laptop
    - A Banana4scale on 17/11/2011 - 17:51
      
      stating something is out of stock and then selling it at a higher price is very unethical and unprofessional, dunno about the legality of this but I should think that to some extent what they done is not entirely by the books
    - anthony on 17/11/2011 - 21:36
      
      -1
      
      Well nothing at lenovo is never really out of stock as they build laptops when you order them to your specifications.
      
      This deal was for an already built, ready to ship laptop.
      You could not customise it as is normal with lenovo.
      
      As someone has already suggested it could have been a corporate order that went wrong. So something like a school, university or company ordered many hundred/thousand and then cancelled the order so lenovo wanted to clear out the laptops which had already been built and were taking up space in their warehouse.
      
      Selling these pre built laptops and then continuing to sell a fully customisable, built to your order laptop are two different things
    - A Banana4scale on 17/11/2011 - 22:09
      
      +2
      
      looks like a pricing error, then it should have been told as a pricing error rather than out of stock. If we were told it was pricing error, yes many people would start complaining to the ACCC(for whatever reason) but lying to the customer is worse
zxcv on 17/11/2011 - 19:14

So is anyone getting one? Or did lenovo cancel all orders?
some_one_some_where on 17/11/2011 - 20:49

So all the people are loving this deal for its failure. Gotta love the Ozbargain spirit!
0ptus_Fail on 17/11/2011 - 21:02

yeah I +ed it as well!

It was a great deal for the handful that will actually get one!

Well actually I called them and this real nice lady said there "was about a hundred that were in stock"

And of course we must believe them!

They are a great company! Lenovo! Cant' wait for the next great, great deal! YAY!
- some_one_some_where on 17/11/2011 - 22:01
  
  That is fine but from what I read into the comments, they are going to cancel all orders as it was 'a pricing error', so they may have a thousand laptops but they are not going to process orders due to the error!
siuol on 18/11/2011 - 15:04

I still haven't received any calls/emails from Lenovo. I want to see how long it will take before they contact me. I want them to feel embarrassed (or to see how thick are their skins) - or will they?
- mily on 21/11/2011 - 10:50
  
  Me too. I am gonna leave it for a few days and see will they contact me or not. Maybe just call and ask where is my laptop after a week, as it's supposed to be at my door by that time.
Redmo0n on 21/11/2011 - 00:20

Any update?
- bbyboy on 21/11/2011 - 07:26
  
  call and find out?
hahaer on 21/11/2011 - 11:41

+4

Just got cancellation email. no apology, no excuse, therefore no business with you any more, Lenovo!
- drgan on 21/11/2011 - 11:47
  
  Same here. No apology, no excuse in the email. I am really disappointed, not for the cancellation (since it is expected), but for the attitude of the company.
  
  They could have simply written there was a price error…
- mily on 21/11/2011 - 11:56
  
  Same here, and showing the price excluding GST, though the saleman in the phone assure me the full amount will be refunded. But it's very disappointing Lenovo, even Topbuy gave $10 voucher to show their apology.
- viggenn on 21/11/2011 - 14:34
  
  Got a cancellation email too. Wondering if it's worth chasing it up with CA or ACCC? The money from my CC was "taken" and I haven't been able to use the funds for the last week, then they just cancel with no explanation…
blackrider89 on 21/11/2011 - 15:33

Same here. No apology whatsoever.
bbyboy on 21/11/2011 - 17:10

wtf
$487.91 + $1 taken from my bank
$443.55 showing in the email
why?
- kheob on 21/11/2011 - 17:13
  
  GST…
  - bbyboy on 21/11/2011 - 17:18
    
    so they charged me for something i didnt buy/receive?
    - mily on 21/11/2011 - 17:28
      
      What I heard is the GST will be refunded to OZ customer, but NZ customer also purchase from the same site, thus the GST was not included in the email to everyone, but full paid amount will be returned.
      Just wait and see, I don't think Lenovo will make that obvious mistake for us to complain, they did very well on avoiding being ozbargained.
    - bbyboy on 21/11/2011 - 17:33
      
      +4
      
      thanks for clearing that up
      lenovo just gave themselves a bad rep here

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