IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad Shareholder/Employee Discount!

mcumeda

Mar 22, 2007

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mcumeda

Mar 22, 2007

115 Posts

Thanks! I love Thinkpads!

slackercow

Mar 22, 2007

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slackercow

Mar 22, 2007

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thinkpads are ranked higher macbooks in reliability, last i checked. but good post anyhow

Nutter

Mar 23, 2007

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Nutter

Mar 23, 2007

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Quote from 03 350z

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Lenovo is offering employee pricing to all IBM stockholders.
http://www.lenovo.com/ibmspp
Use offer ID number 536686

ThinkPads are consistently ranked up there with Apple MacBooks in terms of industrial design and reliability!

Examples:
ThinkPad T60 Core2 Duo T5500, 15.4" WXGA, 1 GB DDR2, 120GB SATA, DVD burner, 3 yr warranty
Regular price $1649, Employee price $1320

ThinkPad R60e Celeron M 1.6 GHz, 15" XGA, 512 MB, 60 GB, DVD burner, 1 yr warranty
Regular price $799, Employee price $639

ThinkPad T60 Core2 Duo T2300e Centrino, 15" XGA, 512MB, 60 GB, CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo, 1 yr warranty
Regular price $1099, Employee price $879

While this is a good deal it is NOT employee pricing. I am an IBM employee and I just priced out the first example:

ThinkPad T60 Core2 Duo T5500, 15.4" WXGA, 1 GB DDR2, 120GB SATA, DVD burner, 3 yr warranty
Regular price $1649, Employee price $1320 Real IBM Employee price $1107

This is still a good deal. IBM (Lenovo) Thinkpads do cost a little more than your Dell and such but they are (in my 15 year experience) a good solid laptop backed by a great warranty.

John

coollover13

Mar 23, 2007

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coollover13

Mar 23, 2007

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its good price rpp

raindc5

Mar 29, 2007

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raindc5

Mar 29, 2007

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Quote from Nutter

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While this is a good deal it is NOT employee pricing. I am an IBM employee and I just priced out the first example:

ThinkPad T60 Core2 Duo T5500, 15.4" WXGA, 1 GB DDR2, 120GB SATA, DVD burner, 3 yr warranty
Regular price $1649, Employee price $1320 Real IBM Employee price $1107

This is still a good deal. IBM (Lenovo) Thinkpads do cost a little more than your Dell and such but they are (in my 15 year experience) a good solid laptop backed by a great warranty.

John

care to help us get real employee pricing?

realjag

Mar 29, 2007

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realjag

Mar 29, 2007

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Thank you very much. It may not be employee pricing but I saved at least $300. Repped.

azpirin

Mar 29, 2007

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azpirin

Mar 29, 2007

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Oh man! You know the last week sales with the code employee48hour? Would this deal work on top of that code? If that was the case, I missed the greatest deal ever from lenovo. I only used the employee48hour last week when I purchased. Please let me know if this deal would have worked with the employee48hour deal

03 350z

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Mar 30, 2007

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03 350z

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It probably would've worked, I didn't know of any restrictions on its use. Sometimes there are promotions that can't be combined with shareholder/employee discounts, but I wasn't aware of such restriction with this one. So yeah, you probably could've scored a super sweet deal on a ThinkPad. The employee48hour code expired last Friday though.

Vitriol

Apr 3, 2007

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Vitriol

Apr 3, 2007

75 Posts

Did anyone else get their laptops already?

I ordered and it says that my ship date is 4/13, im hoping that that is an overestimation.

Quote from azpirin

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Oh man! You know the last week sales with the code employee48hour? Would this deal work on top of that code? If that was the case, I missed the greatest deal ever from lenovo. I only used the employee48hour last week when I purchased. Please let me know if this deal would have worked with the employee48hour deal

actually, the code did NOT work when using the employee web site. I think this was for friends and families of employees.

you can still get 12% back from that taylor made program and another 3.5% from fatwallet

Last edited by Vitriol April 3, 2007 at 02:40 PM.

azpirin

Apr 4, 2007

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azpirin

Apr 4, 2007

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Quote from Vitriol

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Did anyone else get their laptops already?

I ordered and it says that my ship date is 4/13, im hoping that that is an overestimation.

actually, the code did NOT work when using the employee web site. I think this was for friends and families of employees.

you can still get 12% back from that taylor made program and another 3.5% from fatwallet

Well, I don't have Amex. Only ames applies to taylormade program right?

Anyhow, my estimated shipment was 4/11, but i received an email that it has shipped. Customs at US takes couple of days and I should be expecting my item by tomorrow.

Patelz2000

Apr 4, 2007

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Patelz2000

Apr 4, 2007

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when does this deal end?

Jaxattaxs7

Apr 4, 2007

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Jaxattaxs7

Apr 4, 2007

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I have a macbook pro for personal and ThinkPad T60 for work, after using the think pad I'm thinking what PC notebook would be better I enjoy this laptop good keypad nice screen. Yeah I give thinkpads my seal of approval 2nd to my macbook pro!

Vitriol

Apr 4, 2007

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Vitriol

Apr 4, 2007

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Quote from azpirin

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Well, I don't have Amex. Only ames applies to taylormade program right?

Anyhow, my estimated shipment was 4/11, but i received an email that it has shipped. Customs at US takes couple of days and I should be expecting my item by tomorrow.

Taylormade program is only for AMEX cards, there is a link somewhere that tells you which ones you can use with this program.

Did you custom configure your laptop and what kind was it?
Also, when did you recieve your e-mail? (im trying to gauge if i should call them to check for an update, my order status says "In Process", is this what yours showed?)

I was told that for some reason that the X-series (which i ordered) take a bit longer to build.

Quote from Patelz2000

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when does this deal end?

The amex deal was supposed to end at the end of last month, but they extended it. I suspect that they will extend it every month for a while.

As far as the employee share holder deal goes, I am an actual shareholder and it did not say an expire date on my form. I dont know what others have gotten.

-Vit

Last edited by Vitriol April 4, 2007 at 01:40 PM.

squidstrips

Apr 4, 2007

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squidstrips

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Quote from Vitriol

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I was told that for some reason that the X-series (which i ordered) take a bit longer to build.

I think they are spinning you. I ordered a X60 on Friday night before the 15% code expired and it was delivered the following Tuesday. Considering the weekend was in there, that's pretty quick.

azpirin

Apr 5, 2007

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azpirin

Apr 5, 2007

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Well, I just got mine today. Sweet!!! Love this thing! Only down fall is the pre-installed norton program which slows down my computer so much. Also, there is an issue with lenovo registration thing. that damn thing wouldn't go away even when you register. I got that thing deleted after.

My question is does this come with driver and reinstall cd or dvd? I see only one dvd which says Vista upgrade. What if I want to format and install from scratch?

Yes, mine was custom built - added finger print thing, memory, 9-cell battery (yes, it pops out). It took couple of days at the US customs. My original estimated delivery was 4/11 but received today 4/4.

Hope to see some feedbacks here!

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