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IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad Shareholder/Employee Discount!

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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
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AUT1GER
03-22-2007 at 11:30 AM.
03-22-2007 at 11:30 AM.
Thanks! I love Thinkpads!
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slackercow
03-22-2007 at 11:31 AM.
03-22-2007 at 11:31 AM.
thinkpads are ranked higher macbooks in reliability, last i checked. but good post anyhow
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Nutter
03-23-2007 at 06:49 AM.
03-23-2007 at 06:49 AM.
Quote from 03 350z :
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
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coollover13
03-23-2007 at 01:46 PM.
03-23-2007 at 01:46 PM.
its good price rpp
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raindc5
03-29-2007 at 09:34 AM.
03-29-2007 at 09:34 AM.
Quote from Nutter :
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?
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realjag
03-29-2007 at 02:26 PM.
03-29-2007 at 02:26 PM.
Thank you very much. It may not be employee pricing but I saved at least $300. Repped.
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azpirin
03-29-2007 at 02:54 PM.
03-29-2007 at 02:54 PM.
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
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03 350z
03-30-2007 at 08:17 AM.
03-30-2007 at 08:17 AM.
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.
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Vitriol
04-03-2007 at 02:40 PM.
04-03-2007 at 02:40 PM.
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.

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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
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azpirin
04-03-2007 at 10:27 PM.
04-03-2007 at 10:27 PM.
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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.
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04-04-2007 at 06:57 AM.
04-04-2007 at 06:57 AM.
when does this deal end?
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04-04-2007 at 08:24 AM.
04-04-2007 at 08:24 AM.
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!
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Vitriol
04-04-2007 at 01:40 PM.
04-04-2007 at 01:40 PM.
Quote from azpirin :
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.

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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
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04-04-2007 at 01:43 PM.
04-04-2007 at 01:43 PM.
Quote from Vitriol :
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.
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