From: Steve Hultquist (ssh_at_accumedia.com)
Date: Thu May 04 2000 - 10:25:29 EDT
Bill,
Are you doing any of the T series?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Morrow [mailto:penzance_at_gate.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 12:44 AM
> To: Greg Langham
> Cc: 'David W. Taylor'; ThinkPad List
> Subject: Re: Just tried to order an a20p from ShopIBM...
>
>
> I placed an order for 9 A20p today.. 2629-6SU & 6TU..
> with my corporate vendor, whose prices, while not all that
> great, at least were
> not as high as my distrobutor, Ingram Micro, who wanted $5k
> for these new
> machines..
>
> my corporate vendor said 15-may (or thereabouts) they would
> get 30 A20p machines
> in.. (20 w98, 10 w2k)..
>
> i sure hope they arrive.. :-)
> and when they do, i'll let you guys know..
>
> BUT..
>
> in the past, the new hot machine would ship a few dozen units
> to various
> vendors, then the supply would dry up for weeks, while the
> corporate buyers got
> their fill..
>
> ALSO,
>
> in the past, the first batch usually was from japan, rather
> than mexico..
>
> Greg Langham wrote:
>
> > Just as I suspected yesterday when I noted that they were
> all "in-stock". If
> > you notice, the dock isn't even listed (unless I'm simply
> missing it.)
> >
> > I'll probably wait until CDW or PC Connection have them
> before attempting an
> > order!
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David W. Taylor [mailto:davidt_at_detayls.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 12:45 PM
> > To: ThinkPad List
> > Subject: Just tried to order an a20p from ShopIBM...
> >
> > Last night I went to the ShopIBM web site and placed an
> order for a ThinkPad
> > a20P - 26296TU and the site happily took my order for the
> computer, some
> > memory and the fancy new camera.
> >
> > On the face of it this is a fabulous upgrade from my
> ThinkPad 600 PII/233
> > that I have loved for the past two years. Huge screen, 3
> times bigger
> > drive, more memory, DVD, Win2k and so on. My technolust is in full
> > flood!!!!
> >
> > This morning I got a call from a human asking why my order
> was blank.
> >
> > Bottom line, the orders are not making it from the web site
> and when you ask
> > the human to help, they act really confused and don't even
> know what an A
> > series ThinkPad is. They have no "codes" for them and they
> cannot place
> > orders for you. Great assurances about staying on top of
> it are being made
> > but I am fairly skeptical at this point.
> >
> > The ShopIBM site now shows "CALL" instead of "In Stock" for
> the 26296TU.
> >
> > If you think you have placed an order, you may be sadly mistaken.
> > --
> > David Taylor
> > <davidt_at_tavolo.com>
>
> --
> Happy trails...
>
> ** Bill Morrow ** :-)
> WEB page http://thinkpads.com
> e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_gate.net
>
>
>
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