i ordered a laptop from dell 2 days ago.... and it's already in it's "boxing" stage... wasn't that kinda quick?

[skim milk]

so it's probably be shipped out by monday or tuesday.... and i might even get it sometimes next week!

 

[dmurray14]

Originally posted by: fritolays
so it's probably be shipped out by monday or tuesday.... and i might even get it sometimes next week!

Heh, that's actually pretty slow for Dell. I was amazed when I ordered my PC at 7am one morning, and when I came back to check at 4:30 the system had be parted, built, tested, boxed, and shipped. Pretty damn efficent if you ask me.

 

[skim milk]

Originally posted by: dmurray14

Originally posted by: fritolays
so it's probably be shipped out by monday or tuesday.... and i might even get it sometimes next week!

Heh, that's actually pretty slow for Dell. I was amazed when I ordered my PC at 7am one morning, and when I came back to check at 4:30 the system had be parted, built, tested, boxed, and shipped. Pretty damn efficent if you ask me.

so you got your computer in less than a week?


I ordered thursday night around midnight so it's basically like placing the order friday morning.

I just hope my laptop gets here before friday.... *crosses fingers*

 

[imported_Mike]

2 days to complete a "boxing" stage seems rather slow to me. If i ordered sunday(dell would recieve the order monday morning) I would expect it by the end of the week at my door.

 

[Angrymarshmello]

This is a laptop we're talking about......Dell is notoriously slow at shipping lappy's out

 

[hdeck]

they took approx 2 weeks to build my laptop =\

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Originally posted by: hdeck
they took approx 2 weeks to build my laptop =\

Precisely.

BTW, how's the wireless stuff going for ya - keep getting disconnected?

 

[Joony]

yay! just ordered a Latitude D600, its in the "preproduction stage". I hope to get it mid next week!

 

[oboeguy]

That's fast, considering my folks' experience. I ordered a Centrino system for them just before this summer and it took over a month to arrive. Plus, it was defective -- random lock-ups. Just got it back in the mail a week or two ago. Soooo... that's almost 4 months to get a working system. Boo, Dell, boo!

 

[ElFenix]

boxing means it is being put on a plane from malaysia to dell's depot in dallas. don't worry, it will still take days before it is out of that stage.

oboeguy - you can't compare lead times between different models of notebook

 

[Chrono]

dell's order status system sucks ass.

took a month for my inspiron 8100 to come.

this was 2 years ago.. hm.. my sister's preconfigured inspiron 1100 ordered recently took a week though.
BAH!
go to hell dell.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

newegg is faster, hehe

Order in the morning, get fedex tracking number saying it was shipped at like 2PM or so.

 

[Broohaha]

did you customize it? or was it a preconfigured model?

<--has ordered 5 dell laptops in last year :Q

 

[Cfour]

I ordered a Dell computer with my freind on a Tuesday before he went to school. Amazingly enough, he got it that Friday.

Tony

 

[her209]

Yea, that was kinda quick.

 

[dartworth]

I picked up a camera from Dell yesterday. I up the shipping to overnite because I was hoping to have it by the weekend. I placed the order around 9AM EST.

I check the status of the a few hours later. It tells me its going to ship around the 19th...I'm thinking WTF...oh well

This morning at about 10AM the Airborne guy is bangin on the door...

Texas to Cleveland...I was very surprised.:Q

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: jfano
I picked up a camera from Dell yesterday. I up the shipping to overnite because I was hoping to have it by the weekend. I placed the order around 9AM EST.

I check the status of the a few hours later. It tells me its going to ship around the 19th...I'm thinking WTF...oh well

This morning at about 10AM the Airborne guy is bangin on the door...

Texas to Cleveland...I was very surprised.:Q

did it actually originate in texas? i guarantee it didn't ship from a warehouse with "Dell" on the front door. probably said "TechData" or another distributor.

 

[dartworth]

I was thinking the same thing. Usually I get stuff from an IM warehouse in PA.

According to the package and packing slip...this one came from Plano, TX.

 

[dartworth]

Confirmed...

Airborne has the order coming from Plano TX


Dell's site still still has my order in production...

 

[bpctech]

my 600m I got a month ago took about 2 weeks from order placement to arrival.

Oh and stupid dell didn't give me tracking info for the shipment until after they had already tried first delivery attempt. I had to make special arrangements to be home from work to sign for it because no one else is home during the day.

 

[Joony]

Dang! I ordered my D600 last week on the night of the 17th! Its still in the production stage I'm growing more impatient by the day!

 

[Kaervak]

When I ordered my Inspiron last year it took IIRC eights days from order to arrival. It arrived two days before their estimated ship date.

 

[Mucman]

I got my 600m a couple weeks ago and I am now shipping it back because the video card has died

 

[Joony]

w00t w00t! its finally on the building substage of production!

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: hdeck
they took approx 2 weeks to build my laptop =\

IBM took 5 months on mine. But I ordered it when the model was first introduced and it was the first laptop that I can think of with a 1600x1200 screen (I got it in 2000). Three separate parts got delayed. First the screens didn't get to IBM. Then the 3Com NIC's ran out. I forget what the third part shortage was. But my computer used all three of the parts that had shortages. :-\ It was well worth the wait though. I <3 my ThinkPad.

ZV