M17x Order Status Discussion - Part 4

[rorkas]

Yep, that is what I did with my last two FedEx packages. It works but is very annoying since the nearest depot is 60 miles one way, costing me $20 in gas plus 2 hours of time to get my damn box. It is almost worth taking a sick day to sit and wait for the delivery.

And they still may leave a note saying that they "tried really hard to deliver, but no one was home" - true story. I did it once and was actually online all this time checking on the delivery progress only to find out that status has changed to "Delivery Exception". Sure enough when I checked my front door there was a note from FedEx. So, I would advise against taking your sick day.

[tazmission]

Ordered mine on May 1st, shipped yesterday by Canada standard shipping to Quebec...Waiting...

Hmm.. so I guess that rules out being in Canada as being the reason why my shipping is taking so long.

[troyguitar]

And they still may leave a note saying that they "tried really hard to deliver, but no one was home" - true story. I did it once and was actually online all this time checking on the delivery progress only to find out that status has changed to "Delivery Exception". Sure enough when I checked my front door there was a note from FedEx. So, I would advise against taking your sick day.

Haha yep, I've been there too. Sit home in the living room by the front door all day and the guy shows up during the 2 minutes you're in the bathroom :lol:

The better time to take the sick day is clearly the day after the computer arrives so I can screw around gaming all day.

[rorkas]

I had to cancel my M17x order and reorder again. Heads up for everyone who has AAFES account, there is a huge discount on all AW units.
I got the same unit for much cheaper.

Alienware M17X R4 with Soft Touch - Direct
3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3720QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.6GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
6GB DDR3 at 1600MHz
English Keyboard, 101 Key, M17X R4
17.3-inch WideFHD1920 x 1080 60Hz WLED
2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 7970M
750GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s
AlienFX Color, Quasar Blue
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Service Pack 1, English, w/Media
Stealth Black with Soft Touch Finish
Slot-Loading Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
Intel 2230 Wireless-N

$1256.75
You can't beat this price no matter what. Highly recommend to all military/vetrans if you are thinking about new laptop - check out AAFES today, I think this is one day deal only.

[Rainmaker825]

That before or after tax because that's ridiculous. I have pretty much the same thing except with 500GB and blu ray. Came out to 1780 after tax.

[rorkas]

There is no tax for AAFES purchases. It's final price.

[Rainmaker825]

Crazy good discount. You have over 20% more or less.

[troyguitar]

Damn. Ordered in the evening of 4/30 and mine shipped yesterday. They tried to deliver it today, which I would have stopped except I didn't get an email that it had shipped until 30 minutes ago :lol:

Now I have to wait until Thursday. At least I'll have it for the weekend.

[BiH115]

Damn. Ordered in the evening of 4/30 and mine shipped yesterday. They tried to deliver it today, which I would have stopped except I didn't get an email that it had shipped until 30 minutes ago :lol:

Now I have to wait until Thursday. At least I'll have it for the weekend.

That's the solid part, weekend fun experimenting!

I can't wait to pick mine up tomorrow.

[troyguitar]

Yeah, I could go pick it up tomorrow if I call up and hassle them but by the time I drive to the depot and back and get everything opened up and running it will be time to go to bed anyway. Fortunately it's only 'indirect' signature which means I can sign the door tag and they will leave it at the door on Thursday. I was thinking that they'd use direct signature.