HP 8510p available!

[Ackeron]

Well...HP.come now says my order would ship 9/9/2007 if I bought one today. Guess that supports the 2-3 week delay mail people have been getting. SIGH.

Also, my supplier was supposed to receive a shipment today, but of course they didn't. Haven't heard a thing--so that backs up the delay crap too. Guess I'll see you guys in 2-3 weeks.

On the bright side, if Lenovo gets a 15.4" WSXGA+ T61p out before the 8510p, I'm jumping ship so fast...

[lungboy]

i'm hoping this isn't some kind of cruel joke!

From: Hewlett Packard Corporation
Subject: Your Order Number XXX has shippedon 08/24/2007

Your order has been shipped. Please contact your Client Services
representative if you have any questions.

[jin07]

You get the box and all you find are back up disks with a note saying the rest of your purchase will arrive at a later date. btw when did you order and was it a custom?

Edit: I'm going to bug them every other day until they ship mine muhahaha.

[MackeY]

i'm hoping this isn't some kind of cruel joke!

From: Hewlett Packard Corporation
Subject: Your Order Number XXX has shippedon 08/24/2007

Your order has been shipped. Please contact your Client Services
representative if you have any questions.

Exciting! I hope it isn't a joke, for your sake. Keep us updated

(Mine is unfortunatly still pending, with no ESD and no way of tracking, because i ordered through some academical institution. All i have is a : "Under normal circumstances, it will be delivered begin September...". And of course no normal circumstances because of the shipping delays of HP. *sigh*)

*edit* jin07, that would be so cruel! :s

[eli]

Well I haven't been active this last week because I just moved to where I'll be attending grad school; however, my HP problems have become worse. I originally ordered the 8510p on the 6th of August in the morning with an ESD of the 11th. Well that didn't happen, and then it was pushed back to the 16th, not a huge problem.

I called HP SMB on Friday, the 17th, and they had no clue why it didn't ship, but were in contact with their warehouse to show at the latest it would ship by the 20th. Well we have all heard that before, with a system that was "Coming Soon" since the end of May. I then called on the 20th, they said my system would be leaving ASAP and my Sales Rep would send me a tracking number when it became available. A day later, I received a wonderful email as someone else did in this forum, saying it would be delayed again for no reason.

So I called SMB yesterday, the 23rd, and I had to call them 6 times just to be connected with someone who had any clue what they were doing. So this nice CSR contacted the warehouse, but to no avail, HP's lines were down and she had to IM the person she was trying to communicate with. She told me that some would ship the 23rd and a warehouse rep would call me on my cell that night to see if I would get one (I did get free overnight shipping).

I got a call last night saying that they didn't get any off the line and the soonest some would arrive would be in two shipments, either the 31st or the 4th of September. I am now just at a loss what to do, any advice? I was planning on two weeks to have it by Monday (The 27th) so I could start classes with the rig. Now, it looks as if I would be subjected to a B&M computer. I've ordered with HP before and have never had this much trouble, my dv8000 even shipped early last time. Any ideas, guys? Bueller...Bueller?

[Ackeron]

eli,

I was also told August 31 at the earliest, but perhaps as late as September 9.

[jin07]

I hope this isn't turning into a lenovo sized delay. Eli, I'd wait and hope it ships early. If it doesn't, which looks like will happen, then just send it to your school or get it from your house if you don't live far away.

[Ackeron]

The most depressing thing is that I've ruled out every other notebook but the 8510p and the T61p. So I guess whoever gets their @($# together first ends up with my money.

[eli]

The most depressing thing is that I've ruled out every other notebook but the 8510p and the T61p. So I guess whoever gets their @($# together first ends up with my money.

Yeah Ackeron, those were my top two choices as well. I finally picked the HP because one, I've had several HP's, and knock on wood, they have not been subject to anything horrible. Secondly, the ESD of the HP was supposedly in a week. But we will see how this all pans out.

[ZT3000!]

The most depressing thing is that I've ruled out every other notebook but the 8510p and the T61p. So I guess whoever gets their @($# together first ends up with my money.

You'd probably have better luck getting your hands on an Asus V1s.