Dell Vostro 1400 Shipped! Took 3 Days!

08/06 Night: Just ordered the Dell Vostro 1400. ($649 deal with some upgrades.)

08/07 Morning: Called in to upgrade to Windows Vista Premium, order had to be cancelled and have a new one placed. (There goes my 1.5% FatCash )

08/08 Morning: Called the 1-800-433-9014 number and it's in Boxing stage.

08/10 Night: Received email notifying my order was shipped via DHL Ground!

Email's "Est. Ship Date: 09/10/2007"

This is surprising. After the late late estimated shipment date and all the shipping horror stories I've been reading, I really didn't expect it to ship so soon. It only took them about 3 days (after reordering for Vista Home Premium.) to ship the laptop. I did try sending in an email asking them to expedite my order and include the Vista discs on the night of 08/07, but I didn't receive a reply from them.

Here's my laptop build, if that helps:
Quantity Item Number Description
1 223-1214 Vostro 1400, Intel Core 2 Duo T5470, 1.6GHz, 800Mhz FSB 2M L2 Cache
1 320-5565 14.1 inch Wide Screen XGA TL LCD for Vostro 1400
1 311-7287 2GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 DIMM
1 320-5563 128MB nVidia GeForce 8400M GS Graphics Card
1 341-4902 80G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
1 420-7289 Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
1 412-0995 Dell Exclusive MediaDirect Instant Play Software Application
1 430-0493 Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron
1 410-0960 Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.08, forVostro
1 313-5521 8X DVD+/-RW with double-layer DVD+R write capability, w/o Roxio Creator
1 313-4783 Integrated High Definition Audio 2.0
1 430-2442 Intel 3945 WLAN (802.11a/g) Mini Card
1 320-5614 Integrated 2.0 mega pixel webcam 1400
1 410-0954 Norton Internet Security 2007 30 Day Trial,OEM
1 312-0556 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, for Inspiron 1400
1 412-1397 No Productivity Software requested
1 420-7323 Microsoft Works 8.5 - English
1 983-3920 Warranty Support,Initial Year
1 987-6829 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
1 987-7047 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus Return To Depot, Initial Year
1 983-4130 Type 7 Contract - Mail-In Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
1 900-9987 Standard On-Site Installation Declined
1 310-8628 You have chosen a Windows Vista Premium System
1 310-9348 Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor
1 466-8870 Thank you for choosing Dell
1 312-0559 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Additional Battery, for Vostro1400
1 420-7368 Dell DataSafe 2.0 Online, 10GBfor 1 Year Free (for ABU only)
1 987-7479 VOSTRO,Datasafe 10GB,1YR(Incl w/price)
1 420-7367 PC Tune-up, 1 Year (For English OS only)
1 960-8851 1YR AUT. PC TUNE UP,VOSTRO, Included in Price
1 420-7378 PC Tune-up, 1 Year (For English OS only)
1 462-4506 Purchase is NOT intended for resell
1 600-0001 State Environmental Fee for display less than 15 inches

 

man you were really lucky.. wow

 

wow, thats fast. I'm on day 2 of my re-order

tomorrow it will ship =P, lol

 

I ordered mine 4 days ago, and there's no sign of being in boxing stage =(

 

Does anyone know the stages to getting it? Is it Order >> Shipping Parts >> Build >> Box >> Shipped?

 

Shipping parts is known as Pre-production and I believe there's a testing phase right before boxing

 

That was fast. Mine's coming in on monday Ordered the 29th?

 

Yeah, mine should be coming in on Monday too.

I ordered on the night of 6th but changed the order in the morning of 7th, so basically ordered on the 7th of August.

 

It goes pre-production>>build>>delay>>testing>>boxing>>shipping>>then happy time

 

Probably someone cancelled their order when it was halfway through production. Otherwise 3 days is awefully fast.

 

my vostro was shipped on the 7th itself..im still waiting

 

My Vostro 1400 shipped in 3 days. My Vostro 1500 shipped in 4 days.

Both will be here on Monday.

 

How come all I can see on my "Order Status" page is "In Production"? Where do you get those detailed stages??

Thanks,

Chris

 

by calling the 1800 dell has for order status, its alot more detailed and it can make you impatient, heres the number 1-800-433-9014

 

Thanks... I'm in build. Now I can start checking 6 times a day... ;-)

 

-> Order
-> Pre-Production
-> Production
1. Kitting
2. Building
3. Testing
-> Boxing
-> Shipping
-> Delivered

Above is the order I've always known them to have. Below is how my order process went with building before kitting and after it as well

-> Order
-> Pre-Production
-> Production
1. Building
2. Kitting
3. Building
4. Testing
-> Boxing
-> Shipping
-> Delivered

 

my Vostro 1400 was *delivered* in 5 days. And since i didn't order next day shipping, it took atleast 2 days to deliver

So, yeah, mine was shipped out in 3 days as well. But more importantly, I received FREE 2nd day shipping without me ever calling Dell or chatting to any rep.

Fast Dell + Fast DHL =

 

Don't let HCW or peter (same person different name) see that you put DHL and fast in the same sentence. They may call you a liar and tell you how they love FedEx.

 

Damn, ordered my Vostro 1400 on the 6th of August, and the estimated delivery date is the 30th!

It's still in the build stage now..I hope it comes early, then again, I'm in New Zealand...