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    Buying a ThinkPad in Canada

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by pinserz, Aug 31, 2007.

  1. pinserz

    pinserz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is there any places other than buying off Lenovo directly that sell ThinkPads (specifically T61's)? I live in Ontario and I remember when I was looking around there was a company like CWO or CWG or something like that which sells them from their warehouses. Is there any other places where I could buy a ThinkPad?
     
  2. Yorgi

    Yorgi Notebook Geek

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    I would guess you are thinking of CDW Canada.

    http://www.cdw.ca/

    I would love to find a place in the Toronto area that had ThinkPads on display. I'd probably have one by now if I could actually see a few of the T61's.
     
  3. pinserz

    pinserz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes that's it! Is there any other places you can think of?
     
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    pacman99 Notebook Enthusiast

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    where in ontario do you live in?
    I bought my T61 just a few days ago in Markham. They had a few in stock when I was there a few days ago.
    www.pacificnotebooks.com
    There's a few other notebook stores there in the same mall (Pacific Mall), one that was supposed to get a lenovo shipment in today.

    Now having some on display though might be a bit tricky. When I went in, someone had brought their T61 in for servicing so I was able to look at it but the store didn't have any on display officially...
     
  5. Mr.Ric

    Mr.Ric Notebook Guru

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    That CDW says they have them in stock for shipment the same day, but when you look at the stock quantites it says 0...

    http://www.cdw.ca/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1264326

    Has anyone here brought a t61p from there? From the looks of it its the same model as sold on the lenovo ca site.
     
  6. pinserz

    pinserz Notebook Enthusiast

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    It is the exact same model. You have to call them for the stock quantities though. For the T61 they can ship it that day because the have so many...
     
  7. alchemy

    alchemy Notebook Consultant

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    They display and sell T61s in downtown Toronto at Computer Systems Centre. It's located at the southwest corner of Spadina and Queen Street.
     
  8. Yorgi

    Yorgi Notebook Geek

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    Thanks for the heads-up. I'll check them out this week.
     
  9. HeavyG

    HeavyG Notebook Enthusiast

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    I believe computer systems centre is located at College and Spadina. It's got a 14.1 in widescreen on display last time I went down.