International shipping from Lenovo US?

Hi all,

I've been looking at getting a X220, but have been dragging my feet for far too long. I figure I'm now looking at my last chance to pick one up - the chicklet keyboard just doesn't work for me.

Thing is I'm outside of the states where prices are a good 50%+ higher, so I was hoping to order one from the Lenovo US store. I've seen the occasional comment from some forum members here that they've managed to do it, but according to a local friend, the Lenovo US webstore doesn't accept foreign cards *and* they call ahead to verify that the orderer is actually at the delivery address, which would rule out using a freight forwarder.

So how do you guys do it?

 

use freight fowarder services such as MyUS.com - MyUS.com - Top Rated Package and Mail Forwarding and many others

 

The only way to get around this that I know of...

a) One must possess an American Express card (no other card will do AFAIK) with an U.S. address as a secondary address, and get it shipped to that very address.

b) Lenovo does not check whether the buyer is present at the given time at the delivery address, but someone over the age of 18 must sign for the package.

Good luck.

 

That's odd, because my friend *did* try with an American Express with the US delivery address as the secondary address and it didn't work. Will have to ask again to see why exactly it failed.

 

I just bought t430s using B&N gold discount and i paid using amazon payment the laptop shipped from china and in its way to my US box address

 

Get one from a shop that does ship international.

Take a look at Provantage. It seems they offer international shipping. To my place they charge an extra $50 or so.

In 2007 I imported the T61 I'm still using. I called Lenovo US and offered them an additional $500 for shipping one overseas, but all they could offer was 'No'. At the end I got one from Euclid Computers (doesn't exist anymore it seems).

 

Hopshopgo is a forwarder that buys the laptop on behalf of you with their own credit cards. Then it is delivered to their centres. I think that should bypass any issues that you are thinking of. They're a reliable company, I've used them several times. The only issue are their rates. On top of a 10% commission, they charge on volumetric volume which pushes the delivery charge up if Lenovo posts a huge box. It cost me $80 to ship a 5lb package to Australia.

 

What exactly is Barnes & Nobel Gold? Google returns the B&N Lenovo webstore as the first result, but all it is is a login page that welcomes students and academic staff...

Hopshopgo is available here, as are others. Shipping fees are unavoiadable though concierge fees do vary. But again my friend has had trouble putting the order through them.

I've also looked at Provantage and a few others, but going that route means I can't pick my configuration. Things like an IPS screen (or rather the lack of) are a dealbreaker.

I'll probably give a freight forwarder/concierge a shot. But it anyone can clue me in to B&N that'll be much appreciated!

 

get a friend in the US to buy for you... that's the easiest way. They can ship it to you after the package arrive at their place.

 

You can use PayPal checkout in the B&N Gold site. I used an international Visa through PayPal to get my laptop.

Weird thing is... Visa and MasterCard are more wide spread and major compared to American Express and they don't accept anything outseas other than American Express, which isn't even popular in the US...

 

It is a joint venture between Lenovo and B&N. It is a site setup to service college students and college level academics. You can register for the site without proof of academic status so you can look at the deals, but you have to provide a student ID, email or other proof of student or academic staff status.

 

Look at eBay: Lots of X220's with IPS there. Some sellers are also willing to custom-order one for you.

 

May be true because i used my university email as my email address.

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You did get it shipped outside the US?

Just called Provantage. The W530 I was looking at is on the ban-list for international shipping

 

Sorry, shipped to US...

You can always ask a friend to bring it with them

 

A few years back I ordered a ThinkPad T400 from the Lenovo's US shop. I managed to get through the checkout with the PayPal option and had it delivered to a mail forwarding company based in California. The mail forwarding agent shipped the laptop to my home address in Europe, where I collected it. Everything went without a hitch, albeit the whole process was rather lengthy.

Comparing the prices, don't forget to take these additional costs into account:

[1] the prices in the Lenovo's US shop do not include taxes (variable depending on the US-state the laptop is shipped to)
[2] processing fees of the mail forwarding agent
[3] shipping costs to your country
[4] you would most probably be required to have the laptop cleared by customs, i.e. paying taxes and customs (depending on your country's legislation)
[5] Thinkpads sold in the Lenovo's US shop only carry a one year warranty (vs. typically 3-year warranty on TopSeller models elsewhere)

I don't know where you're based. But judging from the situation here in Europe, the price difference is getting less and less appealing. That is mainly due to the depreciation of euro against the dollar and substantial costs [2]+[3]+[4]. Unless you have someone, who would collect the laptop in the US and take it on plane for you (thus avoiding costs [3]+[4]), give a second thought on whether it's actually worth the hassle.

 

Look for a shop that ships Topseller models abroad.

As for the Euro depreciation: yeah, it's ridiculous. But if it gets back up to, say, $1.33 there is a very nice bonus, especially with the higher end ones.

 

I wanted to do the same thing at first, order it from lenovo shop us, then ship to the netherlands. But i hado pay 19% customs over the product+shipping+handling then the difference is so small.

 

I don't call a €500 after-tax net difference "small"

Yeah, if you get some low-end model it's not that much. But try to get a W520 or W530 with FHD screen in The Netherlands. It will be over €2000. Getting one from the US is going to cost you €300-600 less.

 

i'm in singapore.
one payment workaround for us is to use amazon checkout on the lenovo web store. they accept international credit cards but you can only do 1 item per checkout.

 

Believe me, it's cheaper for me to get it from the US.

Hi soreloser, I'm in Singapore too! Could you tell me (PM if you prefer) which forwarder you used? Assuming you used one of course...

EDIT: I just realised this forum might not have a PM feature... I can't find it.

 

Yes it does:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/private.php

 

Doh! Dunno how I missed it earlier. Thanks!

 

I used comgateway. no problems with them.
I can't tell you if the others are better or worse....

 

I buy from shop.lenovo.com using amazon checkout with my kuwaiti credit card and using my US forwarding address from Shop and Ship :: Home

 

use http://www.parcelbound.com/ you can get a price right from their website

 

Hi soreloser, I'm also from SG. I wonder Lenovo's policy got stricter. I tried to use amazon checkouts and ship to vPost, but the system didn't allow me to proceed as I can't have numbers in my name Is it different for comgateway?

 

Lenovo stopped shipping to 3rd party freights?

I wanted to get 755M SLI card for a SINGLE 755M powered y510p in India, where it is not available. I wanted to order it to send it to a forwarder who can get it to india for me from the US.

I have not ordered, but I contacted my freight regarding the procedure and this was their reply:



This is to inform you that the merchant Lenovo doesn't ship to a third party freight like Borderlinx. We advice that you can look for the brand or item on multi-brand website like Amazon and eBay who ships to Borderlinx.




Has anyone used a forwarder here and got it shipped to their country recently?



I saw that this technique worked in 2010s and 2011s where there were a few posts on the forum. Have things changed in 3 years? Please help! The cost on amazon is double of the Lenovo store's