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XPS 1530 DELAY
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I ordered my XPS 1530 on 6/24, and was given a shipping date of 8/7 - which is ridiculous, but I was willing to wait for the good price I was getting. Now I see others who ordered around the same time or after (same config as me) are recieving theirs. Everyone I've spoken to at Dell tells me that I should still expect mine in August. Is it worth arguing? Can I speed up the process in any way? Are they going to cancel my order after 30 days anyway? I don't know if I can wait another month, and they told me that no specific part was holding it up, just the whole system.
WittyWoody
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Posted July 7th, 2008 19:00
I ordered mine without many changes or additions to it on 06/26, expecting towards the end of July. I also ordered some accessories that already came. One thing that I have noticed is that on the Dell site under my account, it never showed that my items shipped, until after I received them. Hopefully this is the case with the laptop. I dont understand why such a huge delay!When I ordered my M1530 in May, the shipping date was about a month. I think I received it in about 3 weeks. Obviously there are reasons why they are delayed and that can vary with configuration/suppliers. Do yourself a favor and wait patiently. This is an "awesome" laptop and worth the wait.
- As much as I like Dell computers, I think the fact that the best estimate they can give me is "sometime within the next month" is completely absurd. A month??? When I specifically ordered parts that did not say they would delay my order? I mean, that's insane. A week makes sense, 3 or 4 does not. I really hope the est. delivery date is completely off, because I'm not sure how I'll be able to hold out for 2-3 more weeks.
WittyWoody
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Posted July 8th, 2008 14:00
I completely aggree with Matto. Yes this is a great deal for a great laptop, but this is also a lot of money that is being spent. You would expect that just purchasing a laptop with no outragous additions would not take that long to push through "Production".JoshXPSM1530
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Posted July 8th, 2008 17:00
Mine's not as long as some other people are stating, but it can still take 25 days from time of ordering to receiving it, which is ridiculous to me seeing as it's all stock parts.
Ordered mine on the 07/05 and the estimated arrival time is 8/01.
This seriously damaged my experience so far, hopefully the quality of the laptop makes it a worthwhile wait. However having someone spend $1400 and then giving them what they paid for nearly a month later is unexcusable.- I ordered XPS the end of April and given a date about 3-4 weeks after order. Received email saying there was delay of 2 more weeks with option to cancel if I wanted. I waited and was worth it as I got a great price. I did notice on the packing that it was assembled in another country.... can't remember if it was India, Vietnam, Indonesia or where??? I assumed there was a problem in having the correct components wherever it was assembled but never got any details. So hang in there.
JTalley53
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Posted July 7th, 2008 18:00
Just so you know, you aren't the only one in this situation.
I am expecting a delay on mine as well. It hasn't told me whether it is for sure delayed or not yet, but I will find out tomorrow. It is "supposed" to ship out tomorrow, but Dell is really good about having delays. This was my system:
XPS M1530
Core 2 Duo (2.5GHz)
Vista Home Premium
Midnight Blue
4GB RAM
High Res, Glossy LCD (1440x900)
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
320GB (5400 rpm) Hard Drive
Sound Blaster Audigy HD
Dell Wireless N Mini Card
9 Cell Battery
Photoshop + Premiere Elements
Bluetooth
I ordered it on 6/21. My girlfriend ordered one last year, an Inspiron 1521, and it was delayed a month just because it was pink. So, she didn't have a laptop when college started. I was expecting mine a good while before I started, but I remembered the trouble that she had with them. So now I'm just going to wait for it to arrive at my door. I ordered some accessories as well, but they aren't even scheduled to ship until the 22nd. I'm betting that I will get my accessories before my laptop gets here. Good Luck.