I really love the Lenovo X1 Yoga series. I’m lucky to have picked up some refurbished units but they have always succumbed to some sort of reliability or hardware fault/issue.
I do really love the machine even though I hate the poor reliability. Because I’ve not purchased them new I have no consumer protection.
The X1 Yoga is a flagship model and I can’t imagine that they really discount.
Does anyone have tips or suggestions how to buy these machines? The prices are (for me) eye-watering.
So you expect a brand new one to have a chance of failure within CGA relevant periods (3 years?)? But enjoy the device enough to make it worthwhile… fill us in, what's your expectation and review for them?
Yeah there's a bit of logic going on here that I'm not processing. OP has had a few of these fail, expects a new one to fail, but wants to spend an almost eye-watering amount of money on nonetheless.
But with CGA for a high end laptop, I would be confident that I could convince the disputes tribunal of a minimum 5 year lifespan, if not even longer.
Because I’ve not purchased them new I have no consumer protection.
Just to note - that very much depends on who you purchased them used from.
If from someone in trade, then you do have the CGA protections, but you would also need to assess counter-party risk (as always) with a CGA right.
Thanks, yeah it's just private sales.
Do you ever go to Australia or know someone that could bring you back one from there?
It'll be a bit cheaper, especially w/ GST claimed back at the border
Thanks but then consumer protection rights don’t apply
Nor do they on private sales ……
Talk to the website online reps towards the end of the month multiple times and try to find someonw who is low on their sales target, they will be able to give you better offers than the average rep.
I tend not to give Lenovo my business, they offer stuff substantially cheaper to australians despite it all shipping direct from China for the high end stuff anyway.
The student discount might be decent if you can get access to it.
https://www.lenovo.com/nz/en/lenovo-edu/student/benefits/