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Unauthoried Credit Card Charges
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Rating: 1/51

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- On May 3rd my girlfriend was trying to buy a Lenovo Yoga as a gift, however the next day she got an email saying her credit card was declined. Confused, we checked the credit card statement and saw that they charged her for the same product 5 times even though she only ordered once.

All of the duplicate charges ended up putting the card over the limit, making it unusable. We called customer service to get the charged reversed, but they were very unhelpful and did not reverse the charges, and after the call we checked again and now there were two more duplicate charges. So now there was a total of 7 charges adding up to over $5000 for no reason. After many hours on the phone and getting transferred to different departments, we finally got the charges reversed. It was a big hassle and it wasn't worth the time to get a Lenovo product.

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Do Not Buy a Lenovo Laptop
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Rating: 1/51

UK -- I bought an expensive laptop from Lenovo about 5 years ago. The laptop was working fine until the hinges broke. Why make a laptop with such cheap hinges and casing. My machine is now obsolete. What a waste of money as well as taking a month to sort out. They are now sending back a fully functioning laptop that can't be used because the screen has come away from the body of the machine. It will have to go in the bin. I saw online the hinges are a problem across Lenovo's computers. I would look elsewhere when buying a laptop.

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Worst Customer Experience and Fraudulent Card Transaction
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I try to buy a computer from Lenovo on a Thursday night and the customer service was horrible. The guy had an attitude like I was bothering his time. In the background was people laughing very loud to the point of I could not hear the guy (Corey), he had to repeat things twice. Keep me in the phone for one and half hour for nothing saying that I have to contact my bank.

Next day went to the bank and my card was working fine. I call the next day again trying to buy a computer. He (Shawn) got my card number took a while and told me I have to contact the bank because the terminal said to contact the bank. After hanging up I got a text from my bank that Lenovo charge $721.59 was withdraw from my bank account. I immediately call them (Lenovo) talk to Jasmine and explain to her what happen. Ask her to check and see what is going on. All she could said was there was NO charge. She keep responding there was NOT a charge in my account.

I was very upset and she notice and with an attitudes offer me a 800 number for me to call on Monday morning. In another words my money was in the limbo no money and no computer. The customer service was the worst. They have an attitudes and treat you like you bothering them. Don't recommended and be aware of money activity with bank after you give them your card number.

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Lenovo Flex complaint
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Rating: 1/51

This is the third attempt to log this complaint regarding the screen shutdown (going black) issue with my Lenovo Flex because the screen keeps shutting down! Do NOT purchase one of these models until Lenovo corrects the issue with connectivity between the body and screen. Additionally, I find customer service representatives rude and insistent on blaming the customer for their issues. I was promised an escalation of this complaint and contact within a couple working days and it's been almost a week. No contact. I'm sure there are many satisfied Lenovo customers, however why take the risk in purchasing a Lenovo product? Look elsewhere.

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Overpriced Substandard Product - Worthless Warranty
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Rating: 1/51

COLORADO -- As with other reviewers I have found the Lenovo product to be junk and not backed by customer service. My Yoga 2 Pro Thinkpad has wireless connection issues - it keeps disconnecting and requiring re log in. The yellows are horrible. Several screws from the base plate came loose and fell out. Customer service, located in Manila when I called, said I would have to send the entire unit to Texas for the base plate screws, they could not send the parts to me directly. Given the other reviews on sending in the product I am not willing to take the chance. This is a very expensive machine with poor quality and a worthless warranty.

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Lenovo Provides the WORST Support and Customer Service I Have EVER Experienced
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Rating: 1/51

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA -- I had purchased a laptop from the outlet store after having good feedback from speaking with a sales associate. When I received the order confirmation that same day, the 4th of Feb, I had been shipped the wrong T430, a S instead of a U. When I called immediately I was told I was unable to cancel, I called back when they refused to transfer me and someone said they couldn't either so I had to call again and the third person said that they would be able to cancel it. The next day I received tracking info and the item was being shipped.

Called in two more times to try to get it cancelled to no avail, a third time proved effective and the shipment was turned around in transit. When the item was received back at the warehouse on the 9th of Feb I called in regards to my refund being processed. The first two people that I spoke to assumed the "Delivered" status meant I had received the item, the third person finally understood the situation and said they would try to issue a refund and it would take 3-5 business days before I'd see it reflected on my account.

I called in on the 14th of February to inquire about its status, of which the first person was confused, and they stated the same thing, "3-5 business days sir." I called in two more times, the first unable to understand the situation and the second being unhelpful as well. I called back in on the 21st of February to inquire about my refund, first time the person was unhelpful to an extreme degree (tried to read the same paragraph I had been read before after telling me that the item had been delivered). The second person was also equally unhelpful and the third proved to be of the same quality.

I called in a 4th time to find that the person was somewhat helpful and stated that no refund had been started and then quoted me the same thing, 3-5 business days. I then called in on the 23rd to make sure it had gone through, first time failing to even get my query across and the second person quoting the same thing as the past and a fourth confirming that the request had been received.

I then called on the 25th to check only to receive not only an unhelpful representative but a rude one that made accusations about my character as well as my purchase. When I called the next day on the 26th I tried other departments for help. Every person I spoke to couldn't help me cause they didn't know what I was saying, would not help me at all and rudely hung up or simply stated that they don't deal with anything after the product has been shipped.

When I continued my research I refound my hope that IBM's old quality was hidden under the MASSIVE layer of terrible that seems to be Lenovo's support, so I called in to see about purchasing one from a person. The first person stated that they would help and send me quotes via e-mail. Nothing by late the next day so I called them and left a voicemail. Nothing again the next day, same thing.

Third day I tried to get a hold of someone who dealt with selling to military personnel, as I am active duty. I was routed to a few different people before they quoted me the standard price that you could find on Lenovo's website, when I inquired if they had anything for students they then quoted me the price from the site for student purchases.

I called in to inquire about if my University had a purchasing program and I was routed to my "rep." He said he would quote me some prices for my build and would call me with them. 15 minutes later another representative calls and said they were asked to help, they quoted me the standard online price, followed by the student price when I inquired, and said they could not help further.

Tried two more times calling in for purchasing help and none was really received except "Just buy it from the website." I have since had a order already placed for me using my credit card for a T430u without my complete consent and I'm expecting more craziness to ensue as I PCS overseas for a stay of 4 years.

Throughout this whole process I was amiable and let them do their work as I had admired IBM Thinkpads since I was working on them in High School and college. I tried my best to deal with the side of Lenovo that was based in Malaysia and could barely understand me, let alone read a script properly, as I am a linguist and I know how hard it can be.

Despite all these things I had hope that someone good could come of it but I have only just received my refund on the 1st of March (almost a month later) only to find being double charged for another laptop. I don't think I could recommend this experience to anyone and I am sad to say that I may never get that Thinkpad I had wanted.

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Y560 LCD BROKEN WITH NO ABUSE!
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Hi there, I placed a call approximately two weeks ago regarding a manufactured defect on the LCD screen of my y560 laptop. I bought the y560 from PCC in mid December 2010, a little over a month ago... I take extremely good care of my PC products knowing how delicate they are. I never open it, I have it set up as a desktop connected to an external monitor. It's left untouched on my desktop.

I opened it up and there are multiple cracks on the lcd. I ran my fingers along the cracks to see if the glass was broken, it is not. Being that I never take it from its place or bring it with me anywhere, and there are no indentations or indications of it being struck by a hard/large object, and it has never been dropped (lack of outer casing scratches and/or cracks/fault lines) I assume that it is a manufacturing defect.

I had called on this issue and was accused of lying and was told that my machine is not covered by accidental damage. Being that it's not accidental damage and an obvious manuf. defect, I was going to be contacted by the repair/returns dept on the following Wednesday one and a half weeks ago. I still have not heard from you yet. I am not happy with this product and the MAJOR CONTRIBUTING FACTOR is that I am not getting any good service from you and this is not a company that I am happy with AT ALL.

I have already put in a complaint with your service department with my school, and they are extremely unhappy with you as well. My friends whom I attend school with are instead purchasing Macbooks from Apple because of the lack of service I'm receiving from you. One of their names is ** - I can give you a phone number to reach him and you can ask him why he's not purchasing a Lenovo Laptop from you or PCC.

When I called, the only thing I wanted done was for the LCD screen to be replaced. This was not my fault. I would be completely happy paying for a new one if it was my fault. I have no explanation as to why this LCD screen has broken and I am absolutely fascinated by the fact that it can do this all by itself. I called the manufacturer of the LCD departments that Lenovo buys directly from. They were extremely unhappy with how I am being treated. I paid over a thousand dollars!!!

That's not chump change to a full time student. I have had several IBM products in the past and I have never had a problem with them until now, and all of the sudden I am being treated like a liar and a thief because I called you for help. If you will call me back asap and help me figure this out, replace the LCD or exchange the laptop for a new one, I would be grateful. This is not something I want to share with the world. This is not an experience I am very happy with. I do not want to post this on Consumer Reports. In case you haven't figured out if I liked the product or not... I DO NOT!!

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Just Don't Order From Them
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My awesome IBM laptop that I had for 4 years starting running out of memory so after a while I order a new computer. Since my father had worked and retired from IBM we went with Lenovo since they took over the laptop division and I had loved my IBM. It took them 3 months to ship me my new computer and only after I had one of my clients (who thankfully worked for them) move it along faster otherwise I don't even want to know how long it would have taken.

Then on June 24th my 2 month old puppy bit through my power cord, my dad did a temp fix on it but told me I need to order a new one. Which I did the same day. I was told it would ship the next week. Sometime in early July I notice that the money had been taken from my account so I got excited that it was on the way. Not so, middle of July rolls around and no power cord not even an estimate ship date.

I call in - got a service person who grated my nerves, got a supervisor who grated my nerves and got $15.00 off my order once it shipped, being told that a part was on backorder (a freaking power cord on back order). Estimate ship date was then the week of the 27th, no power cord.

Got an email the next week saying that they were going to cancel my order, needless to say I was a little irate. I called in and pressed the zero button and got another grating on my nerves voice and asked for someone higher than him and higher than his supervisor (since they were no good to talk to). He asked me what it was concerning and I said that I did not want to yell at him - I wanted to talk with someone above those 2 sources. He put me on hold twice, the third time he tried again.

I had enough by then since I had been on hold for over 10 minutes and told him everything and said I wanted to talk to someone higher and he said that he would have someone call me back in 48 hours and I told him that was unexceptionable and to transfer me and he said that he would not. I have a feeling someone overheard the conversation and I was then put through to a very nice woman who said that the estimate ship date would be the next day (4th of August) and she would find out why it had not shipped and of course she said that there was a part missing and it was on backorder.

And of course there are NO department stores that carry Lenovo or their powe rcords anywhere!!! Tell me how long does it take to get a simple power cord and what is horrible is that I make a living via my computer and they are costing me money everyday!

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Customer Dis-Service
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FLORIDA -- On September 10th of last year, our house was robbed and my beloved HP laptop was stolen. When we got our settlement, I set about looking for a new laptop. At that time, HP was not offering the Vista downgrade to XP, so I had to look elsewhere. On the basis of the facts that I'd heard and read a great deal of good things about Lenovo, I decided to purchase from Lenovo. I placed my order on October 15th. A few weeks later my order began arriving in Bits and Pieces. Over the course of a couple of weeks I received everything I ordered except Corel Draw Graphics Suite 4, which was priced so low I HAD to have it.

Within a week the problems started. The remote keyboard typed gibberish, the computer frequently "blue screened" and the card reader slot was either not what I ordered or didn't seem to be working properly. The only instructions I could find were loaded on the computer and they were general, not product specific and about as clear as mud. In addition, the program I HAD to have was being delayed.

I called customer service. English was clearly not their native language so communication was iffy at best. It was obvious they were working with the same set of instructions I was from the lack of information they were imparting to me. They seemed to feel that if they repeated themselves enough, I would go away. I did, in frustration. Oh, and that program? It was delayed again.

I decided to try to tackle the blue screen issue on my own. I educated myself all about blue screens and what caused them. Since the machine was not that old, there couldn't be too many causes. I began writing down each error so I could trace the cause. I updated all drivers, unloaded and reloaded programs, etc.

A few weeks later, the program was delayed again, the card slot was still not working and I could not for the life of me find any instructions for my model. I called customer service again. They could not help me with the card reader slot and all they would tell me was the ship date on my program had been moved back again. I asked why and they had no answer. I asked to speak with a supervisor and kept asking to speak with a supervisor until I got someone who understood English, wouldn't keep repeating the same lame excuses and who could answer some questions.

We'll call him CSR1. CSR1 assured me they would replace the keyboard and repair or replace the card reader slot. When I explained my frustration about the delays in getting Corel Draw 4 when I could go to my local electronics store and buy it off the shelf in a matter of hours, he suggested I do just that and send him the receipt and he would reimburse me the difference. He also said he would remove that item from my order. At the time, it seemed like a great solution.

I got an email telling me the order would be cancelled. The packing slip arrived in a timely fashion and I sent out my computer with high hopes that this would all be over soon, and after months without a working computer, all would be well. In the meantime I received the packing slip for the keyboard, but had not sent it out. I also bought the Corel Draw 4 and emailed the receipt to CSR1, which he acknowledged.

When my computer was returned, the slot was exactly the same. There were no instructions included, the blue screen errors that were a minor nuisance before were now happening almost every time I turned on the machine. (I didn't ask them to look at that problem when I sent it in the first time. I admit that was my mistake.) I couldn't get anything done without it shutting down.

I emailed my man CSR1 again and explained the situation. He acted like he'd never heard of me and sent out a rather curt response. This time I got upset. I sent back an email reminding him of his promises and the deal we had, also pointing out that he had confirmed receipt of my receipt for purchase of the program.

He sent back an apologetic letter, admitting he had forgotten who I was and what we had agreed on. He further suggested that at this point it would be best for Lenovo to just replace the machine. He asked if I would make any modifications to my original order. I asked for one small modification, but told him if he couldn't arrange that, I would be OK with it. All I really wanted at that point was a working machine and my reimbursement for what I spent on Corel.

A few days later I got a call from a CSR2 at Lenovo asking where the keyboard was. I called her back, got her voicemail and left a message explaining that since I would be sending the computer back as well per my correspondence with CSR1, I was waiting for the packing slip for the computer so I could make one trip to the UPS/FedEx place.

And that was the last I've heard from anyone at Lenovo. It's now been 6 weeks and I have no packing slips, no check and no response to either phone calls or emails. Yesterday I received a copy of Corel Draw 3 from Lenovo. I called CSR1 and asked him what was going on and would he PLEASE return my call or email me, just to let me know what is going on. Still nothing.

Now Lenovo has laid off half their American employees and are focusing on China. They have restructured their business and who knows if CSR1 still works there? In the meantime, I have lost almost $1000.00 worth of business because of this. I have filed a complaint with the state of Florida's consumer help line and I'm considering hiring a lawyer.

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