I'm also new to the list, and my laptop arrived today, too -- in San Francisco, CA.<br><br>Wonderful holiday cheer!<br>Ricki<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 20, 2007 6:31 PM, ETM <<a href="mailto:etm1935@yahoo.com">
etm1935@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I am brand new to the list and the brand new owner<br>of an OLPC. It arrived today in Alexandria,
<br>Virginia.<br><br>Merry Christmas.<br><br>Elaine<br><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br>> Hi Carol (+list)<br><br>> I am on the east coast, so if yours are due<br>> tomorrow, then you won't<br>> be the latest as mine will be at least as late. Ah well.
<br><br>> Sigh...<br><br>> --Tom<br><br>> Quoting Carol Lerche <<a href="mailto:cafl@msbit.com">cafl@msbit.com</a>>:<br><br>>> Hi Tom -- I was a first day donor too. Many day1 folks have received their
<br>>> machines and more are in transit. They are being delivered by Fedex ground,<br>>> shipped from Libertyville IL from Brightstar. Fedex will tell you if your<br>>> packages are in transit if you call their 800 number and give them your
<br>>> shipping address. I have discovered through this means that my four are in<br>>> transit to be delivered tomorrow. Are you on the West Coast? I am. It<br>>> seems that those have come latest. You can get more help on the forum
<br>>> <a href="http://olpc.osuosl.org/forum/" target="_blank">http://olpc.osuosl.org/forum/</a> or on the irc channels<br>>> irc.freenode.net##g1g1(chat) or irc channels<br>>> irc.freenode.net#olpc-help
.<br>>><br>>> Merry Christmas!<br>>><br>>> Carol Lerche<br>>><br>>> On Dec 20, 2007 5:57 AM, Tom Stewart <<a href="mailto:laptop@tastewar.com">laptop@tastewar.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>
<br>>>> I ordered two G1G1 XO's on 12 November for my two daughters, as did a<br>>>> friend, and aside from the Welcome email, which had this statement:<br>>>><br>>>> Our "first day" donors are our highest priority and we are making
<br>>>> every effort to deliver your XO laptop(s) as soon as possible. We will<br>>>> send you an update upon shipment.<br>>>><br>>>> neither of us has heard anything. I can see on the "Shipping
<br>>>> information" page [1] that I should be able to expect them by 24<br>>>> December, and that is what I am hoping, but time is running out. I see<br>>>> others have received theirs. Are these being shipped out FIFO? Or
<br>>>> geographically? I know that <a href="http://laptop.org" target="_blank">laptop.org</a> is not a commercial operation,<br>>>> and I don't expect all the bells and whistles of order status pages,
<br>>>> and I don't expect someone to lookup my personal order. But what I<br>>>> would like to know is, are you all still expecting to be able to fill<br>>>> all those Nov. 12-15 orders (esp. us 1st day orderers!) and get them
<br>>>> delivered in time for Christmas? Some re-assurance at this point would<br>>>> be nice, or an acknowledgment that it ain't gonna happen.<br>>>><br>>>> Thanks, and please excuse my holiday anxiety!
<br>>>><br>>>> [1] <a href="http://laptopgiving.org/en/shipping-information.php" target="_blank">http://laptopgiving.org/en/shipping-information.php</a><br>>>><br>><br><br>_______________________________________________
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