It was not a store, but a ThinkCentre service point. They told me they would change the screen for free and within two days if I had registered my product.
The guys in the repair place told me to go there as soon as I mentioned that I still had about a year's worth of warranty left.
I've found a Thinkpad service centre that will replace my display for free in Xiao Cai Yuan Lu 249 (just north of Gu Lou Lu, on the east bank of the Pan Long Jiang).
Unfortunately, my computer had not been registered for global support or something like it (even though the Lenovo toolbox says: this product has a Global Model Plus special bid three year limited warranty). So they told me to call 8008103315 (Beijing) and register there, then come back. Now I hope this registration is for free. And otherwise it probably still beats the price of fitting a new display.
Funny fact: first, I went to a Lenovo store on Yuan Tong Bei Lu. There they asked and called around and then brought me to the building across the road, where only two elevators need to swallow hundreds of people going to each one of the 20 floors. We had to go to floor 18. After 10 minutes of waiting, an elevator finally arrives and since the button for floor 18 doesn't work, we're off to floor 19 and we then take the emergency stairs, dodging trash and leaking fluid, to the 18th. There no one answers the door so we try floor 17 (the elevator apparently reports the wrong floor, too). A bunch of Chinese people sit there repairing computers in flickering tubelight. They eventually tell me to go to the service centre since my computer is still under warranty.
- different colour scheme
- cookie that saves login data so I don't have to log in time and again
- more modern thread subscription management
- increased functionality of the mobile site
- fix the search on mobile (sometimes, certain sections won't show up when searching, when hitting search again, they will)
- more modern forums (better browsing and searching, threading, quoting ...)
- ability to add entries to the listings
- modernise all image browsing modules, they are way outdated
- but really: that cookie!
Hey
I was wondering if anyone has any experience with getting Lenovo support for their Thinkpad in China? I have worldwide support but the China hotline only speaks Chinese and my Chinese isn't really sufficient to consult technical support over the phone.
In fact, I need to send the computer in because something's wrong with the graphics card inside the computer. Do you think any of the Lenovo stores around here are authorised dealerships that can fix my computer without voiding warranty?
S
Join our private mianbaoche on our way back from nujiang-liuku to Dali and then to Kunming tomorrow (26-5). All we ask is a share of the gas and the road toll.
Email
Sander.vandemoortel@gmail.com
S
No results found.
First and last experience. Absolutely horrible. I came in late with a big flesh wound. The doctor sewed it up and told me to come back in the morning "perhaps to redo it, and to change the bandage". When I did come back the next morning, they just changed the bandage and sent me off.
When I peeked at my own wound, I noticed it was horribly done. "Like a vet did the stitches," as someone commented. I then had to stay a night in a different hospital in order to do it right, with a 40% chance of getting infections. This cost me a lot more, thanks to Richland fucking up in the beginning.
Whatever X-rays were taken were not printed out and given to me so I couldn't go to another hospital for a second opinion or treatment.
The nurses didn't seem to know where half the things were and the doctors had to repeat orders to get basic things like scissors.
In the next hospital, it was noticed that I had fractured my jaw in two places. On the five X-Rays taken at Richland, they did not notice the fractures.
Pretty sure these people are not actual doctors and are therefore criminal.
Super place. Really cool interior, lots of good beers and drinks, fun toilet inside the telephone booth, and an interesting clientele.
Cons: pretty hard to find, no matching glasses for the imported beers, and home brews need some work.
Teaching and support lamentable.
Four people signed up for the highest-level class and got a teacher who does all the talking, refers to herself as 老师 and makes classes absolutely uninteresting. As of this moment, only 1 person is still going on a regular basis.
While staff is friendly, they are absolutely incapable to help out with visa matters in an adequate way. Lack of information beforehand, lack of support and lack of information during the visa process meant that I am waiting forever for my residence permit to be processed, without any information about why it's taking so long, why they can't get started ... I'd say this school is a good option if all you wanted is a visa, but they can't even handle this properly.
Anyone giving this school a 5-star rating hasn't been to any decently-run schools in Kunming, such as Keats'. The only redeeming quality is facilities and space, those are indeed excellent.
Have been studying at Keats for almost four semesters now and I'm very enthusiastic about the quality of the teachers and the commitment of the school's staff.
One point of criticism is that I think they could put in some effort to group people of the same level together, rather than base it on who was together in last semester's class.
I stayed here in the early days of March 2013. Dave and his wife are swell owners, the staff attentive, the food good, rooms in perfect order, WiFi fast enough... Much like the old hump, the entire place is an excellent place to relax and make friends. And that is what you come to do in Dali, after all. The location is a bit isolated from the old town, but nothing is really far away in Dali. Besides, it makes for a better starting point to walk up Cangshan.
Rural Yunnan township takes flak for alcohol ban
Posted bydon't forget that Dulong is a heavily Christian area, AND that drinking there is a serious issue. You can compare it to the droughts and the alcohol bans in both the US and in the Nordic countries in the early 20th century, when drinking had half of the country on its ass. Or Kunming.
Study: Re-greening of China possibly not so green
Posted byRefer to this ghostwritten blog post for a discussion of this topic elsewhere.
blog.worldagroforestry.org/[...]
Getting Away: Winter hiking on Yunnan's Laojun Mountain
Posted byI'm sure the lakc of human habitation is because of the strict park law enforcement. How did you get in? You normally need to obtain a permit.
Food prices across China continue to soar
Posted by"However, the RMB has, despite dropping recently, grown overall against foreign currency, so the real cost in global terms has risen even further, perhaps 15x and 6x. Yes, there has been inflation, but that happens everywhere and not 15x in 15 years, ie. 100% per year!"
That doesn't sound right. If you're consuming domestically, you can't state that food prices have actually risen a multiple of the actual inflation because of a difference of RMB vs foreign currency. At least that's not a good indication of economic situations.
This only holds true in the eyes of the few who shop in Yunnan using foreign currency (I guess importers are feeling it).
Life in Kunming: Urban gardening with James Osborne
Posted bylove your garden James