ThinkPlus Maintenance Services Agreements

Europe - Last revised on August 26, 2008


Table of Contents

Announcement Letter No. ZS05-0141 dated May 02, 2005.

  • Title
  • Description
  • Executive Overview
  • Offering Description
  • Thinkpad Products With A 1 Year Base Warranty
  • ThinkPad On-Site Service - ThinkPads with 3 year Base Warranty
  • Upgraded Maintenance Service
  • COURIER COLLECT SERVICE
  • ON-SITE SERVICE
  • ThinkPad Products
  • Availability
  • Highlights
  • Life Cycle Information
  • Miscellaneous
  • Availability by Country
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Customer Responsibilities
  • Announcement Countries

  • Announcement Letter No. ZS05-0141 dated May 02, 2005.


    Last revised on August 26, 2008.

    This Announcement has been updated in the following section:
     
     
    - Description
     
    

    See final section for details of availability and limitations, if applicable.


    Title

    ThinkPlus Maintenance Services Agreements

    Description

    Executive Overview

    "This announcement has been replaced by P-LET ZS080181 on August 26,2008"

    ThinkPlus Services are only available from Lenovo. ThinkPlus provides up to 4 years of hardware maintenance cover including the machine warranty period in an electronic format plus additional ThinkPlus offerings provide an additional one year of hardware maintenance and service upgrade.

    The easy registration process of the attractively priced ThinkPlus Services helps to ensure that a high quality maintenance service can be provided

    ThinkPlus Services are available through the same Business Partners who sell the relating Lenovo hardware. The intention is to enable the Business Partner to offer his customer an "off the shelf" service upgrade at the time the customer purchases the machine.

    To enable the Business Partners to select the correct ThinkPlus for a particular machine type, a selection guide is available, providing a cross reference list of ThinkPlus to applicable machine types.

    ThinkPlus have a part number and can be ordered through UPOS/SAP in the same manner as Lenovo Products. To be eligible for service, ThinkPlus must be purchased by the customer within 30 days of the purchase of the machine type to which it applies. ThinkPlus must be registered by the customer within 15 days of its purchase by completing the On-Line registration.

    Offering Description

    Thinkpad Products With A 1 Year Base Warranty

    • 4 years, On-Site Repair Service with a Next Business Day Response target. This offering is valid from the purchase date of the ThinkPlus, runs concurrently with warranty period of the machine type and for an additional 36 months after the warranty period expires. This offering is available Monday to Friday during country office hours excluding Public and National Holidays.

    • 3 years, On-Site Repair Service with a Next Business Day Response target. This offering is valid from the purchase date of the ThinkPlus, runs concurrently with warranty period of the machine type and for an additional 24 months after the warranty period expires. This offering is available Monday to Friday during country office hours excluding Public and National Holidays.

    • 2 years, On-Site Repair Service with a Next Business Day Response target. This offering is valid from the purchase date of the ThinkPlus, runs concurrently with warranty period of the machine type and for an additional 12 months after the warranty period expires. This offering is available Monday to Friday during country office hours excluding Public and National Holidays.

    • 3 years, On-Site Repair Service with a Next Business Day Response target including Hard Drive Retention. This offering is valid from the purchase date of the ThinkPlus, runs concurrently with warranty period of the machine type and for an additional 24 months after the warranty period expires. This offering is available Monday to Friday during country office hours excluding Public and National Holidays.

    • 1 year, On-Site Repair Service with a Next Business Day Response target. This offering is valid from the purchase date of the ThinkPlus and runs concurrently with warranty period of the machine type. This offering is available Monday to Friday during country office hours excluding Public and National Holidays.

    • 2 Years, Courier Collect Service. This offering is valid from the purchase date of the ThinkPlus, runs concurrently with the warranty period of the machine type and for an additional 12 months after the warranty period.

    • 3 Years, Courier Collect Service. This offering is valid from the purchase date of the ThinkPlus, runs concurrently with the warranty period of the machine type and for an additional 24 months after the warranty period

    • 4 Years, Courier Collect Service. This offering is valid from the purchase date of the ThinkPlus, runs concurrently with the warranty period of the machine type and for an additional 24 months after the warranty period

    • 3 years, Courier Repair Service with accidental damage protection. This offering has two elements. Courier Collect, Repair and Return service for all warranty and maintenance claims which runs concurrently with the warranty period of the machine type and for an additional 24 months after the base warranty period expires. The offering also includes Courier Collect and repair service for two accidental damage claims during the three years of the offering duration.

    ThinkPad On-Site Service - ThinkPads with 3 year Base Warranty

    • 4 years, On-Site Repair Service, with a Next Business Day On-Site Response target. This offering is valid from the purchase date of the ThinkPlus, runs concurrently with the warranty period of the machine type and for an offering is available Monday to Friday during country office hours additional 12 months after the warranty period. This offering is available Monday to Friday during country office hours excluding Public and National Holidays.

    • 3 years, On-Site Service, with a Next Business Day On-Site Response target. This offering is valid from the purchase date of the ThinkPlus, runs and ends concurrently with the warranty period of the machine type. This offering is available Monday to Friday during country office hours excluding Public and National Holidays.

    • 2 years, On-Site Service, with a Next Business Day On-Site Response target. This offering is valid from the purchase date of the ThinkPlus, runs for the first 24 months of the base warranty period, when entitlement reverts back to base warranty entitlement for the remaining 12 months. This offering is available Monday to Friday during country office hours excluding Public and National Holidays.

    • 3 years, On-Site Repair Service with a Next Business Day Response target including Hard Drive Retention This offering is valid from the purchase date of the ThinkPlus, runs concurrently with warranty period of the machine type and for an additional 24 months after the warranty period expires. This offering is available Monday to Friday during country office hours excluding Public and National Holidays.

    • 2 Years, Courier Collect Service. This offering is valid from the purchase date of the ThinkPlus, runs concurrently with the warranty period of the machine type for 24 months, after which the base warranty entitlement of the machine type will resume until the warranty period expires.

    • 3 Years, Courier Collect Service. This offering is valid from the purchase date of the ThinkPlus, runs and ends concurrently with the warranty period of the machine type.

    • 4 Years, Courier Collect Service. This offering is valid from the purchase date of the ThinkPlus, and provides and extra 12 months coverage at the end of the warranty period of the machine.

    • 3 years, Courier Repair Service with accidental damage protection. This offering has two elements. Courier Collect, Repair and Return service for all warranty and maintenance claims which runs and ends concurrently with the base warranty period of the machine type. The offering also includes Courier Collect and repair service for two accidental damage claims during the three years of the offering duration.

    A service level target is 48 hours turn around time in the depot.

    This offering is available during country office opening hours excluding public and national holidays.

    Upgraded Maintenance Service

    These offerings are valid from the purchase date of the ThinkPlus, or if applicable the expiry date of any existing Warranty, Service Contract or ThinkPlus cover

    COURIER COLLECT SERVICE

    This Service is only applicable to Lenovo ThinkPad products
     
    The customer will disconnect the failing machine for collection
    arranged by Lenovo. A courier will pick up the customer's ThinkPad
    and deliver it to the Lenovo Repair Centre. Following its repair or
    exchange, Lenovo will arrange the delivery of the repaired ThinkPad
    to the same customer's location where it was originally collected.
    The customer is responsible for its installation and verification.
    

    ON-SITE SERVICE

    Next Business Day

    Lenovo will perform Problem Determination remotely. You are requested
    to work with Lenovo during Problem Determination and to perform those
    activities that Lenovo may request. The Problem Determination aim is
    to identify whether the problem resides with Your Lenovo Machine or
    with other machines or software. If the Problem Determination result
    is that your Lenovo Machine is failing, and non functional, then a
    service technician will be dispatched to arrive at your location
    within the Next Business Day from the time the Problem Determination
    is finished. In all other cases the date and time for On-Site
    intervention will be mutually agreed upon. The Next Business Day
    response time is an average target and not a committed service level,
    neither for response time nor for problem resolution time. Lenovo
    provides Service during normal business hours (e.g. Monday to Friday
    08:00 to 17:00) excluding public and national holidays.
    

    On-Site Service

    Lenovo will either repair or exchange the failing Machine at your
    location and verify its functionality. You must provide a suitable
    working area, clean and well lit, to allow disassembly and reassemble
    of the Lenovo Machine.
    
    On Site Service with Hard Disk Drive Retention
    For Three Year On-Site NBD with HDD retention warranty upgrades only.
     
    The customer or his appointed representative may retain any
    or all Hard Disk Drives or Solid State Drives removed from
    the machine if it has been replaced as part of the repair
    process or if the machine is to be removed from the customers
    control or presence any or all HDDs or SSD's can be removed
    and retained by the customer or his appointed representative.
    
    Notes :

    1. You must register ThinkPlus to activate the Service. This will avoid any further delay due to entitlement verifications.

    2. ThinkCentre ThinkPlus include Lenovo keyboard and mouse.

    3. ThinkPad ThinkPlus contained with this announcement letter do not cover system battery.

    4. Some parts of Lenovo machines are designated as Customer Replaceable units (called, "CRUs"), e.g., keyboards, memory, or hard disk drives. Lenovo provides CRUs to you for replacement by you. You must return all defective CRUs to Lenovo within 30 days of your receipt of your replacement CRU. You are responsible for downloading designated machine Code and LIC updates from an Lenovo Internet Web site or from other electronic media, and following the instructions that Lenovo provides.

    ThinkPad Products

    The following part numbers, identified by the -L denominator, unless
       otherwise stated are available in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
       France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
       Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 41C9431
        Pack Number            - L44
        OfferID Feature Code   - 2458
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - 3 years, On-Site Service
        Response Target        - Next Business Day
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 41C9432
        Pack Number            - L45
        OfferID Feature Code   - 2459
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - 3 years, On-Site Service
        Response Target        - Next Business Day
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 41C9434
        Pack Number            - L55
        OfferID Feature Code   - 2461
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - Upgrade to 3 year, Customer Carry-In Repair
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 41C9435
        Pack Number            - L56
        OfferID Feature Code   - 2462
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - Upgrade to 3 years Courier Collect
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 41C9436
        Pack Number            - L57
        OfferID Feature Code   - 2463
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - Upgrade to 3 years Courier Collect
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 41C9437
        Pack Number            - L72
        OfferID Feature Code   - 2464
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - Upgrade to 2 years, On-Site Service
        Response Target        - Next Business Day
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 41C9553
        Pack Number            - L163
        OfferID Feature Code   - 2474
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - Additional 1 year Courier Collect
                                 - Maintenance Extension
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 41C9554
        Pack Number            - L164
        OfferID Feature Code   - 2475
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - Additional 1 year, On-Site Service
                                 - Maintenance Extension
        Response Target        - Next Business Day
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 41E9787
        Pack Number            - L506
        OfferID Feature Code   - 5156
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - Upgrade to 3 year, Customer Carry-In Repair
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 41E9789
        Pack Number            - L507
        OfferID Feature Code   - 5158
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - Upgrade to 3 year, Customer Carry-In Repair
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 41E9791
        Pack Number            - L508
        OfferID Feature Code   - 5160
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - Upgrade to 3 year, Customer Carry-In Repair
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 41E9873
        Pack Number            - L518
        OfferID Feature Code   - 7285
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - Upgrade to 4 year, Customer Carry-In Repair
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 41E9874
        Pack Number            - L519
        OfferID Feature Code   - 7286
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - Upgrade to 4 years, On-Site Service
        Response Target        - Next Business Day
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 41E9875
        Pack Number            - L520
        OfferID Feature Code   - 7287
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - Upgrade to 4 years Courier TP
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 41E9876
        Pack Number            - L521
        OfferID Feature Code   - 7288
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - Upgrade to 4 years Customer Carry-In
                                 Repair
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 41E9877
        Pack Number            - L522
        OfferID Feature Code   - 7289
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - Upgrade to 4 years, On-Site Service
        Response Target        - Next Business Day
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 41E9878
        Pack Number            - L523
        OfferID Feature Code   - 7290
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - Upgrade to 4 years Courier TP
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 41E9879
        Pack Number            - L524
        OfferID Feature Code   - 7291
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - Upgrade to 4 years, On-Site Service
        Response Target        - Next Business Day
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 10N3143
        Pack Number            - L527
        OfferID Feature Code   - 5841
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - 1 year Courier Collect
                                 - Maintenance Extension
     
        ThinkPlus Part Number  - 10N3144
        Pack Number            - L528
        OfferID Feature Code   - 5842
        ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
        Thinkplus Delivery     - Additional 1 year, On-Site Repair
                                 - Maintenance Extension
        Response Target        - Next Business Day
     
       ThinkPlus Part Number  - 46D5026
       Pack Number            - L658
       OfferID Feature Code   - 7236
       ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
       ThinkPlus Delivery     - Upgrade to 3 years, On-Site Service
                              - with Hard Disk Drive retention
       Response Target        - Next Business Day
     
       ThinkPlus Part Number  - 46D5027
       Pack Number            - L659
       OfferID Feature Code   - 7237
       ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
       ThinkPlus Delivery     - upgrade to 3 years, On-Site Service
                              - with Hard Disk Drive retention
       Response Target        - Next Business Day
     
       ThinkPlus Part Number  - 46D5028
       Pack Number            - L660
       OfferID Feature Code   - 7238
       ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
       ThinkPlus Delivery     - upgrade to 3 years, On-Site Service
                            - with Hard Disk Drive retention
       Response Target        - Next Business Day
     
     
       ThinkPlus Part Number  - 46D5035
       Pack Number            - L667
       OfferID Feature Code   - 7245
       ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
       ThinkPlus Delivery     - upgrade to 1 year, On-Site Service
       Response Target        - Next Business Day
     
     
    EAST PRODUCTS
    The below ThinkPlus offerings are only available in Bulgaria*, Croatia,
    Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia**, Slovakia,
    Slovenia***, South Africa and Turkey.
     
    * Note that On-Site service in Bulgaria is limited to the capital Sofia
    ** Russia is limited to 100 km of Moscow for Service Provision
    *** Slovenia is limited to 50 km radius of Ljubljana for On-Site
    Service
     
         ThinkPlus Part Number  - 10N3148
         Pack Number            - C530
         OfferID Feature Code   - 5846
         ThinkPlus Cover        - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad
         Thinkplus Delivery     - Upgrade to 3 years Customer Carry-In
                                  Repair
    Note: part number 10N3148 is also available in United Arab Emirates,
    Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait.
     
    ThinkPlus Part Number - 10N3149 Pack Number - C531 OfferID Feature Code - 5847 ThinkPlus Cover - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad Thinkplus Delivery - Upgrade to 4 years Customer Carry-In Repair ThinkPlus Part Number - 10N3152 Pack Number - C534 OfferID Feature Code - 5850 ThinkPlus Cover - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad Thinkplus Delivery - Upgrade to 4 years Customer Carry-In Repair ThinkPlus Part Number - 41K0489 Pack Number - C588 OfferID Feature Code - 8318 ThinkPlus Cover - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad Thinkplus Delivery - Upgrade to 4 years On-Site Service Repair Response Target - Next Business Day ThinkPlus Part Number - 12X6453 Pack Number - C637 OfferID Feature Code - 8730 ThinPlus Cover - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad Thinkplus Delivery - Upgrade to 3 years On-Site Service Repair Response Target - Next Business Day ThinkPlus Part Number - 12X6454 Pack Number - C638 OfferID Feature Code - 8731 ThinPlus Cover - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad Thinkplus Delivery - Upgrade to 4 years On-Site Service Repair Response Target - Next Business Day ThinkPlus Part Number - 12X6455 Pack Number - C639 OfferID Feature Code - 8732 ThinPlus Cover - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad Thinkplus Delivery - Upgrade to 3 years On-Site Service Repair Response Target - Next Business Day ThinkPlus Part Number - 12X6456 Pack Number - C640 OfferID Feature Code - 8733 ThinPlus Cover - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad Thinkplus Delivery - Upgrade to 4 years On-Site Service Repair Response Target - Next Business Day ThinkPlus Part Number - 46D5023 Pack Number - C655 OfferID Feature Code - 7233 ThinkPlus Cover - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad ThinkPlus Delivery - Upgrade to 3 years On-Site Service Repair - with Hard Disk Drive Retention Response Target - Next Business Day ThinkPlus Part Number - 46D5024 Pack Number - C656 OfferID Feature Code - 7234 ThinkPlus Cover - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad ThinkPlus Delivery - Upgrade to 3 years On-Site Service Repair - With Hard Disk Drive retention Response Target - Next Business Day ThinkPlus Part Number - 46D5025 Pack Number - C657 OfferID Feature Code - 7235 ThinkPlus Cover - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad ThinkPlus Delivery - Upgrade to 3 years On-Site Service Repair - With Hard Disk Drive retention Response Target - Next Business Day ThinkPlus Part Number - 46D5036 Pack Number - C668 OfferID Feature Code - 7246 ThinkPlus Cover - ThinkPlus for ThinkPad ThinkPlus Delivery - Upgrade to 1 year On-Site Service Repair Response Target - Next Business Day

    Availability

    Planned General Availability Date is December 11th, 2007


    Highlights

    ThinkPlus is designed to give the customer the opportunity to purchase an upgrades warranty entitlement for their new Lenovo hardware.


    Life Cycle Information

                            Marketing   Replaced
    Announced   Available   Withdrawn   By         Replaces:
    ---------   ---------   ---------   --------   ---------
    2006/03/21  2006/03/21     N/A       N/A         N/A
    

    Miscellaneous

    Availability by Country

    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria*, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark,
    Finland, France**, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
    Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Russia***, Luxembourg, Romania,
    Slovakia, Slovenia****, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
    Turkey & UK*****.
     
    Please note that Carry-In Service in Egypt, Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan shall be delivered via Lenovo Business Partners only * Bulgaria is limited to the capital Sofia for On-Site Service ** Excluding DOM/TOM and all other French Overseas Territories and Dependancies. *** Russia is restricted to 100km of Moscow for service provision **** Slovenia is limited to 50 km radius of Ljubljana for On-Site Service ***** Mainland UK only

    Terms and Conditions

    ThinkPlus are subject to Lenovo Terms and Conditions and are available from Lenovo.

    Customer Responsibilities

    The customer should retain their ThinkPlus Registration and
    Confirmation e-mails as a record of their contract.
     
    Prior to placing a call for service the customer should:-
     
    1. Follow the determination procedures provided with the machine, and
     
    2. Take appropriate steps to safeguard all programmes or data contained
    within the machine, before service is provided.
     
    3. Ensure in the case of On-Site Service, that the machine for repair
    is in a safe working environment for the service engineer.
     
    To become eligible for service, the customer must follow the
    registration instructions on their registration e-mail. ThinkPlus
    must be registered by the customer within 15 days of its purchase,
    by completing the ThinkPlus On-Line Registration.
    

    Announcement Countries

    Announcement is restricted to the following countries:

    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria*, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark,
    Finland, France**, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel,
    Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Russia***,
    Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia****, South Africa, Spain, Sweden,
    Switzerland, Turkey & UK*****,
    Egypt, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia.
     
    Please note that Carry-In Service in Egypt, Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan shall be delivered via Lenovo Business Partners only * Bulgaria is limited to the capital Sofia for On-Site Service ** Excluding DOM/TOM and all other French Overseas Territories and Dependancies. *** Russia is restricted to 100km of Moscow for service provision **** Slovenia is limited to 50 km radius of Ljubljana for On-Site Service ***** Mainland UK only
    ************ End of Document ************

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