Bloviations

The Bloviations of Thomas Brock

Hewlett-Packard (HP): A Letter Releases My PC

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Just for fun, I checked theĀ  Customer Service Order Status page for my PC’s repair. I was shocked to see that the Current Status listed my PC as being “prepared for shipping.” Oddly enough, though, the expected delivery date is still May 20th.
I chuckled at that.
Then, later today, I received an automated email from HP [...]

Hewlett-Packard (HP): A letter to CEO Mark Hurd

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Dear Mr. Hurd:
I would like to take this opportunity to express my complete disappointment in HP.
I purchased an HP Pavilion DV2310US notebook PC in May of 2007. In March of this year, the PC began to malfunction. It would not fully turn on and became unreliable. On 27 March 2008 I submitted an online service [...]