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‎10-05-2010 09:50 PM

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Today I spent a total of 2 1/2 hours on the phone to get a replacement for a HP Personal Media drive that had failed under warranty. Although the customer service people were courteous, HP's policies and procedures seem to suggest that if they waste enough time the customer will give up and go away.

 

I was constantly and repeatedly put on hold and asked the same questions over and over and over. I was asked to do many troubleshooting procedures and then told I needed to call back because my warranty info was not updated in their system (I purchased the drive from the HP Store and had the invoice with the order number, but that wasn't good enough). I was assured that the drive failure was thoroughly documented and the callback would just be to finalize the replacement.

 

When I called back I was put through even more troubleshooting questions than the first call and put on hold repeatedly. That call lasted well over an hour.  I finally started to lose my patience and temper (I don't want to know what my blood pressure was!). I think most people would have given up at this point and I truly believe that is their strategy.

 

Finally I was told the drive was defective (duh!) and I would be receiving a package to return it to HP - at my expense! The "repair" would take 10 - 14 days.

 

In the past few years I have had warranty issues with Dell and Canon. HP should take a lesson from these companies. They know how to treat customers. My desktop PC is an expensive HP Pavilion I bought this year. I pray it does not have problems. After this experience I am done buying HP.

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‎10-05-2010 10:09 PM

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