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Horray for rants.[ Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#3)
by foxyshadis1 on Tue Nov 30, 2004 at 06:09:42 AM PDT

My last experiences with HP were dismal. My printer arrived with the networking broken, and I spent hours on the phone with two techs who didn't know what things like services and tcp/ip are. Every time I told him I'd already tried a step he'd just quiet for a moment and then tell me to try it as if he hadn't heard me. Their phone system is one of those evil voice lines that barely work. When I called back to RMA it, I had to go through 5 people to find someone who knew what RMA/return auth. meant just so they could direct me to the department. I was so disappointed that I wrote a strong complaint to the CEO, and got a call back from a manager.

The other problem I ended up having was a few months ago, we ordered parts to upgrade a SAN for a new server install a month later. Two weeks roll by, and only two parts have come in, still missing a few others. Our sales rep had suddenly quit as well. 5 long calls and five entirely different answers later (including "we have no record", "it shipped out two weeks ago but there's no tracking number", and "here's a tracking number but UPS's site says it's invalid"), it finally comes out that the part is on backorder and won't be in stock for weeks. Then they won't let us cancel the order without escalating the call.

Before that, I'd had a growing bad vibe about their support, but this was unbelievable.

It's too bad, because I'm very impressed with their product line overall, I just don't want to chance this happening every time I make an order or have an issue.

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The CEO?[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#38)
by Anonymous User on Mon Dec 06, 2004 at 10:56:47 AM PDT

Complaining to Carly isn't going to do any good.  She's far too busy looting the company to worry about things like customers.

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