Interesting approach to customer service you’ve got there, HP! Hot tipper Zack, who sent his still-under-warrantee HP laptop in to be serviced for a bad hinge, writes:
Well today I received a call from an HP Tech Support guy. I was informed that liquid had been inside my keyboard and when they opened the computer to diagnose it, the liquid spilled onto the motherboard causing damage. He also informed me that in order to fix this I would have to pay $1,099.
Wow, that’s just  wow. Zack mentions there was no liquid inside his keyboard when he packed it off, as if he even needs to say that. Also, HP technician, even if this mysterious liquid managed to stay inside the keyboard for the entire shipping process, how exactly did you manage to spill it on the motherboard? Did you hear it sloshing around in that spacious, hermetically sealed keyboard and decide to investigate  directly over the mobo?
The guy then told Zack that he would receive his computer back, but it may “blow up.†I’m sure that for every experience like this, there are a thousand perfectly good interactions with HP’s customer service, but that doesn’t reduce the impact when you hear something as ridiculous (almost Comcastic) as this. Sounds like HP HR could use a little QA, IMHO.
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Well today I received a call from an HP Tech Support guy. I was informed that liquid had been inside my keyboard and when they opened the computer to diagnose it, the liquid spilled onto the motherboard causing damage. He also informed me that in order to fix this I would have to pay $1,099.
Wow, that’s just  wow. Zack mentions there was no liquid inside his keyboard when he packed it off, as if he even needs to say that. Also, HP technician, even if this mysterious liquid managed to stay inside the keyboard for the entire shipping process, how exactly did you manage to spill it on the motherboard? Did you hear it sloshing around in that spacious, hermetically sealed keyboard and decide to investigate  directly over the mobo?
The guy then told Zack that he would receive his computer back, but it may “blow up.†I’m sure that for every experience like this, there are a thousand perfectly good interactions with HP’s customer service, but that doesn’t reduce the impact when you hear something as ridiculous (almost Comcastic) as this. Sounds like HP HR could use a little QA, IMHO.
Source : CrunchGear » Archive » HP attempts to charge customer $1099 due to “liquid inside keyboardâ€