New Touchpad ... dropped .. Glass shattered

gavinmitchell · 08/30/2011, 06:47 AM

Touchpad dropped and the front glass has shattered.

Just spoke with HP support ... quoting £200 for a repair !

Does anyone know where or if spare parts are going to come onto the market.

There's so little information at the moment.

Thanks

Gavin

mespiff · 08/30/2011, 06:52 AM

saddest post ever

Shadavis08 · 08/30/2011, 06:54 AM

Call HP directly they can sell spare parts I'm sure*

DJeremyC · 08/30/2011, 07:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gavinmitchell

Touchpad dropped and the front glass has shattered.

Just spoke with HP support ... quoting £200 for a repair !

Does anyone know where or if spare parts are going to come onto the market.

There's so little information at the moment.

Thanks

Gavin

*taps start playing in the background*

Gunnyman · 08/30/2011, 07:35 AM

/pours out a 40 for the dead Homie.

sorli · 08/30/2011, 07:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gavinmitchell

Touchpad dropped and the front glass has shattered.

Just spoke with HP support ... quoting £200 for a repair !

Does anyone know where or if spare parts are going to come onto the market.

There's so little information at the moment.

Thanks

Gavin

Wife dropped her's and thank God was in a case and survived the fall without problem. Did your TP have any protection? Sorli...

r-nice · 08/30/2011, 07:36 AM

Damn, how did you manage to fumble it?

iboost79 · 08/30/2011, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by r-nice

Damn, how did you manage to fumble it?

Probably ate something greasy and then picked up the TP.

The Mighty BK · 08/30/2011, 08:30 AM

oh that sucks....sorry man...got 3 kids of my own...everything breakable/of value goes way up high

paulbee · 08/30/2011, 08:40 AM

Oh no.

I don't know whether or not we'll see spare parts. You might try getting a quote from someone different. In the mall where I live there's kiosk where they claim to do iPhone repairs. If there's anything lime that around you might see if they can service it.

thurman · 08/30/2011, 08:42 AM

Sorry to hear that. Did y u have it in a case? Because mine is not in a case and I think about that happening to me. I think I will put mine away and use my laptop until I get a case with some kind of protection. Back
In the box mine goes.

drfp · 08/30/2011, 08:44 AM

Cheaper to snag another when they come back in

paulbee · 08/30/2011, 11:13 AM

By the way, if you bought your TouchPad with a credit card, you might be covered by purchase protection. At least in the U.S., some credit cards offer 90 days of purchase protection for all purchases made on the card, meaning that if anything happens to the device during the protection period (even accidental damage), the credit card company will cover repair or replacement. It's worth calling your credit card company to ask.

hirenpathak · 08/30/2011, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iboost79

Probably ate something greasy and then picked up the TP.

That's another reason you should not eat greasy food.. Told you its not healthy

Fubaz · 08/30/2011, 11:19 AM

so sorry for your loss

trodecke · 08/30/2011, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gavinmitchell

Does anyone know where or if spare parts are going to come onto the market.

I don't know if they have spare parts available here or not but they do a good job of identifying parts and making them available for other items. Try ifixit.com.

HP TouchPad Repair Manual - iFixit

OldSkoolVWLover · 08/30/2011, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sorli

Wife dropped her's and thank God was in a case and survived the fall without problem. Did your TP have any protection? Sorli...

I'm so nervous we don't have a case for the wifes.... running to BB today to pickup Madden, a TP TS, and a BT KB. might look for an iPad 1 generic case for now. Have a case on order from Amazon but it's a few weeks out according to them.

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thurman Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 60 Likes Received: 9 Thanks: 25 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sorry to hear that. Did y u have it in a case? Because mine is not in a case and I think about that happening to me. I think I will put mine away and use my laptop until I get a case with some kind of protection. Back In the box mine goes. __________________ HP Touchpad 32GB , Treo 650, Treo 600 webOS 3.0.4
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