Hp stole my touchstone!!

[desdroid]

On Sep 21 2012, I sent in my HP Touchstone for RMA repair, and as of Nov 06, 2012, I still have yet to receive the replacement.


I called 3 weeks ago, and they said they received it but were still looking for parts due to high demand,


Now there is no way of reaching support since it's a closed department WebOS techsupport @ 1-(866)-219-7445. and @ 18774263777


Every call to other tech support departments get you forwarded back to the closed WebOS phone line which merely tells you to visit this forum. Support Community - Support Community - which is also not supported.

What a nightmare!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[somline]

I would love to help you but obviously I can't.
This is unbelievable. The support forum you mentioned is a joke.
It seems to be managed by one guy (source):

Folks, there are no HP reps left here on this Forum... We can only recommend you call the support phone number supplied by clicking the "Support" link at the top of the page, and navigate to the touchpad support pages.

WyreNut

The only real support forum left seems to be webosnation now.
But I have no contact to any HP person.
If you still can't contact any responsible person I would consider to report this to the police or some other authority you have in the US.

[OldSkoolVWLover]

Maybe try contacting HardBeatz on these forums, last I knew he was still employed by HP/Palm... we have a couple other HP/Palm EEs around here not all specific to webOS.

I'll tweet this thread to see if anybody has a contact number for you, all of the people I know don't necessarily work in a department that can get you an answer as to the status of your repair...

[ac921ol]

wow. WOW sorry do let us know how it works out.

[somline]

Originally Posted by OldSkoolVWLover

I'll tweet this thread....

Did the same.

[con500]

HP Seem happy to have completely washed their hands of the touchpad now that the majority of warranties are up The TP seems now to be completely abandoned now and the OEM accesories are like gold dust (here in uk)...But this is just plain ridiculous, to offer no support contact details whatsoever for products they have at the repair centres. I would email (corporate) and keep emailing until you are offered a satisfactory solution to "Your" missing touchstone. Shambles of a company

[OldSkoolVWLover]

Originally Posted by somline

Did the same.

Yeah saw your tweet right when I logged into twitter, figured yours might catch somebodies eye. I just have no clue if @Palm and @webOSDev are even monitored any more.

[con500]

Also I agree to use twitter @HPsupport

I recieved a tweet from them less than a week ago in regards to a faulty TP charger. They replied asking if I was still in warranty, then sent me a link to a hp help page. So it would seem someone is listening

[somline]

Originally Posted by OldSkoolVWLover

Yeah saw your tweet right when I logged into twitter, figured yours might catch somebodies eye. I just have no clue if @Palm and @webOSDev are even monitored any more.

Ok then please retweet and ad @ HPsupport

[OldSkoolVWLover]

Originally Posted by con500

HP Seem happy to have completely washed their hands of the touchpad now that the majority of warranties are up The TP seems now to be completely abandoned now and the OEM accesories are like gold dust (here in uk)...But this is just plain ridiculous, to offer no support contact details whatsoever for products they have at the repair centres. I would email (corporate) and keep emailing until you are offered a satisfactory solution to "Your" missing touchstone. Shambles of a company

I am no big fan of HP at this point with what they have done to webOS. I would guess most likely this is an employee issue though.

The average employees don't care about you, only that your problem isn't their departments problem so they can pass the buck. They were told years ago, if anybody calls about Palm/webOS issues send them to a certain contact number. Well that number has been shut down, but they don't care still not their problem. Especially in a call-center area, they are tasked with hitting production on their subject matter and pushing everything else to the "correct department".




I say this from my every day job, I take calls and help desk e-mails all day long from people that have been sent to me from someone else not in my office. A lot of the time these issues are not something that is handled in my office and is not something I can help with. The person that got them before me just knows they don't have the answer so they kick em to where they think they should go. In many cases that first point of contact should have the correct answer because it is part of their job, but they know we answer our phones (since we are actually open to the public) so instead of going and asking for the correct answer, they kick the issue to us and tell the person to continue calling us if they don't get thru the first time.

Sorry for my rant, but I just don't believe this is an intentional HP issue but more a lack of communication by their employees and various departments.

[OldSkoolVWLover]

Originally Posted by somline

Ok then please retweet and ad @ HPsupport

tweeted to support as well as one of my favorite dev relations people

[somline]

Originally Posted by OldSkoolVWLover

tweeted to support as well as one of my favorite dev relations people

Don't know why I missed to follow you :-) Thanks

[con500]

Originally Posted by OldSkoolVWLover

I am no big fan of HP at this point with what they have done to webOS. I would guess most likely this is an employee issue though.

The average employees don't care about you, only that your problem isn't their departments problem so they can pass the buck. They were told years ago, if anybody calls about Palm/webOS issues send them to a certain contact number. Well that number has been shut down, but they don't care still not their problem. Especially in a call-center area, they are tasked with hitting production on their subject matter and pushing everything else to the "correct department".




I say this from my every day job, I take calls and help desk e-mails all day long from people that have been sent to me from someone else not in my office. A lot of the time these issues are not something that is handled in my office and is not something I can help with. The person that got them before me just knows they don't have the answer so they kick em to where they think they should go. In many cases that first point of contact should have the correct answer because it is part of their job, but they know we answer our phones (since we are actually open to the public) so instead of going and asking for the correct answer, they kick the issue to us and tell the person to continue calling us if they don't get thru the first time.

Sorry for my rant, but I just don't believe this is an intentional HP issue but more a lack of communication by their employees and various departments.

Totally agree with all you've said here. Its just my first line of defence with companies closing the iron curtains on me is to be as much of a niusence and proverbial pain in the back side as possible...To any or all departments lol. Sorry I know thsts no fun for the recipients, its not that am being rude...I just figure they will eventually get so sickome that they will get me a number to call, just to get ridome. Its always worth a try.
I get what your saying though

[OldSkoolVWLover]

Originally Posted by somline

Don't know why I missed to follow you :-) Thanks

LOL no worries, couldn't remember if you followed me or not until I got the e-mail saying you followed a minute ago

Originally Posted by con500

Totally agree with all you've said here. Its just my first line of defence with companies closing the iron curtains on me is to be as much of a niusence and proverbial pain in the back side as possible...To any or all departments lol.
I get what your saying though

Oh I am with you. I escalated an issue to MS Live management and even he couldn't help me because of system limitations, I will always hold that against MS, I lost my live ID from like 7 years ago... I now own a PS3 and the xbox only gets played for HBO Go and Madden/MLB with my brother that is away at college.

Just one of those things where even if an e-mail went out doesn't mean the employee read it (happens every day), that's why being an expert at certain things when a coworker asks me a question or for assistance I go out of my way to help them. I work with too many people that happily let knowledge go in one ear and out the other.


At the OP, if I hear anything back i will post here since I know lots of folks don't use twitter.

[arthurthornton]

I'm sorry to hear you're still waiting for a status update. I'm currently looking to find the appropriate support channel for you.

[OldSkoolVWLover]

Thanks Arthur!

(sorry to bug you, but more and more I am running out of contacts)

[eblade]

Out of curiosity -- I had two touchstones where the AC Adapters failed on them, and getting a replacement AC adapter was pretty much a non-issue -- did you check that it was the touchstone itself failing, by testing it with another AC adapter? Not that this helps you since your Touchstone isn't there anymore. Just curious.

[Spaceman Spliff]

am i the only one getting really disheartened by how much HP sucks in the past year or so? I'm not gonna buy anything from them anymore

[steven_farkas]

Originally Posted by Spaceman Spliff

am i the only one getting really disheartened by how much HP sucks in the past year or so? I'm not gonna buy anything from them anymore

if you read these forums regularly then you'll know there's at least one other who shares your view on HP.

[Grabber5.0]

Originally Posted by steven_farkas

if you read these forums regularly then you'll know there's at least one other who shares your view on HP.

Oh no, this guy is quite reserved in comparison. :-)