HP no longer offering coupon codes - Including 20% and 30%

I just got off the phone with a HP sales rep today. I was inquiring whether or not HP was expected to release any of the 20% or 30% off discount coupon codes anytime soon. The response I received was thus:

"HP will not be releasing any more coupon codes for their laptops in the near future. This is due to the holiday season picking up and sales increasing. The reason we offered the 20% and 30% off coupon codes in the past (3-4 weeks ago) was because HP needed the business. Now that that Christmas is near, sales have picked up and the need to offer discounts to obtain business is no longer needed."

With this response, I asked the HP sales rep if they were expecting to be releasing any kind of deals in preparation for Black Friday or for the upcoming holidays. His reply was thus:

"HP is not expecting nor planning to release any kind of coupon codes either for Black Friday or for the holiday season."

So there you have it folks, straight from HP. Best to stop fretting if HP will be releasing any new coupon codes, because it looks as though they won't be.

 

HP isn't going to be the ones that offer Black Friday sales, thats the retail stores that offer it. I doubt if any company that doesn't have a local retail store is going to offer sales on days like Black Friday or the day after Christmas.

 

Waaat! so hp aren't releasing any more coupons? whilst dell are releasing new ones every day! I find that hard to believe!!

 

it does make sense.. prices usually remain or rise abit durin christmas..

i kinda feel lucky i barely had enuff $$ to get a dv6500 with a coupon, without it there was no chance..

 

suxs for me i was about to purchase a dv6500t, im pissed now!

 

I don't blame you man. I was seriously looking at either a dv6500t or a Compal IFL90. Although, now that ASUS has their G1S-A1 for $1,450 bucks, that's always a consideration. =)

 

Yeh I have my dv6500t all built on their site ready for the coupon =( I've already put my current laptop on ebay! no turning back now, HP just messed up all my plans!!

I talked to a rep online n they said they are not allowed to tell you when their coupons will be released.. was that rep on the phone lying?

 

dell is offering 425$ off plus 200 gift card plus free shipping and hp nothing!! its crazy... i was waiting for off code to buy an 9500 but after this i wanna buy dell...

 

I spoke to two different online reps who told me the same thing: they weren't allowed to confirm or deny the status of coupon codes. This, then, is what prompted me to call HP directly and talk to a contact that I have there. I do consider him more of an aquaintance that a real "friend", but I do not think he would lie to me. He sounded truthful, and to be honest, he had nothing to gain by lying to me, other than losing out on a HP laptop sale which I am sure he wanted to avoid.

 

after this message i called hp and they said me the same things.. she said that now they are not planning to release off coupons.. she said that the reason is sales are very good in holiday season

 

hmm...thats not so uplifting. Rawr.

 

That IFL90 or ASUS G1S are looking awfully tempting right about now...

 

Arrrr sooo wish I hadn't put my laptop on ebay now

If you think logically here though, around the holiday season people tend to go all cheap and if Dell still have these coupons going on, their obviously going to sell more laptops in the end!

But just my opinion...

(Asus is way too expensive!)

 

"Expensive" is relative. You get what you pay for.

 

Coming from the owner of an Asus G1

lol but ur rite u usually get what u pay 4!

 

HP is now the leader in sales when it comes to PC's so that's def. a reason for the coupon removal. But I can see them dropping a 20% after the holiday season..

I'm def. kicking myself for not buying the DV6500T when the 30% was around grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

The ASUS G1S-A1 can be had at ZipZoomFly for $1,455... not bad at all.

 

I'm in the same shoes mate!

 

Oh wow. Now I'm REALLY glad that I got to use the 30% coupon.

 

Same here, used it couple days before it expired.

/banana dance smiley

 

Yeah its too bad they dropped the coupons but I can see why they did it. If they have the orders at the higher prices then yeah, why bother. I'm also glad I took advantage of the 20 percent coupon. I also got another 100 bucks off for forgetting to select the free lightscribe upgrade which I did not need anyway. The CSR at HP said they would do that instead of me canceling order and redoing it. So I ended up with close to 30 percent off too.

After briefly having a dell 1420 before my HP dv6500t, I can say the HP is a much better design. I know first hand that the new line of Dells are plagued with a multitude of hardware issues and QC problems. But no doubt they will increase their market share over HP with all their promos. But you get what you pay for. I don't care what anyone says, I am convinced the hardware is better on HP's. But Dells customer support is a tad better then HP's. But I'd take better hardware any day over slightly better support.

 

God damn i really want the dv6500t but I'm not buying it until that 30% coupon is rolling again!!!!

 

ugh - i just ordered a dell vostro 1500 and received it - ive never seen a worse screen on a laptop - it honestly gave me a headache just during the setup process

i was completely prepared to ship that pos back to dell and order up a dv6500t (why i went with dell after i told myself ill NEVER deal with them again? only the one up above knows...)

crap...

 

Haha I like some dell stuff, but I think I'll leave their laptops alone for now!

 

Is it me or are the online prices for CTO much less than they were a few weeks ago? Maybe HP has dropped the prices so there really isnt a 'need' for a coupon? I remember a month or so ago, when I speced the 6500 I wanted it was near $1300, now closer to $1100...maybe its just my wishful thinking not wanting to get shafted with a no coupon order?

 

Sucks, but I still bought the DV9500T