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    existing hp.com customers....

    Discussion in 'HP' started by kark, Sep 29, 2005.

  1. kark

    kark Notebook Guru

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    ...did you ever experience this? I ordered a dv4000 this morning. I just got a call from HP asking me where my mother, father, and sister live. By the end of the call I felt like I had just had my privacy violated. Was that really HP?
     
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    Alphafox Notebook Consultant

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    why would they want to know that??
     
    Alphafox, Sep 29, 2005
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  3. Rahul

    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    That is pretty darn weird.
     
    Rahul, Sep 29, 2005
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  4. kark

    kark Notebook Guru

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    I have no idea. It was all "for security reasons". They knew, however, that I purchased an HP computer. They also knew my billing and shipping address. It was really strange.

    I have a really bad cold, and I'm super busy at work. If I was a little less fuzzy, I probably wouldn't have gone along with it so easily.
     
    kark, Sep 29, 2005
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    red03rr Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah im thinking security reasons. When i applied for the HP Financing i had to call and they asked all these weird questions about where i use to live, parents age etc. So that's more than likely why.
     
    red03rr, Sep 29, 2005
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