[Atrocities]

I was quite shocked to find that I did not have a disk or copy of WinXP. Then when I found out that my 80 gig HD was actually only a 55 gig HD, I was a bit PO'ed. Then when the HD died, on the first HP POS, I knew it was a bad call.

The thing about most PC companies now is that they have you send them your pc and then they send you a refurbished PC that in most cases is inferior to the one you bought and was originally sent in because it was broken and more often than not, was sent out to you prior to being repaired.

Even this "NEW" PC that HP sent me two years ago, was used. WTF! I found out that most HP PC's are now refurbished older computers that they have just placed into a new tower. This is uber bull**** and is one of the reasons why I hate HP so.

There is nothing more alarming then call in a PC repair, provide the serial number for your NEW PC, and be asked if you are Mr. Smith from Vancouver. "Ahh no."

What tops it off is the fact that when you do call customer support you are connected with some guy in Bangladesh who can barely speak english and he is asking for all of your most personal information. Ever wonder why your credit card was billed $2,000.00 for over sea's sent merchandise? Well now ya know.

And the funny thing is, people give out their info to these people in other countries, some of whom hate us very much, without question while having histeria fits about some cookie that recorded what porno web site they just visted. Go figure the logice behind that one?