HP - parts

Overheal

So my power supply died in the last hour. I wanted to go to bed, but NOOOOOoooOOOooOOOooo....

I had to jump on to HP support to see if I couldnt get a new cord out as quick as I could. But ack, the damn thing is not covered in my warranty. In fact its the one thing that isnt. Conspiracy?

Then Grand says I - lets just buy a new piece. dodgeythirdpartysitedodgeythirdpartysiteripoffripoffdodgeythirdpartysiteripoffdodgeythirdpartysite

fcuk it says I, lets just order direct.

Hp.ireland -> sweet fcuk all there but a few frontend products. Definitely no spare parts. Odd.

Jump to the UK site. Theyre in the gills with spares, but WAIT: HP does not ship to Gibraltar, the isle of Man or Ireland. WTF?

I'm sorry this just drives me ****ing batty. If someone wants to find me an affordable spare Im all ears but my search turned up ****e. its a pavillion dv6500 lappy, the supply's model is 394224-001. Finding people that ship to ireland is a chore - a couple even ask as much as $120 to get it over from the states :eek:

Not in a good mood any more. I'm going to bed. what possible reason would they have to discriminate against Ireland? I just want my lappy to be happy

AlmightyCushion

You could just get a generic power adapter. I think they can be bought in places like maplins and peats if you're in Dublin.

majiktripp

http://search.ebay.ie/search/search.dll?sofocus=so&sbrftog=1&dfsp=17&from=R10&_trksid=m37&satitle=394224-001&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&floc=1&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D3&sappl=1&sabfmts=1&fobfmt=1&saobfmts=insif&ga10244=10425&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=17%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search
Take your pick...how hard was that..really...
I know HP are **** but in fairness most other brands (Dell,Toshiba,Acer,etc) would be doing the same thing as HP when you went searching for a replacement AC adapter.
Get a generic ebay alternative and it'll work fine.

Overheal

How did I not think of ebay? might have been the panicked exhaustion and the dying battery.

cheers stimpy.