HP to refund money to TouchPad early adopters

This week, HP announced that its TouchPad tablets would be receiving a massive price reduction, with the price of the 16GB version dropping to only $99. While most consumers seemed pretty pleased – after all, they could finally try out a webOS device without investing too much. But there was a group of people who weren’t too pleased about the price cut – the early adopters of the HP TouchPad.

I mean, can you imagine paying $500 for something only to find out that you can get it for cheaper not even half a year later? You’d probably feel like snapping the tablet in half. Thankfully, HP understood the frustration its customers were having and has come up with a solution to the problem. Users who have bought the TouchPad at its full price are eligible for full-price refunds (if they return the tablet) or price-different refunds for those who want to keep the tablet.

If you bought purchased it from HP directly and you’re looking for a refund, just call up HP’s Home & Office phone service and tell them you would like the refund or the difference refund. HP will then honor your request. If you bought it from a major retailer, they should be honoring requests as well, though it might take awhile before they start doing it. It looks like early adopters don’t need to get upset anymore.

George Wong
Categories: Tablets
Tags: HP, hp touchpad, refund, Tablet, touchpad, webos