In a plot twist straight out of a corporate drama, HP has agreed to cough up a cool $4 million to settle accusations of *false advertising*. That’s right, folks—turns out the prices on their website might have been more fiction than fact.
The class-action complaint claimed that HP was displaying *misleading* strikethrough prices and advertising savings that were, let’s just say, as real as unicorns. Who knew that trying to sell more computers could lead to such a scandal? Forget about hacking the mainframe; HP was more concerned about hacking their own prices to get customers to *bite*.
The second amended complaint from 2022 really took a shot at HP’s reputation, and after this settle-up, they’re likely hoping to emerge with a clean slate—or at least a less sticky one. So, next time you see a tech bargain, remember: it might just be a mirage in the digital desert.
What do you think? Is this a significant blow to HP’s credibility, or just another day in the tech market?
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