HP FAILED Our Secret Shopper Experiment

We purchased three HP EliteDesk 805 G8 Mini units in Q1 2022 as part of our secret shopper experience. HP disastrously failed our experiment with a HP.com order process that made us feel like we were being lied to, over and over. This is the reason we have not done the Project TinyMiniMicro 805 G8 review, so we wanted to get this one out so we can instead focus that one on the hardware. STH Main Site Article: https://www.servethehome.com/hp-failed-our-q1-secret-shopper-experiment/ STH Merch on Spring: https://the-sth-merch-shop.myteespring.co/ STH Top 5 Weekly Newsletter: https://eepurl.com/dryM09 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Where to Find STH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- STH Forums: https://forums.servethehome.com Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ServeTheHome ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Introduction 02:41 HP Secret Shopper Timeline 04:48 Order 1 The Foreverlong 09:05 Order 2 My Favorite and Fastest 13:24 Order 3 Validation in the Abyss 15:51 Supply Chain Large Parts and Assemblies 20:21 What Secret Shopping at HP Taught Us 20:55 Wrap-up ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Other STH Content Mentioned in this Video ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Project TinyMiniMicro Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC53fzn9608B-MT5KvuuHct5MiUDO8IF4 - Lenovo PSB Locking Ryzen CPUs: https://youtu.be/KAVlHy05XzM - Lenovo M90q Tiny Gen2: https://youtu.be/7zwZ1zVW9Xk - Lenovo M80q Tiny: https://youtu.be/4_4Ulnfk0Sc - Lenovo M90q Tiny: https://youtu.be/GTl8fiKEr8g - Lenovo IdeaCentre 5i Tiny: https://youtu.be/ztn7VjNzY7k - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75q-2 Tiny (Gen 2): https://youtu.be/Kr1tD6TEnek - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75q-2 Tiny (Gen 2-2): https://youtu.be/M1EL8yYe_0s - HP EliteDesk 800 G6 Mini: https://youtu.be/o416e0iyE30 - HP EliteDesk 805 G6 Mini: https://youtu.be/10ccfPU2A0I - Dell OptiPlex 7090 Micro: https://youtu.be/-ieQPGrbDfE - Dell OptiPlex 7080 Micro: https://youtu.be/5mTUTX4QNkg - Apple Mac Mini M1 10GbE Edition: https://youtu.be/4gXUfAgLKj0 - STH Mini PC Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV0Mx_Kb3O4&list=PLC53fzn9608BEXuRQBb1Fz56TnGOoDmNr