HP Price Tracker

HP traces its roots to 1939, when Bill Hewlett and David Packard started out in a garage in Palo Alto, California. In 2015 the original Hewlett-Packard split in two: the PC and printer business became HP Inc., still based in Palo Alto, while the enterprise side became Hewlett Packard Enterprise. US shoppers buy direct at hp.com/us-en/shop, and the UK HP Store is run by HP Inc UK Limited. Both sell laptops, desktops, monitors, printers and ink; the UK store also lists HyperX and Poly accessories.

In the US, HP rotates Weekly Deals and holds sales around holidays such as Presidents Day and Labor Day; HP Rewards is free and earns rewards on eligible purchases. HP matches a lower price from nationally recognised online retailers before you buy, and price protection can credit a later hp.com drop within the return period – except on business-series models or items bought in major sales such as Cyber Week. The UK store has its own Price Guarantee and separate stores for students and teachers, NHS staff and corporate employees.

That makes an alert useful both before and after you order. HP sells each laptop family in many configurations, each with its own product number and price, so set the alert on the exact page you would buy from. If the price falls soon after your purchase, the email reaches you in time to check whether US price protection or the UK Price Guarantee applies. Before buying, it shows whether a weekly deal really undercuts the usual price.