I purchased the p1500 about 3 months ago (piece of crap) and returned it 24 hours later (it was incapable of playing the iron man bluray). I upgraded to the ps3 and haven't had a problem since. LIke the original poster I didn't give them a name or anything other than paying with my debit card (which apparently is tantamount to giving them your name address date of birth, ss#, eye color, height, weight and sexual orientation), about a month after i returned it, i received a letter in the mail from samsung asking me to complete an online questionnaire about my experience with the p1500. Not the same as the OP, but samsung still knew where i lived even though i gave my debit info to best buy. So who's to blame here, samsung or best buy?

I think this may be the fruits of Yahoo's discussions with Google. And not really in an attempt to combat google on any front, but to prevent Microsoft from offering $31/share to buy Yahoo out. Yahoo is doing everything in their power to either force microsoft to offer more than #31/share (which comes out to nearly 45 billion dollars) or force Microsoft to drop its bid for takeover. Google announced last week that it would be helping Yahoo to develop plans to thwart the MS attempt, and this might be -one- of the results of those talks. -music, movies, microcode (software), and high speed pizza delivery.