It seems that I bought my laptop 6 weeks before the official free vista give away for HP products. As such I dont qualify, at least not officially. According to HP's website, I have to submit a copy of my receipt with the form for the free upgrade. I was thinking I might just change the dates on the receipt since I seriously doubt they will do any sort of research to ensure that the dates are correct. If they were, then why would they ask for my receipt? I am assuming that it is my receipt that will be the official document as to whether or not I qualify and if it looks like my orginal receipt but with the dates changed then maybe I can get the free upgrade. My only concern is that my model number doesnt qualify since it didnt come with a sticker that says vista ready or qualifies for free upgrade. Maybe HP only put that sticker on certain laptops and mine wasnt one of them. Can anyone think of a reason why this wont work? I seriously doubt that the rebate police will come knock on my door for forging a receipt. Any thoughts, other then the fact that I am a crook? I know this isnt exactly legal, but its not exactly fair on their part either. I bought the thing a few weeks early and now I get boned out of a free upgrade. That's not exactly what I would call great customer service on HP's part.