Parts parts....PARTS!!! ARGHHH

When buying a 30 lb., brand-new ink printer with cartridges included
is cheaper than buying an 8-ounce ink cartridge for your current
printer, something is wrong with the computer world.

When batteries for 400mhz celeron laptops cost more than a brand new
laptop with twice the capabilities, something is wrong with the
computer world.

Anyone else have this feeling? Just wondering, thanks. Include your
favorite part-price, I would be curious.

Dan

 

Welcome to our world young man... lol

 

I don't know about the ink crtridge, but I can buy a brand new Brother
HL-1440 laser printer for 159.00, and the drum for the same printer is
179.00, and you have to replace it about every 4-6 times you replace the
toner cartridge.

--
Kendal R. Emery, MCSE, Network+, A+, MCNGP #19
Systems Administrator
Coordinated Home Care

remove me to email to me

 

Recently I completed a course and was give a Lxxxxxxk printer as a prize.

My friends were shocked that I sold it on an action site immediately. They
could not understand why?

Well The printer retails for $NZ129, and the black cartridge alone is $NZ99
to replace and the colour is $NZ120. So a "free" prize would cost me $NZ228
to run within a couple of months.

Manufacturers now make their profits from the consumables rather than the
hardware. Most new printers will only accept proprietary cartridges due to
"tweeks that they have made" and then patent the cartridge. No after market
sales available unless a bif license fee is paid

 

A replacement CRT for a monitor or TV costs more than the monitor or
TV did originally.

Tom

 

Funny I got an Hp laserjet5L out of an attic (FREE) 3 years ago and still
run the same toner
cartridge... When i want to print something sweet in color I put it on cd
rom and spend 29 cents
at the CVS around the corner.... oh yeah and my old lady works for American
Greetings so I get my
oversized stuff free... for now...

 

i'd do that, but then i don't print much myself, nice 30 quid laser printer,
it's done me fine for umm must be 2 yearsm thats my sort of price tag

 

Yea it is cheaper to get a new wyfe then fix the old or get rid of the old.

 

You know, Kathy, whenever I think I've heard it all, you come up with
another outlaws story. The scary part is, I'm sure they're true. Thanks for
contributing to the group and keep them coming.

From what this post reads, I guess you got their "free" computer working. I
was gone for a couple of weeks and may have missed some posts.

Pete