HP Rant 2

[Phil Thayer]

You should read this.

http://h71036.www7.hp.com/hho/cache/546038-0-0-225-121.html

I especially think you should pay attention to the part where it says
"Refilled inkjet cartridges had a better than 25% (1 in 4) chance of
being dead on arrival or failing prematurely."  Sounds like you might
have gotten hit by that 1 out of the 4.  Maybe instead of blaming the
company that makes the printer that was working fine with a proper ink
cartridge, you should blame the company that refilled (or more probably
improperly refilled) the ink cartridge that you purchased at a discount
to save a few dollars.  How much is your time worth and how many hours
have you spent trying to get the discount ink cartridge working.  Did
you really save money?

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kclug-bounces at kclug.org [mailto:kclug-bounces at kclug.org] On
> Behalf Of Luke -Jr
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 1:21 PM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Re: HP Rant 2
> 
> On Tuesday 12 August 2008, you wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:58, Luke -Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 12 August 2008, you wrote:
> > >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:37, Luke -Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> > >> > On Tuesday 12 August 2008, you wrote:
> > >> > Last time I checked, any such condition on a warranty is
> illegal.
> > >>
> > >> Where did you check last time. Specifically?
> > >
> > > Last night when I began having issues using the refill.
> >
> > No.  I meant where did you read that a warranty can not be voided
for
> > misuse and abuse?  That would be some really obnoxious government
> > regulation.
> 
> Refilling ink isn't misuse nor abuse.
> 
> > >> "Bonkers"?  that language specifically detracts from the point.
> The
> > >> printer is malfunctioning because you damaged it by doing
> something it
> > >> wasn't designed for.  What did you expect?
> > >
> > > It wasn't designed to print? A refilled cartridge should no more
> damage a
> > > printer than a non-root userland app with a security hole should
> damage
> > > the running kernel.
> >
> > The something you did, which it was not designed for (and I'm sure
> you
> > know this) was use a refilled cartridge.
> 
> Oh, HP doesn't sell refilled cartridges? The name brand ones at the
> store are
> always manufactured new? I think not...
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