HP: Rival Printers Mean No More HPs Through Dell

blamanj writes: "Dell Computer seems to have pissed off HP, with their intent to sell their own printers. HP will apparently stop supplying printers to Dell, even though the new Dell products are not yet shipping."

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Re:bad decision

[strictnein]

The warranty Best Buy and Circuit City "offer" for HP printers, is just HPs warranty. Which, if you buy at least a half-way decent printer is 12 months part/12 months labor.

Dell has this weird policy of including a decent 1 year warranty as part of the package and offering extended warranties if you want them

When you buy a HP/Sony/Compaq computer from Best Buy/Circuit City, it has a 1 year warranty as well, included from the manufacturer. All of the above brands include the ability of purchasing extended service contracts from the manufacturer, or, if you want, both of the stores also do as well. Same as Dell.

People seem to have this weird idea that the store they buy from dictates how long the original manufacturers warranty is and what it should cover.

The thing with printers it that the money to be made is in the ink cartridges and printer cables, and not the printers themselves. That's why HP's printer business is its most profitable one.