Wow, that is a name I have not heard in a long time. I unfortunately dealt with these rats about 13 years ago. When I dealt with them, their sales vermin acted just as bad as you described. I really thought that a company with practices this bad would have been long gone by now. Well, I guess like the saying goes, after a nuclear war all that will be left is cockroaches and the sales swine from Micro2000.
I bought an HP Deskjet 550C the week they were released. Paid $700 for one of if not the first inkjet that carried both a color and black cartridges at the same time. I used the printer for 8 years, even thought I was salivating at all the newer printers that came out after my old printer. Finally, I succumbed to temptation and bought an HP LaserJet 1100 about 2-3 years ago and placed the old (still working) 550C into semi-retirement with a family member. After realizing that the 550C was getting used more often now that it was in retirement, I replaced it with a HP PhotoSmart P1000, fearing the 550C's immediate demise. So after 9 years of use, the old warrior was relegated to an upstairs closet. Fast forward 6 months, and my sister needs a new color printer, quickly and cheaply. I started to look at a few el' cheapo printers, then I realized that the 550C is just sitting in that attic... sure it is slow, but it is still a color printer, and you cannot get any cheaper than FREE!! So, the 550C is back in service, printing away after only relubricating the main printer arm. What is great about the 550C is that after nearly 11 years, I can still go to Wal-Mart at 3am and buy ink for this thing. That is pretty amazing, It is rare for any consumable for any product to be widely available after so long of a time.
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Wow, that is a name I have not heard in a long time. I unfortunately dealt with these rats about 13 years ago. When I dealt with them, their sales vermin acted just as bad as you described. I really thought that a company with practices this bad would have been long gone by now. Well, I guess like the saying goes, after a nuclear war all that will be left is cockroaches and the sales swine from Micro2000.
I bought an HP Deskjet 550C the week they were released. Paid $700 for one of if not the first inkjet that carried both a color and black cartridges at the same time. I used the printer for 8 years, even thought I was salivating at all the newer printers that came out after my old printer. Finally, I succumbed to temptation and bought an HP LaserJet 1100 about 2-3 years ago and placed the old (still working) 550C into semi-retirement with a family member. After realizing that the 550C was getting used more often now that it was in retirement, I replaced it with a HP PhotoSmart P1000, fearing the 550C's immediate demise. So after 9 years of use, the old warrior was relegated to an upstairs closet. Fast forward 6 months, and my sister needs a new color printer, quickly and cheaply. I started to look at a few el' cheapo printers, then I realized that the 550C is just sitting in that attic... sure it is slow, but it is still a color printer, and you cannot get any cheaper than FREE!! So, the 550C is back in service, printing away after only relubricating the main printer arm. What is great about the 550C is that after nearly 11 years, I can still go to Wal-Mart at 3am and buy ink for this thing. That is pretty amazing, It is rare for any consumable for any product to be widely available after so long of a time.