So the printer shit itself

[Mom]

Just after I had bought a $91 "value pack" of replacement ink if you please. Said printer is around 12 months old but out of warranty.

The poxy ink replacement, of which 2 cartridges were unused, was more than the cost of a new printer. Down to our local Dick Smith I go to see what they can do. As I suspect, the printer is a non economically repairable item so I am up for a new one. I want one that uses the same ink cartridges thanks, I may as well use up the $91 of ink I bought. Sorry we dont have one of those. Insert large sigh here. Of course you dont.

However, this young fella offered me a full refund on the ink purchase to be used against the new printer Remember 2 of the cartridges were already in the broken printer, though they had done little work, there was nothing wrong with them at all! I dont have the receipt No problem, if you paid by eftpos I can scan your card and find the purchase. Which he did, and then he refunded me, and then he sold me a new printer, replacement ink for when the startup cartridges run out, and as I was there a new wireless keyboard and mouse. Total cost?

$142

I am a happy camper!

Big RAP for Dick Smith in Warkworth - and yes I will be contacting the store owner to share my story!

PS: Why dont these things last - what a terrible waste!

[Mom]

PS: I took the printer down to show them what went wrong, they kept it and will dispose of it for me

[Oblivion]

The days where you get high quality printers for little $ are long gone. We got a printer with our old desktop pack in 2004 as a present from the grandparents. HP deskjet or something. That thing was just about the best printer we ever had. In the two years that we had it, it never jammed once, ink actually lasted longer than printing a small document. We upgraded from that, and we had hassle after hassle, constant jams, and running out of ink before you could even open your mouth. Just about wanted to smash the thing.

Eventually we forked out and now have 2 laser printers. Just getting toner cartridges on these are expensive. 129$ for a toner that lasts 1200 pages.

[FJRider]

PS: Why dont these things last - what a terrible waste!

Nothing these days is "Made to last" ... (forever IS a long time) newer/better/more expensive is the way of manufacturing nowdays ...

[GTRMAN]

you may want to look into this system, will save you a fortune in ink

http://www.melcotechnologies.co.nz/

[Mom]

The days where you get high quality printers for little $ are long gone. We got a printer with our old desktop pack in 2004 as a present from the grandparents. HP deskjet or something. That thing was just about the best printer we ever had. In the two years that we had it, it never jammed once, ink actually lasted longer than printing a small document. We upgraded from that, and we had hassle after hassle, constant jams, and running out of ink before you could even open your mouth. Just about wanted to smash the thing.

Eventually we forked out and now have 2 laser printers. Just getting toner cartridges on these are expensive. 129$ for a toner that lasts 1200 pages.

I am older than you I bought a Star, Colour, Dot Matrix Printer back in the early/mid 80's, it took ribbons that went on and on and on. It was still working fine, I could even buy boxes of fan folded paper for nix, when the software got updated. Need I say more? It all went down hill from there

[Mom]

you may want to look into this system, will save you a fortune in ink

http://www.melcotechnologies.co.nz/

If my new improved printer lasts longer than a bit outside its warantee I will most likely be a starter

[Laava]

Amen sister I feel your anguish! We also are suffering from printer demise. But we are moving so it will just go out with the trash when we go.

[SPman]

The missus keeps buying these all-in-one printer/scanner things, which last about 2 yrs, if lucky, before they are heaved out the door in a burst of colorful language. The current wifi one isn't toooo bad at the moment - however - it's coming up for 2 yrs, so........... However, I still have a Canon printer I got in 2004, which is still going - just keep the ink to it and it seems to just keep going - mind you, it cost a packet when I got it!

[actungbaby]

$142

I am a happy camper!

Big RAP for Dick Smith in Warkworth - and yes I will be contacting the store owner to share my story!


nice one great service my only printer i brought cost me 599.00 dot matrix was junk

Slow and bloody noisey still havent got a modern one

[Padmei]

Yeah ours shat itself a month or so ago - of course wth 2 opened new cartridges init. Biffed it & bought a $69 one at harvey normans - shit it's quiet, quick & ,hate to say it but, good

Of course we will have to buy another in a month oe two but thats not the point

[JimO]

under the consumers guarantee act the 12 month warranty doesnt apply. the HD on my 18 month old Imac shit itself resulting in total loss of everything in there was replaced by apple even though it was out of the warranty period

[Gremlin]

Client has a bloody HP Deskjet from 1997 or something, still working. Going to replace it shortly, but it will run in parallel to a new one as he wants to finish the toners... I have no idea when my Deskjet from 1997 ish went out the door...

Don't get the cheap $50-100 printers, usually don't last. Spend a bit more and get better quality, most seem to last a good while... Currently the Canon MX715 seems like a good simple all in one operation.

[scott411]

under the consumers guarantee act the 12 month warranty doesnt apply. the HD on my 18 month old Imac shit itself resulting in total loss of everything in there was replaced by apple even though it was out of the warranty period

the cga takes price paid into the equation, your Imac was top of the line and price range, so it is considered to last lounger than 12 months, a cheap printer would not be the same,

your right tho, the CGA takes the extended warranty scam out of the equation in NZ,

[HenryDorsetCase]

you may want to look into this system, will save you a fortune in ink

http://www.melcotechnologies.co.nz/

Invisible ink?

We had an HP laserjet 3 at work that lasted ten years. Only had to get rid of it because it had no drivers for win 7 and it was serial

DSE win fo shizzle