From: "Mark" 

Klipsch? That was the "K" in the formerly good KLH? I guess I
forgot that. No, what I meant was the KLH name was sold (if I recall
correctly, to some Chinese company) and it's not the same, just as
(similarly, but by dilution rather than selling out) HP is a shell of its
former self as someone else intimated.

Anyway, aren't printers pretty much passe in general nowadays? 


"Gary Britt"  wrote in
message news:4576283a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Klipsch makes speakers that die after a certain date?
>
> This sounds like a lousy practice, but HP's inkjet printers and their
> software drivers are still some of the best printers around so what's one
> to do?  Buy a lesser quality printer with overpriced ink cartridges?  Buy
> HP printer and go with 3rd party brand ink cartridges?  Maybe this chip
> stuff is about shutting out 3rd party ink cartridges?
>
> I've got a pefectly good brother laser printer that originally cost $140.
> They don't make that model any longer, but a very similar used to be more
> expensive model now sells for around $80 on sale.  My printer needs a new
> toner cartridge, and they want $85 for a replacement cartridge at the same
> store where the newer used to be more expensive model sells for $80
> including a toner cartridge??!!!
>
> WTF?
>
> Gary
>
> Mark wrote:
>> I know, it's nuts! My last HP printer was $69 or so, the pair of ink
>> cartridges added up to about $49. The printer died fairly early on too,
>> probably never should have saved the $20 by buying the cartridges.
>>
>> It's been about a year now without one, not much printing needed, but I
>> do miss having one, so will probably pick another one up just prior to
>> wanting to print hard copy of the tax returns in April. Probably not an
>> HP this time, he said as long-time (the original $500 DJ 500 was my
>> first) HP buyer. 
>>
>>
>> "Mike N."  wrote in message
>> news:5e3cn299ppkh1u4jcdg0jbe3j8dl8cd71b{at}4ax.com...
>>> On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 23:09:54 +0200, "Antti Kurenniemi"
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is this for real? Seems really fucked up, even for a marketoid
>>>> thinking...
>>>   Does anyone make an Inkjet printer with customer-friendly pricing?
>>> That
>>> is, sell it all at cost + profit.   So a printer might cost $200 - $300,
>>> but inkjet head / cartridge fillups would cost $4.99.
>>>
>>>   Several weeks ago, I went into WalMart to check out new cartridge
>>> prices.  B&W + Color refills would cost $54.   On the way
back there I
>>> passes a new inkjet printer on sale for $48.   Insanity!
>>

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