Not touching an HP printer with a barge pole. Fuck you HP.
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Funny thing is that said HP still exist. What people are complaining about is the bottom of the barrel consumer products hawked out of very storefront the world over. I have seen similar sentiments aimed towards Acer, yet i have seen Acer business market laptops survive for ages. Basically companies like HP and Acer have multiple product ranges with different QA protocols and different margins. Yet people keep buying…
There are companies that refuse to dilute their brand or sully their image: - BMW, Lexus - Tiffany's - Rolex Tech companies just think that they are immune to the market forces that keep other high end brands from skimming off the lower rungs (or at least doing it with their marquee brand). The examples are just the first ones from different markets that came to mind.
I repair watches.
I don't work on newer Rolexes because they won't sell me parts. Actually, if the customer doesn't mind, I do repair with generic parts.
There's nothing special when you unscrew that back.
It's a whole lot of marketing.
Don't get me wrong, I love old Bubble Backs, Thunderbirds, Datejusts, etc., but under a 40x scope, a center wheel is a center wheel.
I can't tell the difference between generic, and factory parts most of the time.
In all honestly, it's kinda depressing. When I see a new Rolex on a guy's wrist, I just think about guts of the watch, and how he probally overpaid, and that o-ring probally leaks, but since the watch will never see water, it will be fine.
I probally won't get a Rolex sponsorship?
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#143Apart - Why they use the url with the "www8." name instead of "www."?
Because you have to wwwait for it.
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#144Not touching an HP printer with a barge pole. Fuck you HP.
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Merely sharing a strongly held opinion here.
HP is the cancer of modern printing - anyone who crossed paths with their “region locked” printers/cartridges - can attest to that statement.
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My HP Color LaserJet cost me ~600. Bought the cartridges for another 175 each (x3) + 125 for the black one. The printer died at 1 year 1 month, never even got to use the $650 in cartridges. They're just sitting on my shelf as a reminder that I will never buy another HP product as long as I live.
I got a Dell MFD color laser printer a few years ago. The machine was around £150 and a replacement set of cartridges (3rd party - lasts around 1500 pages) is under £20. I’m not a heavy user, but for my occasional home use it’s great. Last year I wanted to get another one for my office, but it turns out Dell got out of the printer business in 2016. Samsung sold their printer business to HP, so there’s now only really…
That's a shame about Dell, I wasn't aware that they left the market. Canon appears to still sell Laser printers.
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#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
Please don't post unsubstantive comments here.
Merely sharing a strongly held opinion here. HP is the cancer of modern printing - anyone who crossed paths with their “region locked” printers/cartridges - can attest to that statement.
Yes, stating a "strongly held opinion" without explaining why is one kind of unsubstantive comment we don't need here. Adding information, like you did in this reply, makes it better. Adding name-calling, like you did above, makes it worse.
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#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
I feel this way because I assosciate them with printers. Every possible touchpoint between customers and (all) providers in the printing space is unpleasant. They're constantly scamming people with pricing models, their software is terrible, both on-device interactions and drivers. They're terrible for the environment, as replacing your printer is often cheaper than buying more ink, and always cheaper than buying a r…
That’s how I feel about inkjets, not HP. They are all crap though in my opinion. I had a few as a kid in the 90s but only ever bought one and then never again. I’ve got HP LaserJets that are 10 or 15 years old and good as the day I bought them. The driver is built into most OSes.
> I’ve got HP LaserJets that are 10 or 15 years old and good as the day I bought them. The driver is built into most OSes.
Sure, but HP from 15 years ago is not HP from now.