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[–] wosat 52 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It amazes me that there are so many people who buy a printer, are offered this "pay $x a month for Y pages" type of plan, and say yes. I mean, sure, HP sucks, but they wouldn't be able to get away with such slimy business practices if there weren't so many people willing to pay.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

I am obligated by my work to offer this to customers when they buy an HP printer and I make it really clear that it's a bad deal for most customers. There are some edge case examples, like a lady with a small business who always prints exactly like 3 pages a day. The other customers who agree to buy it are almost always the super old people who don't want to have to come to the store to get more ink. I think it's a shit program that should be scrapped entirely, but some people really don't care if it's a bad deal as long as they get the convenience. No different than 7-11 up charging shit because it's easier to buy it at the market down the street than the Walmart a few miles down the road.

[–] cyberpunk007 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spend a bit more and get a laser and have it last exponentially longer. That's how I've been rollin.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I keep saying it around here - my 1996 Lexmark laser just died in July.

Almost 30 years old. And I think I can fix it.

[–] cyberpunk007 1 points 1 year ago

My cheap 300$ laser died after 8 years, so replaced it with a 600 better one. Let's see how this goes 😂