Printer Hell
I have to get a new all in one printer and I hate the whole endeavor. Why? Because most of the printers on the market are cheap pieces of shit where the makers soak you with the ink refills.
Ok I'm not an economist or business savvy but I can't understand why this business model is successful. Haven't they ever heard of Maytag? You know the company that makes washer and dryers built like thanks and last forever? You know how they succeed? Their competitors make crap, so consumers decides to invest in a Maytag which will be replaced when their kids graduate from College.
IBM produced the first office inkjet printer but stopped making them because of expense and complexity. Well, if engineers can build a rover on a shoestring budget and send it to Mars, they can make a decent printer. A printer that gets along with any computer, that prints, copies, and scans in color and doesn't cost a week's groceries to replace the ink.
I would pay good money for a such a machine, why? Because when the latest piece of shit from Epson, Brother or HP dies I'll surrender and buy the new and improved IBM model and use it-- forever.
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