http://www.madcollective.com/2010/dont-tell-my-why-it-doesnt-work-just-make-it-work/ Where creatives, guides and geeks collide Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:17:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.madcollective.com/2010/dont-tell-my-why-it-doesnt-work-just-make-it-work/#comment-495 Lainie Turner Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:06:17 +0000 http://www.madcollective.com/?p=1461#comment-495 Ron, I think the key word here is "cheap." What makes a purchase a good value? The initial price, or perhaps the longer term return on investment? We all know that HP (like most printer companies) price their hardware pretty low and make money on ink cartridge replacement. (Those things are anything but cheap!) But paying a little more for a good name brand printer that lasts several years makes sense to me. I figure at its initial price of $299, this printer has cost me about $50/year so far. And it doesn't seem like it's going to fail anytime soon. (I hope I didn't just jinx it. :) Ron, I think the key word here is “cheap.” What makes a purchase a good value? The initial price, or perhaps the longer term return on investment? We all know that HP (like most printer companies) price their hardware pretty low and make money on ink cartridge replacement. (Those things are anything but cheap!) But paying a little more for a good name brand printer that lasts several years makes sense to me. I figure at its initial price of $299, this printer has cost me about $50/year so far. And it doesn’t seem like it’s going to fail anytime soon. (I hope I didn’t just jinx it. :)

]]> http://www.madcollective.com/2010/dont-tell-my-why-it-doesnt-work-just-make-it-work/#comment-494 Ron Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:58:22 +0000 http://www.madcollective.com/?p=1461#comment-494 I don't think I have ever had a print last more then a 13 months, they always seem to died or go crazy on me, the fact that yours is still working 6 years later amazes me.... of course I do by cheap printers... but still. I don’t think I have ever had a print last more then a 13 months, they always seem to died or go crazy on me, the fact that yours is still working 6 years later amazes me…. of course I do by cheap printers… but still.

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