If only Printer inks don't dry up...

For the first year it was under warrenty, I bought new...for that exact reason. If I used refilled, they could deny any repairs saying that was the problem. So I bought new and saved the receipts. After a year....all was still working well. I went one more year, just for safety and still..just fine (it is a deskjet) Then I started refilling my carts...take them to OFfice Max and refill them. However, the first time I did that the cart only lasted a short time....I think they just didnt' do it right. I choose Office Max as they had a thing where they'd buy back empty carts..and give you $3 toward store credit. So when I took my refilled, new cart there..they'd put their store sticker on it. I figured just to show it was refilled and not a new one...shop lifting purposes! But...after I refilled it once and took it back...they would say it couldn't be refilled for some mechanical reason so I had to buy a new one. Then take to refill, it was fine, but to refill a second time...again..mechanical reasons. That was when I thought about that sticker on it...I was wondering if they just said it couldn't be refilled as they knew they'd done it before, this was the second time on this cart..they didn't want to refill continuously so once a cart comes in with their own sticker on it...they just said it couldn't so the customer would buy new. So I took it to Walgreens. THey refilled it but said it didn't register right in some way. Something about it took all the ink it was supposed to, but their machine showed it wasn't right. They gave it to me for free! I used it, it worked fine for awhile till it emptied! Then I moved away from walgreens so I took it back to Office Max. THey said it couldn't be refilled. Well... I bought a new one and then refilled that and thinking about the sticker they put on the cart....took the sticker off then took the cart back to refill a second time...guess what? THey refilled it! Took the sticker off, took it back a third time...they refilled it! So tip of the day...take the stickers off that a refill store puts on! But for safety reasons I will only refill up to 3 times...things just tend to wear out. So abouat once a year I'll buy a new one. But I have these last two times done it online with 123inks...half price and they have ben working great. They are not my empty carts, but others but still HP carts that they cleaned and refilled. I have no where to send my emptys so I am just hanging on to them until I find a recycle for money place! But that has been my experience with HP ink carts. THey seem to be the most expensive but just have them refilled at a decent place! The 123inks ...that is all they do so they have to be reasonably priced...Office Max just wants money from you I guess. THeir bad customer service cost them my business.

Hi coffeebreak We're still into thoughts as to which printer to buy. It seems most people here are satisfied with their HP printer. We have also thought about refilling the carts but a bit scared if it'll damage the printer head. But I guess it will be up to us. on how we maintain our printers.

Oh what a nice experience you have... but finally you found out the trick for them to refill your cart! At least I have got the idea from you that I still need to buy a new one coz it also wears out if you just keep refilling it. We don't have those shops like the one you mentioned there but I do hope I can find a good shop to refill the carts. Thanks!

What I do is go to www.cnet.com There you can pull up several and instantly get reviews/pros/cons about any electronics. It is very helpful because you get the opinions of not only the experts but real users too.

I normally search for user reviews when considering buying mobile phones But haven't done so for printers... I will check cnet for sure, real user's opinions is indeed a perfect way to get ideas before buying one. Thanks dear!

That's exactly what I wanted. So far I haven't decided which one to buy. Maybe I had to check the malls and list down all printers I see, read reviews on the net and then decide. Choosing printers to buy is always the hardest for me.

that's a really great deal, ravisivan! colored printing here is also cheap, 1 page cost about 3 pesos, not sure of the black n white, though... but sometimes we're printing vouchers we purchase online, normally we want to print it earlier so we have it already in case we need to use it. The problem is that, there are cases that vouchers become invalid as some are claiming it has been used without their knowledge. There are a lot of possibilities on how something important becomes suddenly useless, so we want to be careful on that too. That's one of the reason we need a printer, aside from being so lazy to go to a cafe.

WHAT Is the equivalent cost in terms of US$. I am asking just to compare between India and Phil. have a good day

1$ is equivalent to around 42 to 43 pesos. So I guess it's also cheap, right?

I prefer refill, that new cart can cost you a new printer already. You may damage your printer head if the ink will get thru it. But as long as you carefully place it without a mess it surely fine.

Thanks for the tip! I will remember it We really need to be careful using these things to make it useful for a longer time^^

Ooh well suddenly got confused Do you prefer using a refill or buying an orig cartridge replacement? I heard that using a refill may damage the printer head, not sure about it though.