shocking is the noise
Some humorous bad user reviews I came across while shopping for a printer.
- It’s very cool but awfully big. I will have to throw my TV out to make room that’s OK TV sucks anywho.
- PhotoDumb is better descriptor.
- I thik epson hired a full line of crooks to make this printer.
- Best think I can say about this is that after I unplugged it and removed it from my desk, it made a great doorstop.
- Pros: It worked fine until the first color cartridge ran out
Cons: then it lied and said the second was done too, then the third.
HP FOR SHAME! I thought you were better than that! - Shocking is the noise this machine makes when first turned on.
I relate to #3 above. I got rid of my wretched Epson Stylus Photo RX580 at some point during the Great Purge. That thing. It took six ink cartridges at ten dollars apiece. The cartridges were tiny and ran out quickly. I thought it would be handy to have a printer, scanner and copier in one machine, but Epson included a really malevolent feature. If any of the ink cartridges were out of ink, the machine would not copy or scan. At all. Totally C-blocked.
Just recalling that makes my rage bubble up to the surface. And, ultimately, shame on me. Probably if I had just done more research and read Consumer Reports, I could have saved $200+. Bleah.
I did my homework this time, if copying and pasting humorous bad user reviews counts as homework. One afternoon, suddenly sick of writing Mapquest directions on my arm, I ran to my nearby Office Noun and bought the cheapest laser printer I could see: the Brother HL-2140. It was 60 smackers on sale and it works great.
And that’s the end of my tale. I make no metaphors, offer no sad stories about my family, nor weave an exciting fantasy.
At best, it’s a cautionary tale. And, if you’re with me, let’s all go to Epson’s house and pin him down and fart in his face; eat his Pop Tarts and kiss his girlfriend; steal 60 bucks from him and spend it on blow.
Pop Tarts and blow. I’m in. Let me know when and where.
Hmmm… I wonder if Yoda wrote that last review gem you posted.
Oh, man, once I visualize Yoda getting irritated at his home office printer, I can’t stop! What do you suppose his office chair looks like?