Archive for May 1st, 2003

A few years ago I bought an HP1100 LaserJet printer (back when I was a company). After about a year I noticed that the feeding mechanism started to fail; when you fed it a stack of paper it would literally try to suck the entire stack of paper in at once, making the printer shoot out flames and smoke..
Anyway a few months after that I get a letter from HP saying that they had just settled a GIGANTIC class action lawsuit involving people who bought this brand of printer who experienced the exact same problem I had. The resulting settlement (when it all boiled down) was that I was supposed to get a $20 rebate off of a new HP printer. Fucking Fantastic. I submitted the brick of paperwork, and 5 months later I got the pre-rebate requirements (which were conspicuously missing from the original paperwork). Basically it says that in order to get the rebate I need to order from HP directly. This is the stupidist thing ever.
Here’s a price comparison of the printer I want.. the closest store to me that sells the printer VS HP-Online:
Sams Club Price – > $264.87
HP Store Price – > $299.99 – $20 rebate = $279.99
Why does anyone ever bother to fight big companies? What exactly is the point? Always screwing, never helping.