Another way to kill the classics

From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Thu May 31 16:16:33 2001

> HP's on the bandwagon to scrap the old iron and make room for them to sell
> LOTS more....see this
>
> http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/feature_stories/takeback.htm
>

I hope that free box of Herbal Tea they sent me the other day wasnt recycled
Tea ;)

But, this doesnt surprise me much comming from HP. They always liked to run
a lot of trade-in rebate programs, where they would accept not only their
own outdated products, but other competitors as well, so they needed some
method to get rid of the stuff. There toner recycling program is a joke
though, why pay money to ship empty toners to be destroyed, when you can
have em remanufactured and thus reused for a lot less money? Because that
if you remanufacture them, HP would make less money, thats why..

-Larry LeMay
Received on Thu May 31 2001 - 16:16:33 BST

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