STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS

From: Dan Kolb <dankolb_at_ox.compsoc.net>
Date: Fri Feb 15 05:37:49 2002

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On Friday 15 Feb 2002 01:24 am, Tony Duell wrote:
> > I find them reasonable for A4 paper (blank printer and lined stuff), and
> Except that at least one of their A4 printer papers seems to be coated
> with some stuff (doubtless to make it appear whiter) which causes the
> paper to stick together. I am not joking about this -- no printer I have
> will feed it properly. They have no problem with other paper.

Maybe it's luck of the draw? I haven't had any problem with paper being stuck
together (no more than any other printer paper I've had experience with). I
normally buy the cheapest stuff.

> And they only stock the 'popular' cartridges (unlike at least one other
> place I deal with who seem to stock, or at least can get by the next
> morning, just about any cartridge that's still being made). Since none of
> my printers are 'popular', this is rather annoying.

Fair enough. The printers that I regularly use are the more popular type, so
the inkjet cartridges I can easily get from Staples (they also sell
clone-carts which are much cheaper and no obvious disadvantage to the Canon
brands). I've only had to replace two toner carts in my laser printers - one
I had a spare (although it'd probably be more difficult to find a replacement
toner now), the other one I bought from Dabs, who seem to have a decent range
of printer ribbons/inks/toners in stock.

> I might have been somewhat happier had I got at least an apology from
> Viking when I called to complain on Monday. I did not.

Ah okay. If they're not going to admit that something went wrong, then you
shouldn't use them for your custom again.

> Odd, if I was buying a directional mic, then it's something I would
> definitely care about. Heck, it should be stated on the box (or the polar
> response diagram shown on the box, or something). And if said diagram was

I've never bought a directional microphone, so I don't know if the
directional angle is on the box/instruction leaflet or not.

> instead stated in the instruction leaflet, then the salesdroid should have
> openned up the box to let the customer read it/ I've met a lot of places
> where the salesdroids will not open up products to let me read the
> instructions to see if it's what I need. Better places have a
> 'demonstration' model where you can do just that.

Sometimes you can just open it yourself, unless it's shrink-wrapped.

> > True, but it can be fun to play annoy-the-sales-droid at PC World. (Note:
> > I haven't done this myself, this is merely second-hand information).
> Well, it's fun for about 10 seconds. But then you realise there are
> better things to spend your time on...

True, hence I haven't personally done it. Again, the only reasons I've been
to PC World are because they're within driving distance, so when I needed
something (for a company I was working with during the summer), I could just
go there and pick the stuff up. Also, I went there when they first opened,
and got an inkjet printer cheaper than it would normally have been in other
places.

Dan
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