It always feels great to get something for free. When I ordered my last system from Dell I was so happy that they would give me a free printer along with it. I thought what a great deal I was getting.
Not until I ran out of Ink.
At the worst time *of course*.
I needed to get a report done for a meeting at work the next day. I started driving from store to store but not one carried their printer cartridges. I discovered why. They want you to get all of your printer cartridges from them. Dell has created a legal nightmare for anyone that trys to make compatible cartridges for their printers. I notice that also their prices are much higher than say an HP would be for the same amount of ink. To add a final insult it took me almost a week to get my cartridges when I ordered them from Dell.
I guess that free printer wasn’t so free after all.
*Update
After searching the net for a while I found this nugget of information