Laser vs. inkjet printers: which is better?

hmmmm. Print well they do. Many choices we have. Yoda get a printer he must. Print Jedi minutes he will.

Stupid crappy article, my inkjet printer prints 22 pages per minute and i got it in 06

Wat a loaddddd of sh**

Who ever wrote this is a genuis. I was looking for something like this in the past 30 min.

InkJet FTW!!!

Smarty guy and Computer Proffessor - what makes you so angry? It's just an article about choosing a printer for people like me. However, it did not answer all my questions. I thought the difference was that ink jet is not waterproof and laser is.
So I did not see it in this article. Can anybody confirm that? There were a few things in this article I did not know: that laser is mostly for b/w; how much they have changed since I bought my first laser printer for $5,000 in 1987. Also, the process of how a laser works was interesting, also learned that cheap "on sale!" printers come with "starter" cartridges that run out after a few prints.

As Aquarian noted, it was an overview of laser and inkjet printers and well served that purpose and, like Yer, its timing was perfect for me.

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Laser Printers generally have a cost per page less than 1/2 that of Ink Jet - over the long run a decent colour laser is much better value

I print just black and white and now have a laser printer. Before I had an inkjet, and the color would dry up/leak? and would have to be replaced regularly even though I wasn't using it. I don't have that issue with the laser making it even more cost effective than the inkjet.

Here's something else to consider. If you want to do duplex (2-sided) printing in black and white (grayscale), Canon will NOT allow you to so without using composite black (a combination of 3 color inks to make black). Single-sided will print with just black ink. I spoke to Canon and they refused to fix this problem and gave no reason why they force the user to use extra ink to print grayscale duplex. The extra ink costs make duplex printing more expensive than single-sided printing with the extra paper. Sure sounds like a scam to further boost Canon's big ink profits!

I don't use my ink jet printer printer very often and it seems that the nozzles get caked up and dry; this is followed by numerous attempts at deep cleaning using copious amounts of ink, with the end results of a poor quality copy.
Would purchasing a laser printer solve this problem?

Thanks for any help

Rob - try using manual duplex. I *think* that in that case real black is used. You just have to flip the paper over when it tells you to.

why not invent a printer that doesn't use ink....I think it is will be here soon...and I hope they are cheap and fast....

Unfortunately I bought this printer before these customer reviews, yes, this is a scam printer. You print duplex to save wasting paper, but if Rob is right, Canon are just scamming us with this neat little trick. I've written a letter of complaint to canon about this and I want a refund!!!! These mongrel companies are so deceitful I'm no longer going to purchase any Canon products, they suck

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I run an office, that I pay for, so naturally I give a s*** and my
Laser printers (purchased on eBay for less than $100) paid for itself the first time I bought my laser cartridge (on eBay for less than $50). Via the stats I print on average of 1-5k pages. With one cartridge. Ummmm no brainier ? Even if I purchased all these items at full price as stated in the article I'd be a step ahead. And if you're so concerned about color printing that one time your wife or you gets a wild hair up your a** the go down to your local print shot and spend $20 and get it done right instead of having it look like you printed it at home with your foolish $20 photo quality paper. Wise up geezers and get ahead of the mass polluted curve. A wise buy is a laser. I know because I have several of both.

I have found black & white lazer printers cost about 1 cent per page or less to print. My $99 Brother lazer has a cost of .8 cent per page. My colour lazer has a print cost of 8 cents per page.

The best thing about lazer printers is that you can turn them off for months and they will still print. Unlike injets which require a complete cartridge change.

If you do a lot of printing, get a black & white lazer as well as a colour lazer. You will find nearly all of printing only needs balck & white.

All wat matters is the business u will be using your printers for

Epson printers just spent over $35 for inks and it won't print and any tech. help is useless so you have to ring them up, so I won't be buying and Epson again, even though it was half price just to get rid of them

I need a printer that will deliver good coloured waterproof photocopy & photo printing.
Pls help with your response.

HEY IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE BTWEEEN THE COSTS OF INK CARTRIDGE AND TONER ONES????

I think inkjet printers can be qualified as a scam technology.
1) Most inkjet cartridges are rigged to stop printing even before the ink is gone. Toner cartridges can print even after the toner gets low just by shaking the cartridge gently.
2) Ink cartridges dry up over time. Toner lasts until it's empty.
3) Slowest laser printer prints faster than the fastest inkjet.
4) Ink is water soluble. One drop of water completely destroys printed text. Toner isn't.
5) Toner cartridges are more expensive, but they last many times more than ink. With certain models you can get more than 3 times the number of pages per dollar with laser than with inkjet.

I am a student, I have to print a LOT and I went through two different inkjet printers before finally investing into a cheap monochrome laser printer and never looking back.

Some of these comments are very accurate, i have a HP Photosmart 3310 i think its printed 8652 pages to date and its used by 5 people. Its about 6-7 years old. It does go through ink and i believe thats due to inkjets requiring cleaning to keep the nosels for clogging? Inkjets shouldn't be left unplugged but rather plugged in and they use the ink... also i have seen many colour inkjets faster then colour lasers so colour lasers are not always faster.

I haven't had a printer since my last cheap inkjet decided that since it was out of red, it wouldn't print black and white any more, couldn't get past it asking for ink on startup. What a money pit. Inspired by Office space, i took to it with a baseball bat. Be warned laser printer i'm about to buy!!

Most lasers have an issue with duplex printing in the form of paper curl. The inkjet maybe a little slower but at least your printouts are flat as they should be, especially if you want presentation quality. I had a Brother SOHO laser HL-5370DW that I gave up on for this very reason. The support people at Brother were polite and trying to be helpful, but were unable to provide a solution. The anti-curl options in the printer setup did not help.

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What a load of f u k e n s h i t!

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Hey! I want to know that will the laser printers, print good quality photographs with accurate details in color or not.

I came here because i'm in the market for a new printer and want to find out the pros and cons of each type of printer.
Good article and mostly good comments by posters, but surely PC World could delete offensive low brow rubbish like that posted by Edwin Kong?

I have no expertise in this area but as an owner of a Canon Pixma MP 830 I can say a few things from experience.
Other than a few issues with the drivers I really haven't had any problems. It's been fairly reliable.
The ink is expensive but keeping with OEM Canon ink, I have never had any ink related issues as some folks have buying and using bargain ink you inject into the cartridges......in my opinion, stupidity! That's like putting salad oil in your cars engine....may work temporarily but it wasn't designed for the long haul!
Ink Jet vs Laser........only from what I've been told by friends, it is slightly cheaper however, they both have their pros and cons so you need to weigh those to your applications before making a purchase.
Also, I think you get what you pay for......Walmart has a few bargain brands fairly cheap but if you take a look at those brands track records, you won't be smiling too long after your purchase!
I'm not going to grandstand any manufacturers product but through personal experience I have found Canon, HP, and Zerox products reliable for my needs and haven't been feeding the repair techs my hard earned dollars!!
I think the key here is to do your homework before purchasing a product and avoid manufacturer hoopala as it is generally sales motivated and has very little factual content.......look more toward unbias reviews from the public who uses the product! Generally speaking, you'll get the facts as they truly exist!!!

THANK YOU Inkjet ripoff for your post !! My mind is made up! Laser here I come! I do remember many years ago having an inkjet which when out of color would no longer print a black and white copy! What a joke!!

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i found that my very infrequent use of an epsom inkjet has been a dissapointing experience, purchased alot of cartridges for little usage, considering a laser.

GF had a HP8500 inkjet all in one that her employer supplied. She is what is called an indiscriminate printer. Just hits the print button without thinking how to save paper. Over a 6 month period there were about 3-4 sets of ink cartridges and 2 reams of paper. It was a very noisy machine while printing and really thrashed around so has to be on a stable surface. A couple of other points. Software was bloatware. Scanner was mighty handy but was touch and go when connecting to a remote PC when getting files onto PC. Colour I thought looked a bit washed out but perhaps better paper may have improved things. Water was a problem. Overall the thing that was handy was the photocopy and scanning. Printing really sucked.

I was in US and brought a brother DCP-7065DN for $US150. Though monochrome it was brilliant. I went through 1.5 reams. High quality and fast. Replacement cartridge was $45. Though it didn't have WIFI which would have been even better but place next to router and you get to go for a walk.

The colour bit puzzles me.

I think a midrange dell colour printer could be an option. Dell are rebadged lexmarks I think. Consumables seem good value for money but colour print quality is usually rated as average in reviews. Surveying other colour printers the Brother range seems to offer good features and value but they all seem pretty similar. No standouts. I would be thinking about cost of replacement cartridge (s) before committing to buy the actual printer.

Have a xerox phasor 8400 which is a colour solid ink printer. Cost me about $4000 about 8 years ago. Consistent quality but consumables a killer.

I think the idea of having a good monochrome laser as main printer as you do not necessarily need to print colour and then get a colour laser or do the option of taking it to officeworks which I have been doing.

Still the idea of what to do about colour printing is perplexing as consumables are way more expensive than black toner. The fall back could be an inkjet printer but invariably water gets on the page and your screwed as others have pointed out and the constant cleaning cycle is annoying and drains ink.

Anyone else with ideas about printing colour?

Ads from 2 different retailers claim that the HP Color Officepro 8600 inkjet printer costs "50% less per page compared to laser printers". How can this be? In all articles that I've read, indications are that laser printers cost less per page. I was on the verge of purchasing the HP 8600, but was convinced by the article and posts above that I should spend more up front for a laser printer. Can someone please advise me?

laser here i come, its the way forward !!!!!!!

Inkjet printers +fax are a right ripoff - I print about 100 b&w pages (presuming the cartridges haven't dried up) and all the colour catridges are empty, $160 to replace. Wont even send a fax if a single colour cartridge is empty, which they mostly are.

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I see some parents let their kids comment on this page....... SAD overall the pros and cons of laser and inkjet printers was good ... for the "average adult " wanting to know the basic info on both

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Do they make a lazer printer that has a telescoping top for printing from books or other thicker material that is also a good quality lazer?

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I own both, have a HP MFD, expensive ink, but HP are the best because you get new print heads with new carts, they are not just tanks like Epson, Canon and others, which suffer from clogged heads if not used frequently, especially in our dry climate
Dell inkjets are rebadged Lexmarks, as someone else suggested, and lexmark are junk, buy a new printer for less than the price of refill carts
My Lasers are Samsung and Brother, both good and cheap to run, can sit parked for months, but spring to life with good clean cheap colour prints when a printjob is sent, and the colours are great.
The Brother has a bigger paper tray, and can do straight paper path tricks, which means it can print on heavier board, like 250gsm card stock
Cost wise, even with the nice price HP want for #21 and #22 cartridges, the Lasers are ahead by a mile...
Laser prints are waterproof, but, no one else has mentioned, also fade a helluva lot less than inkjet prints. They also stand up well in laminating

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SmartGuy & Computer Professor(this hug is for you), God is good... This article was quiet helpful for a common guy with a little smarts. I've learned that the Inkjet Printer prints color or black & white, unlike the laser and I also learned that the maintenance on the Laser Printer is much higher(Toner & Fuser cartridges. I also learned Inkjet Printers are much cheaper So this article was very helpful to me, a common guy and because of it, I now know what type of printer I am going to purchase(Inkjet)... Thank You

Before I chose laser printers because of its quality of prints and low cost on toners. But nowadays, when continuous ink system (CIS) came, the cost of printing became lesser than laser cartridges today cannot be refilled because of the chips they place. When you buy a brand new cartridge is like buying a new laser printer set.

I bought a laser printer last year that cost about $85 with a cartridge that prints about 1,500 pages then when the toner runs out I inquire the cost of toner cartridge, about $78.

Toner = about $78 (1,500 pages)
Inkjet 100 ml CIS inks = $2 per color (as I experienced, 100 ml black prints about 5,000 or more pages on fast mode, about 3,500 pages on standard mode)

Therefore now I chose inkjet with CISS. Now Epson has their CIS inkjet printers.

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I have a Dell Inkjet. It will print in black, only if you have a color cart in it. You don't have to use the color but when the color goes bad, dries up or used up and you install a new black it wont print until you buy a color. So, stay away from Dell.

Another thing to consider is reliability. I have never had a laser printer stop working on me - they seem to run forever. On other hand, I have never had an inkjet not die or malfunction in some way - usually just after I purchased an expensive new ink pack for it. I think the inkjets have a lot more moving parts, and if some plastic part wears or warps just a little bit things start to jam and the printer becomes worthless.

One fact that's not been mentioned is that (some or all?) Brother inkjet printers automatically switch themselves on at 2 am and go through a "cleaning cycle". This uses up some ink so if you don't use the printer often, then one of the cartridges is likely to be empty when you do want to print. And if one of the colour cartridges is empty then you can't even print in black! The time may vary with makes and models but the Brother I had switched on at 2 am on a ad hoc sort of basis. If I didn't print for 3 or 4 weeks invariably one of the colour cartridges would be empty. Cost a fortune per page. Now I have a Samsung colour laser printer and no such problem.
Brother made some money from me but because of this deceptive behaviour have forever lost me as a customer.

I had used an HP inkjet printer from 2001 to June of 2012. It worked wonders. I loved it! The ink prices were high when they needed to be replaced but I ended up replacing them an average of once every 2 months. I figured out that there was a cheaper alternative to buying new ink cartridges...refill the used ones at stores like Walgreens. They will refill them for $5-$7! When i my printer started having problems, i knew it was time for a new printer. I was told Epson was a great ink saver. I had bought an Epson inkjet all in one printer in December 2012. I am very unsatisfied with my purchase. I have only had it for three months and I have spent over $150 on ink. It will never use up all the ink. If one color ink cartridge is low, then it will refuse to print, even black and white. It never uses all the ink in the box. I will never again use Epson products. Time to try a laser printer.

Great input from everyone here. I have a HP Laserjet 4L (laser), HP Deskjet 932C (inkjet) and a HP 5270 scanner. I recently looked for a toner for the laser at Staples and it's no longer available (the 4L is a great little warrior). The 78XL tri color ink cart is $67. both printers are fairly old. I'm wanting to reduce the number of components and have the ability to print wirelessly from an XP desktop, a windows 7 laptop, an IPAD, and an Android Smartphone. Any suggestions? I favor the laser for speed and text quality but like the ability to print photos or color pages for projects and papers. My scanner is able to digitize and print from old negatives also. Will an all in one (inkjet) fulfill my requirement of should I continue with multiple components?

Inkjets are better if your producing photography, artwork or design orientated documents because of the multitude of papers they take and subtle colour changes which even expensive laser printers can't match in a home office..

The cheaper laser models which cost the same as a good inkjet have low on board memory and can't often buffer an image and print it. A 10mb jpeg becomes about 500mb on a printer. Anything above A4 as well and your getting into big money for laser printers so inkjets are still the preferred option above this size [unless you rent one]. There is also a lot of calibrating and maintenance needed on laser printers to provide a consistent output with colour documents and they tend to produce odd colour shifts and contrast issues on a daily bases i.e It looks a little too red or yellow even after monitor calibrations.

This isn't a problem with inkjets where the nozzle is part of the cartridge on the more expensive models and the manufacture will produce fairly consistent ink batches . Hence Printing presses and most design orientated offices that produce the money shot will still use and prefer inkjets because of the consistent colour, easy maintenance [with cartridges that have nozzles] and options it provides. However they will often go with a good rented laser printer to do quick test or for huge documents.

For small offices or home office that aren't concerned with image printing beyond A4, then laser are the better and overall more affordable option. You just need to work out where it will go as they produce a lot of heat and are quite big.

For those who don't print enough and let their ink dry up then you don't need a printer of any type. Use the place you work at as they usually let you print the odd important thing and for all those baby photo's go to a proper printers its still cheaper in the long run.

I thought this was a pretty useless article. Did not help me at all.

I worked for a company who supplied equipment to the printing trade. From Typesetting to printing presses and all the ancilliary equipment such as darkroom cameras, processors etc. My experience with Laser printers dates from the days when they had a whacking great Postscript RIP on top and cost A$36,000.00. (I was 19.5 years with that firm)
In Qld. Eastern seaboard areas in Summer, the developer sets to black cement, over one of our very wet weekends. The dev. mix is Magnetite particles in Resin beads,. The toner is carbon. Colour = bleached Carbon dyed to the required colour. "Photo" quality Ink-jet printers are great for private usage. ie the Canon1450 which I use. (A$295.00) Small ones like the Canon350 and their equivalents are rubbish.(A$50.00) But if that is all you need, then they are often cheaper to replace than buy new Ink Cartridges.

So, basically: If you are only a home-user Ink-jet is for you. If you are a commercial or large volume user Laser is the way to go. With Laser the servicing costs are higher.

To replace the developer mix, it is unlikely that you could do it yourself, unless you are a technical person. The Developer unit ideally, needs dismantling and cleaning thoroughly. Then the doctor blade needs cleaning and readjusting. Then, when the new mix is put in, the angle of the magnets may need to be readjusted for optimum print quality. Then the Corona wires need replacing and the Corona Units cleaned, and perhaps adjusted. Tech = A$90.00p/hr.

So there you have it in a nutshell. Laser = better; but dearer to run. Inkjet cheaper, no service costs. Replace when faulty. I get 3 - 5 years out of the good quality canon Ink -jet Printers. Cheaps ones are false savings. It is like buying a BMW or a SV Commodore. The Bimmer is better, but the servicing/repair costs will send you broke.

Regards......Ralph.

Oh. By the way. If you really want quality colour, (glossy mag colour) the only way, is to use a Laser, do colour separations, and get them printed. Other than that, a really good quality Ink-jet is the way. Also good quality Ink-jets use less ink. Cheapies like the Canon350 et al. simply dump the ink, when you do solids. The paper comes out quite wet.

If you are lucky or knowledgable, you may get what you pay for......Ralph

@Joan. If that does not satisfy you - perhaps I may be able to do better personally.P)

One sentence is ambiguous: Laser Vs Ink-jet: It is like buying a BMW or a SV Commodore. The Bimmer is better, but the servicing/repair costs will send you broke.

Regards......Ralph.

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I was hoping for an article that would also address color lasers with inkjet. I don't like the way an inkjet buckles the paper when making photos. Are the photo technologies of laser comparable with inkjet at this point in time?

From my experience with laser and inkjet printers i have learned this:

Inkjets: Need to have all there colours used weekly to maintain print quality. They have better initial print quality but they soon get to down to a level that can be easily matched by a good laser printer.
the printers that use print head/cartridge combo rather than ink cartridges that are separate to the print head always have better print quality but this comes at a higher cartridge cost.
Generally inkjets can print on thicker paper.

Laser printers: they can sit for months and print just as they did when you last used it. the ones i have used kept there print quality consistent for around 20,000 pages then only required minor adjustment to get the print quality back up.
Now days laser printers have very good print quality.
there are two types or cartridge setups in laser printers, one type has the imaging drum built into it which increases the cost of the cartridge. the second type doesn't have an imaging drum built in. while this saves you money on the cartridge you must be careful to buy one with a good quality imaging drum that will out last your printing needs or you will end paying $$$$ to get it replaced. Laser cartridges cost more than inkjet cartridges but they last a lot longer. the larger capacity laser printers are cheaper to run but also cost more upfront.
Just recently i was pricing up new printers (the 8-9 year old laser printer that had done 82k pages was killed by a sticker that got stuck to the imaging drum.) and figured out that the larger of the two models would pay for its self in 2 years over the smaller one.

One thing that is over looked by many is that most printer companies that have printers aimed at businesses also offer maintenance contracts which in most cases provide a extended warranty and cost per page printing. instead of buying toner cartridges they supply them and at the end of month they charge you for what you have printed and not for how much ink you have used.

I had my very first Printer an HP Deskjet Printer that solidly gave performance for over 10 years. Comparing that to the monochrome Laser Printer that didn't event last 3 years.
Also Deskjet Printers use low wattage (10-15) compared to lazer (200-300), So my conclusion is to buy an inkjet printer if for home use.

I have a HP Officejet 4500 Desktop. Is this considered an inkjet printer? If so, is it a good printer?

I've read some comments who emphasize their problem with their dried toner cartridges. Toner cartridges on Laser printers could actually last a month with out being used but as soon as it is empty, you could choose to buy another printer instead of buying anew since the price almost the same. Another option is to buy a compatible laserjet ink cartridge and refill it with compatible toners. It works cheaper that way.

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I've read some comments who emphasize their problem with their dried toner cartridges. Toner cartridges on laser printers could actually last a month without being used. But as soon as it's empty, you could choose to buy a compatible laserjet ink cartridge and refill it with compatible toners. It works cheaper that way.

Can someone please answer this question.

I have a HP Officejet 4500 Desktop.
Is this considered an Inkjet printer? If so, is it a good one?

Thank you.

Bob.

Bob,
YES...Ur HP Officejet IS an inkjet printer AND in MY opinion? A very reliable and long lasting printer! I have the same printer and have had it for...Uhm, at least 6-7 years. No problems...other than the paper feeder that has become a little finicky. Meaning, for optimal paper feed into printer, I have found that a VERY SPECIFIC amount of paper is necessary. Otherwise, the machine won't "suck-up" the one piece of paper for printing. AND as far as ink costs go? HP inkjets' cartridges are the most affordable on the market AND if you run out of color ink, black/whites still print. Furthermore, if you want to save even more replacing ink.......I bought a "Black Ink" refill pack that had three 5 oz bottles of black ink, 1 bottle of cleaner solution, and the syringe/needle needed to load black liquid ink into old printer cartridge (thru one of the many holes atop the empty cartridge) Also comes with directions so no worries about knowing which cartridge hole to load the black liquid ink in to!!! (I've used the same cartridge and this procedure 3-4 times now, with NO problems....Other than a dirty sink from drippage! ;) Saves tons of $$$$. The black ink pack was about $10. I think colored liquid ink can be purchased also, but don't recall seeing it @ Staples when I purchased the black.
So my vote is.......YES, you have a good one that should last you a good while! At least that's been my experience. I wouldn't buy any other printer other than an HP....I have had Lexmark (not impressed with machine nor print quality), Epson (ink carts...ridiculously expensive and runs out after printing 2 pages :( and several....bout 3-4 HP's hand-me-downs....these last forever, least expensive to operate. maybe some that are more quite, but not bothersome.
OK...that's about all I can think of!!! You did good with the HP purchase! OH.>>>If you do have a problem with printing in the future and you've run thru the normal processes....Sometimes the ink on the bottom of cartridge dries up (on the silver thingy....where the ink comes out of)......just put a little rubbing alcohol on q-tip and clean GENTLY around the area. This will allow the ink to "flow" again with no resistance. Try to stay away from the copper/micro chip/tape looking part....you'll c what I'm talking about when you get there. Happy Printing and I hope your HP does well for you, as it has for me!!!
Hope the above helps with your question...Take care!!!

Ink Jet Printers use water based ink. It dries mainly by absorption. Thus the paper will be damp for some time. Solvent based inks dry mainly by evaporation. Water based inks will smudge if they get wet. Even after they have dried. Solvent based inks are waterproof.

Laser Prints are fused onto the paper. If you run your finger over the print, you will feel its raised surface. If you have books in a carton in your car.(Like most reps) The constant movement will rub the print off.

If you expect the answer to all your questions in a couple of hundred words, you are dreaming. You are obviously too lazy to do you own research. There are many books written on this subject. Buy a couple and educate yourself on the matter. Don't expect someone else to do your work for you. If you are uninformed some dickhead salesman will sell you what you will buy, whether it is any use to you or not. Remember. He gets paid to sell not to be your adviser. If his advice annoys you and you buy elsewhere he has failed.

Contrary to the popular belief; Ignorance is not bliss, nor is stupidity a virtue......Ralph.

The reason salesman do not give advise is that if it conflicts with your opinion you will get annoyed and go somewhere else. Since when have facts ever altered a cherished opinion?

Listen to a salesman at work. He listens to what you say, then tells you what you want to hear. Much like the modus operandi of a fortune teller.

As an experiment, do your research, find out what you need right down to the model #, then go in, see the salesperson, and ask for that model. They will generally say that they can't get that model, and try to sell you what is on the showroom floor. The philosophy is called "SWAT". (Sell What's Available Today) My version - SWAT = Salesmen are Wankers And Turds.

Regards......Ralph. (The mad Engineer)

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