Should You Fix It Or Replace a Printer?

I replaced my printer/scanner etc recently after many years...great decision!

Elizabeth,

We bought a new printer, and the ink is via subscription.  It works for us because, we hated replacing the "Magenta" or some other color just to print the boarding passes..

I did not think of changing Siri to a British version.  When we were in Europe and used Siri for GPS, we would laugh at her Italian pronunciation...Have a great week, I am sure you are happy to be home.  A

Malls all over the country are getting less and less traffic.  That looks like a quiet day, when it would have been bustling a decade ago.

The price of printers has come down so much, it doesn't pay to hang on to old technology. 

Good morning, Elizabeth -- Your comparison of printers and razors is spot on.   

PS - I think normal is over-rated.  Kinda like average.   

It does seem that we are becoming more of a disposable society Elizabeth. Does seem easier to just "buy a new one" rather fix the old and as you correctly point out retailers are counting on that. It's the way of the world these days.

Sadly, we have become a throw away society.  Gone are the days when I bought a HP lazerjet for $300.00 in 1993, that lasted 15 years.  It was built like a brick outhouse.  It's replacement was a fraction of the cost, but flimsy.  It lasted a mere 4 years.  Everything today is about planned obsolescence.

Elizabeth- I love your free flowing post.  I used to like the bulkhead because of the legroom but I missed being able to put things under the non-existent seat in front of me. We tend to keep things forever but as for copiers, you're right...it's easier and cheaper to just buy a new one. 

Well said Elizabeth! I must say that my current printer was expensive. It is a high volume professional printer. Well worth it. It works so much better than my cheap units of the past

Hi Elizabeth... these days not worth repairing printers, scanners, fax machines (if anyone still has them), certain phones, etc. Often cheaper to buy... but the reality is to even find someone who can fix this equipment in the first place. I recently had to replace a Xerox Scanner which I'd had for 10 years, but it wasn't really compatible with Windows 10. My Lexmark Printer, which I've had for more than 10 years still chugging along, but I'm sure the day is coming.