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| Thread ID: 141802 | 2016-03-01 02:14:00 | Have you ever bought a Brother Laser Drum? | Digby (677) | PC World Chat |
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| 1416743 | 2016-03-01 19:16:00 | I hope most people have worked this out. But The Warehouse has a wall full of drum units, so they must be selling them. (just not to me) $186 at Warehouse Stationery Is crazy alright. Taking the same Printer HL2300D -- on Computerfood, they want $109 for the complete printer, the Genuine Brother Drum on its own - $129 ??:confused: The one at the are house is still over priced you can get them cheaper from the place linked below brother-mono-laser-printers/brother-hll2300d (www.consumables.co.nz) If a person had a few spare Toners, it would be cheaper to buy another printer, and carry on. Brother as mentioned earlier do Cash backs all the time - I think what they rely on is people either don't know, or are to lazy to go on line and fill out the form, hey takes a few seconds and you get some of your money back. No Idea how much they actually cost to produce, but someones making a good markup if Brother offer all these deals.Take the Brother MFC-9140CDN $200 cashback on a just over $300 ish printer www.brother.co.nz |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1416744 | 2016-03-01 20:10:00 | It's well known that printer manufacturers make all their money on consumables and not the printers. They sell them off cheap to get more customers in the consumable market. Pricing the whole printer cheaper than replacement parts though, that doesn't seem like a smart strategy. Maybe they don't expect us to notice. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1416745 | 2016-03-01 20:21:00 | Yep, only suckers buy drums :) | Zippity (58) | ||
| 1416746 | 2016-03-01 20:28:00 | Some really good points here. I can understand why Brother do those cashbacks - I have done 3 now, to me its worth a few minutes to get say $30. It is to keep their share of the market and maybe help to clear out old models Then Brother will hope to get some profits by selling Toner cartridges. They are probably also hoping to get some profits back by over charging on their drum cartridges. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1416747 | 2016-03-01 21:16:00 | It doesnt make alot of sense. If they really want to sell drums, they have to set the price accordingly . Perhaps they still think of drum units as their cash cow , old school mentality . Perhaps Brother actually wants owners to buy new printers instead ? There are options, Brother drum units were really easy to reman . Easy money for the toner refill companies. Just get a remanufactured drum unit. Or get a HP/cannon where the drum is part of the toner cart , both get replaced at the same time (does cost a bit more though) Surprisingly, alot of users do buy the Brother drums, they just dont know better or see it easier than having to install a new printer. There is a lot of stupidity in the small business community: I was surprised at just how many unopened/unused toner carts get thrown out with all the empties. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1416748 | 2016-03-02 17:23:00 | Does anyone know how many drums you can fit in to a brother Laser before it starts to wear out Eg the rollers get hard It starts to make squeaky noises. It jams more often. At the price of a new machine of the same model it would not make sense to get it serviced by a technician So its best to buy a new printer. So in summary can an entry level Brother laser printer take one or two or three new drum units? (my guess is one) |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1416749 | 2016-03-02 18:06:00 | Yup I have bought a couple of drums but only for our big brother multifunction machine that cost about $1,000. Buying a drum for the cheaper printers is pretty dumb when you can get a whole new printer for less often. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1416750 | 2016-03-02 22:05:00 | Does anyone know how many drums you can fit in to a brother Laser before it starts to wear out Eg the rollers get hard It starts to make squeaky noises. It jams more often. At the price of a new machine of the same model it would not make sense to get it serviced by a technician So its best to buy a new printer. So in summary can an entry level Brother laser printer take one or two or three new drum units? (my guess is one) That printer should last much longer than that. those printers arnt designed for heavy usuage, so with light useage they will last for yonks (a technical term) Pickup rollers a a normal wear item, being rubber, they do wear out . On properly designed printers they are a 2minute swap out job . I agree they arnt worth repairing though. I just bought on trademe, a HP4000 , with 75% full toner/drum, for $15 !!!! Its done over 400,000 pages , still going OK . Its replacing a HP laser printer I bought 3+ years ago for $10 (still working but has empty toner cart). There are even 15++ year old consumer level laser printers still out there, still being used. They can last a long time. Bargain printers easily available. No need to buy new crappy ones. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1416751 | 2016-03-02 23:43:00 | Does anyone know how many drums you can fit in to a brother Laser before it starts to wear out Eg the rollers get hard It starts to make squeaky noises. It jams more often. At the price of a new machine of the same model it would not make sense to get it serviced by a technician So its best to buy a new printer. So in summary can an entry level Brother laser printer take one or two or three new drum units? (my guess is one) I have a couple of old Brother HL1400 / 1500 series printers and they over the years have had several drums replaced or the counter reset and they still work fine. Toner carts unfortunately are starting to cost money so have gone to refills which are about $90 each. New carts start at about $180 + |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1416752 | 2016-03-03 00:16:00 | Has refill ex cartridge world been mentioned? | Cicero (40) | ||
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