Currys £16.99 USB Cable Rip-off.
Blog Comment The worst cable has to be PCWorlds £14.99 USB 1.1 Cable that was a rip off, they only stopped that recently. But if however they sell a PC Printer and then cables and ink this makes it worth while for them.
[December 6, 2007, 10:30]
Currys £16.99 USB Cable Rip-off.
Blog Comment What I am confused about is that you went to Curry's for the cable and are surprised at the rip off price! Printer manufactures started cutting out the USB cable form their printers for a while now to save on costs.
[December 5, 2007, 14:35]
Dell Extends Euro Printer Line
Talkback We've decided to box the whole system up and return it to Dell, rip up their finance agreement, cancel the direct debit and see them in court. At Christmas my company spent over £3000 on a dell system that included a 1600n printer.
[April 21, 2005, 17:01]
Currys £16.99 USB Cable Rip-off.
Blog Comment First, can we apologise for the delay in replying but also that you were not properly informed at the time of purchase that a USB cable doesn't come with the printer. We aim to offer a wide range of quality products at what we feel are competitive...
[December 12, 2007, 15:39]
Currys £16.99 USB Cable Rip-off.
Blog Comment The policy to not include a USB cable with its printers is in line with standard practice of the majority of major IT manufacturers in the UK; to ensure customers know exactly what they are purchasing the printer box contents are clearly...
[December 12, 2007, 9:28]
Currys £16.99 USB Cable Rip-off.
Blog Comment It has AM-BM for printer, AM-Mini 5P for cameras and MP3 players, AM-AF so that it can be used as an extension cable. In front of me is a retractable 75Cm USB cable. It was expensive - 99p from my local 99p shop!
[December 12, 2007, 9:23]
Currys £16.99 USB Cable Rip-off.
Blog Comment If they are such a commodity and everyone’s got loads lying around - why do they cost almost one third of the price of the printer. So there have been a couple of comments on this blog entry - that have taken the supercilious “why didn’t you read...
[January 29, 2008, 9:19]
Currys £16.99 USB Cable Rip-off.
Blog Comment One of them, I know, came with my Lexmark Wi-Fi printer - and that is Interesting. I regularly have to harvest them and put a bag of cables on Freecycle, just to clear space on my desk. Lexmark is including cables with Wi-Fi printers, where they're...
[January 8, 2008, 8:39]
Currys £16.99 USB Cable Rip-off.
Blog I bought a F2100 All-in-One printer, scanner and copier from PC World last weekend - and found out when I went to set it up that HP had kindly decided not to include everything I needed in the box - there was no USB cable to connect the printer to...
[December 5, 2007, 12:17]
Currys £16.99 USB Cable Rip-off.
Blog Comment The point thats really being made here is the steep price for the cable, and also it displays the minset of an average person buying a printer.
[January 3, 2008, 15:04]
Currys £16.99 USB Cable Rip-off.
Blog Comment I know that I shouldn't laugh too loudly, but I have not seen a printer or scanner supplied with a USB cable since 1999. A very unsympathetic The fact that it's written on the box "USB Cable is NOT included" just maybe we need to start sending six...
[December 31, 2007, 0:35]
