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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1726453" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>Third party brand-new "compatible" supplies for both inkjet and laser printers are controversial. I personally have been burned on third party ink supplies ordered from Amazon that were complete junk. </p><p></p><p>A bunch of years ago I noticed that there were some folks who reported that they had terrible experiences with them, and there were others that had excellent experiences with them and who were thrilled. So what I did is I started to keep a record of which vendors folks had excellent experiences with, and then I started to try them out for myself. What I ended up with is three or four vendors that consistently have excellent quality, and extremely low prices, that I've been using for years now.</p><p></p><p>Meritline is probably the best of these. They tend to have the lowest prices and their quality is indistinguishable from OEM supplies. Their one drawback is that if you order something that they don't stock in their U.S. warehouse, then things are shipped from China and they may take a few weeks to show up.</p><p></p><p>One disclaimer...you can randomly get a bad ink cartridge or toner cartridge even if you go with nothing but OEM. In the last five or six years I've had one bad ink cartridge from Meritline out of probably a few hundred that I've purchased. If you are the type that will have a fit if you get a bad ink cartridge, and blame me for it because I recommended a third party vendor, then please ignore my advice and stick with OEM supplies. (I wish that I didn't have to make such a disclaimer, but experience has shown that I do.)</p><p></p><p>Note that the prices from e.g. Meritline are so much lower than OEM prices that even if you get a bad cartridge now and then, you will still save significant amounts of money over buying OEM. Also note that Meritline has both their store brand of cartridges, and a premium off-brand of cartridges. I've tried both, and I haven't seen any difference between the two whatsoever. But some folks feel better purchasing the premium brand, which is still quite a bit less expensive than the OEM cartridges. </p><p></p><p>Also...don't confuse third party brand-new "compatible" consumables with "refurbished" consumables. At least my experience with refurbished/refilled consumables has been horrible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1726453, member: 190607"] Third party brand-new "compatible" supplies for both inkjet and laser printers are controversial. I personally have been burned on third party ink supplies ordered from Amazon that were complete junk. A bunch of years ago I noticed that there were some folks who reported that they had terrible experiences with them, and there were others that had excellent experiences with them and who were thrilled. So what I did is I started to keep a record of which vendors folks had excellent experiences with, and then I started to try them out for myself. What I ended up with is three or four vendors that consistently have excellent quality, and extremely low prices, that I've been using for years now. Meritline is probably the best of these. They tend to have the lowest prices and their quality is indistinguishable from OEM supplies. Their one drawback is that if you order something that they don't stock in their U.S. warehouse, then things are shipped from China and they may take a few weeks to show up. One disclaimer...you can randomly get a bad ink cartridge or toner cartridge even if you go with nothing but OEM. In the last five or six years I've had one bad ink cartridge from Meritline out of probably a few hundred that I've purchased. If you are the type that will have a fit if you get a bad ink cartridge, and blame me for it because I recommended a third party vendor, then please ignore my advice and stick with OEM supplies. (I wish that I didn't have to make such a disclaimer, but experience has shown that I do.) Note that the prices from e.g. Meritline are so much lower than OEM prices that even if you get a bad cartridge now and then, you will still save significant amounts of money over buying OEM. Also note that Meritline has both their store brand of cartridges, and a premium off-brand of cartridges. I've tried both, and I haven't seen any difference between the two whatsoever. But some folks feel better purchasing the premium brand, which is still quite a bit less expensive than the OEM cartridges. Also...don't confuse third party brand-new "compatible" consumables with "refurbished" consumables. At least my experience with refurbished/refilled consumables has been horrible. [/QUOTE]
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