Ya, it's our fault for looking for a deal?

How can you guarantee that paying a couple hundred more upfront would save us all from this pre meditated corporate gluttony?

Stop buying printers from companies that build in mechanisms to purposely brick them. Buying a high-end HP is just as risky in my opinion, based on this story.

Cannon is another company to avoid. They just settled a similar potential class action: http://www.therecycler.com/posts/canon-faces-class-actions-o...