Dropped mine off... said it would take 3 days. Having worked at WAG before, I asked what the hold-up was, since these things take 10-15 min, tops, to fill. Guy holds up a huge basket of unfinished refills - says they're backed up.
Understandable.
But then, why was no one working at the ink refill station the entire time we were there...? Seems if there's that much of a backlog, you'd, you know, want someone working on it... *sigh*
At least I'll have free ink in 3 days.
I so emailed this to consumerist several days ago...
]]>I was turned away at three different Walgreens. They just wouldn't honor the coupon.
]]>@Zagroseckt:
There is kill technology placed on these cartridges by Lexmark. You cannot refill Lexmark 23, 24, 28, or 29. They are all part of the return program cartridges. It is actually illegal for refill companies to refill return program cartridges. Basically Lexmark will sell you a 'cheaper' cartridge for your printer, but when you buy the cheaper cartridge you promise to return it to Lexmark instead of refilling it (check the fine print). Also, I have tried refilling these cartridges before I realized they were return program and Lexmark has the cartridges programmed to stop working when the ink level reaches zero (which means even if you did put ink in them, they wouldn't work anyway). Now if you go to Lexmarks website you can buy 23A, 24A, 28A, OR 29A and these cartridges cost more and can be refilled, but WalGreens still won't know what to do with them.
And just so you know Lexmark printers (and Dell printers which are made by Lexmark) are the worst printers you can buy for your money. They have the most expensive ink around AND they do anything and everything they can to make sure you buy their ink instead of being able to refill.
]]>only time they replace the heads (like a sticker) is when they dont pass the print test
]]>In that case Im sure Lexmark reconditions the whole cartridge and not just stick a syringe of ink in your cartridge.
]]>@miguelggarcia:
What the **** are you talking about? Maybe you should go back to the website.
Jeez, I can do my color cartridge today, and fly to Hawaii next week and fill my black.
Yay, free ink!
]]>Well you could always try not being a cheap ass and buy genuine cartridges that dont leak inside your printer and void your warranty on the printer. Also by refilling your cartridges you get crappy prints because new cartridges these days come with new print heads instead of like the old days where you could just replace or clean the heads. You cant clean the heads these days so each time you refill the old cartridges with the old heads you get crappier and crappier prints just to save a few bucks that you could make if you just stayed an extra 15 minutes at work
]]>The cartridge i brought them was designed to be refilled by lexarks exchange program.
so whats up with that. :/
]]>just buy a laser printer it'll save you money in the end. INK is crap.
]]>I tried this last year, when Walgreens had a freebie. My Lexmark X7100-series cartridges immediately clogged when I tried them after the refill. A guy at another cartridge-refil business said Walgreens uses generic ink that's too thick for my cartridges. But then, when he refilled my cartridges, they clogged up after about half as many pages as a new cartridge.
Caveat emptor. You get what you pay for.
]]>These F-ing things have some kind of anti-refill tech that makes them not work it you try to refill them.
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