feedback sought on colorbat ink/tanks

[measekite]

Maybe they will grow up one of these days. For right now, I prefer to
do business with Canon or Epson or HP.

Check out the Alotofthings website. They say that they will have a catalog
of products and will sell from their own web site after 4/1/05. The answer
to the Meesekite's dreams!!! Better web site, direct sales, and identifying
their inks as Sensient Formulabs. I'll be interested in seeing how their
site looks after they have it completely up and running. Maybe you will
then be able to back off your vendetta, spell their company name properly,
and stop the derisive comments. Maybe they have been reading our posts and
have been encouraged to change. My conversation with Joe and the posts from
Ron Cohen lead me to believe that they are not malicious or devious and that
the way they ran the business was simply the result of small business
decision issues with which you did not agree.

Thank you!! It is people like you who give to me all of the information
on 3rd party inks. I just consolidate different peoples experience. I
review other sources of information, do research and look at their
websites. Yes, I am good at sourcing out suppliers, especially in the
computer industry.

Burt speaks of Neil Slade who recommends MIS from inksupply (still do not
know if MIS is a brand or dealer name) and inkgrabber. Yet following a
link given to me by Burt I found out that not only it the neutral grays
off like Neil Slade says but the yellow ink has damaged people print heads
beyond repair. Inkgrabber claims that they got bad batch of yellow ink.
Maybe so. What color will it be the next time. Since you do not know who
the manufacturer is, there may be many other resellers providing the same
ink. It is impossible to know.

While it is not impossible for that to happen with Canon ink, it is
unlikely. The quality control they have is extensive, the company is
large and stands behind their products (they do slip up sometimes) and
they invest millions protecting their brand and image.

The whole thing does boil down to Risk/Reward. If you print that much you
can save enough in a short period of time to play musical printers. If
that is your case then the only worry is consistency of your results. And
it really makes little difference if they are consistent, it is only in
what you perceive.

I hope you realize now that a single users experience good or bad is far
inconclusive to the collective experiences of many.

Ivor Floppy wrote:

[...]
I use Canon ink because my print load does not justify me taking any
chance on the possibility of getting a clogged print head due to the
chance of inconsistent ink supplies.




But - if the posts on here are anything to go by - your apparently 'the'
authority on 3rd party inks and suppliers. That's quite a clever trick,
especially when you have no experience of any of them.

 

[Burt]

Measekite - you really can't let go, can you? This little vendor satisfies
ALL of the criteria for which you were badmouthing him and you can not even
acknowledge that he would now be worthy of your business if your were
inclined to use Formulabs aftermarket carts or inks. He has a positive
track record with people on this NG. Get real!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe they will grow up one of these days. For right now, I prefer to do
business with Canon or Epson or HP.

Check out the Alotofthings website. They say that they will have a
catalog of products and will sell from their own web site after 4/1/05.
The answer to the Meesekite's dreams!!! Better web site, direct sales,
and identifying their inks as Sensient Formulabs. I'll be interested in
seeing how their site looks after they have it completely up and running.
Maybe you will then be able to back off your vendetta, spell their company
name properly, and stop the derisive comments. Maybe they have been
reading our posts and have been encouraged to change. My conversation
with Joe and the posts from Ron Cohen lead me to believe that they are not
malicious or devious and that the way they ran the business was simply the
result of small business decision issues with which you did not agree.

Thank you!! It is people like you who give to me all of the information
on 3rd party inks. I just consolidate different peoples experience. I
review other sources of information, do research and look at their
websites. Yes, I am good at sourcing out suppliers, especially in the
computer industry.

Burt speaks of Neil Slade who recommends MIS from inksupply (still do not
know if MIS is a brand or dealer name) and inkgrabber. Yet following a
link given to me by Burt I found out that not only it the neutral grays
off like Neil Slade says but the yellow ink has damaged people print
heads beyond repair. Inkgrabber claims that they got bad batch of yellow
ink. Maybe so. What color will it be the next time. Since you do not
know who the manufacturer is, there may be many other resellers providing
the same ink. It is impossible to know.

While it is not impossible for that to happen with Canon ink, it is
unlikely. The quality control they have is extensive, the company is
large and stands behind their products (they do slip up sometimes) and
they invest millions protecting their brand and image.

The whole thing does boil down to Risk/Reward. If you print that much
you can save enough in a short period of time to play musical printers.
If that is your case then the only worry is consistency of your results.
And it really makes little difference if they are consistent, it is only
in what you perceive.

I hope you realize now that a single users experience good or bad is far
inconclusive to the collective experiences of many.

Ivor Floppy wrote:




[...]
I use Canon ink because my print load does not justify me taking any
chance on the possibility of getting a clogged print head due to the
chance of inconsistent ink supplies.



But - if the posts on here are anything to go by - your apparently 'the'
authority on 3rd party inks and suppliers. That's quite a clever trick,
especially when you have no experience of any of them.

 

[Ron Cohen]

Did you check out the shipping policies on Colorbat? If you were unhappy
with Alotofthings policy then you should be ballistic over theirs. I do
agree with you about a few things. One, the iP4000 is a great printer - my
favorite Canon so far. I also agree that the suppliers should post who
manufacturers the inks they sell. That's one of the main reasons I initially
selected Alotofthings. FWIW, before you place any more updates specifying
different brands of ink you might want to verify the accuracy of the company
names. You keep referring to Dyson. I believe that should be Lyson.