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Dell no longer selling HP products ... Period
4 comments- IT TOPICS:Hardware
Always nice to wake up to bad news.
I logged into my Blackberry today and saw that my Dell software and accessories rep had replied to my request to get a quote for HP Color LaserJet 2500 toner cartridges.
Unfortunately, instead of getting a quote, I was told that Dell is no longer selling HP products.
This is very dissappointing, as until now, Dell has been our sole source of IT-related items.
I can only assume that this is a decision that was made by management since Dell can still get the parts through the various distributors that they use such as Ingram Micro.
Oh well, life marches on. Went to Newegg.com to purchase the cartridges and as far as I can tell, even with increased shipping costs, I saved about $50 total on 8 cartridges of the various colors and 1 drum kit.
Really makes you wonder what business think when they make decisions. Dell makes money whether they sell an HP printer or one of their own and they are doing a disservice to their customers by not offering HP supplies. Of course, they are instead offering deals on Dell printers, which means that they are making even less money on the enterprise, especially since they can probably sell the HP printers at higher margins.
I guess they must have come to the conclusion that this was a necessary business move in their bid to become THE big honcho in the printer business.
Only time will tell if this helps Dell or not, but it certainly can't be good news for HP.
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