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When you thrift shop, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose.
Front page edit: I’m glad people got a laugh out of this.
For context: Normally it pains me to see electronics go to waste. However, the guy who bought the printer is a software engineer and repairs old electronics as a hobby. He’s among the smartest people I know and can repair just about anything. I’ve seen him bring plenty of things back to life with a soldering iron and an oscilloscope. If he decided this wasn’t worth fixing, it wasn’t worth fixing.
dunewolf
I have HP laserjet 2200D - works great.. got it free when non-profit threw it away.
Amirabutwo
The title is the best thing about this post.
goflyblind
cummygums
I genuinely thought they were excited to buy it cheap so they could destroy it. The internet has ruined me.
B44a
Dude its a printer. Fuck printers.
zoltarpanaflex
When my printer dies, I invite people over, BYOB (bring your own bat) it's fun.
HenryLongfellowIII
Probably something simple to fix, based on his sophisticated diagnosis.
dasoffendor
my mom still has an HP laserjet 4MP that still works....
gondolph
What cartridge costs just $25?
BklynPunisher
Inkjet
prodmerc
No, FUCK YOU! Those LaserJets were indestructible. Probably out of toner or very likely drivers don't work anymore
kisselFL
The rubber rollers dry rot and won't feed paper. They can be overhauled though.
prodmerc
Oh yeah, I used to clean them with alcohol every half a year or so.
BookCreaseOnFace
Seriously all the HP models let you print the test page from the menu. Every thrift store has an outlet to test electrics. 1 sheet of paper.
BklynPunisher
Not everyone knows how to print that test page. It’s not hard, just not common knowledge.
BookCreaseOnFace
True. It was more of a PSA for anyone buying a used printer at a thrift store. You can google how to print the test page from your phone.
Onlyhereforthelaughs
Why would you want that printer?
SaphirasSexDoll
His middle finger looks like his index finger.
PinktTaco
If you keep the recipe u have 7 days to return electronics
madrush
Our company must have had hundreds of these damn printers
PrinceSamaSanChanKun
If you got replacement parts and fixed it, it'd still be cheaper than an ink cartridge,
Noughmad
Wasted? No, invested into mental health care!
RobertLosey
I cannot disagree with you on wasting money. Plenty of parts you could have taken off it first.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Just get a Brother HL-L2350DW when it inevitably goes on sale for $80. The toner lasts forever, is dirt cheap, and it's reliable.
iwhannafly
I miss my laser jet 4, it was a workhorse
Lulabel73
This happens when you use the “letter” format and A4 paper is in the tray (not “lettterhead”)
1staRCHer
The Goodwill around here allows returns.
sliveroflight
Mine doesn't. But I live in a small town so most of the stuff they have is crap. They probably didn't want to accept it in the first place.
BigOrkWaaagh
I'm the most tight fisted person I know and I don't think even I would have it in me to try and get my money back from a charity shop.
qtRaven
I found one for $20. Only prints in black & white but it's a laser printer. I buy toner maybe twice a year and it's less than ink cartridge.
alexburgers
I got a free Laserjet 4000 back in 2010. Put in a $25 cartridge. It's still going.
notsigningupforthis
Those things are fucking tanks. It does run, just very slowly and noisily.
Soifon87
I bought one of those used for University. The used cartridge lasted all 3 years of my bachelor printing thousands of pages without problems
SteveO
laser printers are not noisy
Kerberos623
the older hp laserjets where abit.
zoltarpanaflex
threw an Office Space event: fellow employees came to blast the hell out of a printer belonging to Most Hated Exec and it was a huge success
wolfeskitchen
Try turning it off and back on again
inveveve
Early lesson...if it’s an electronic there’s usually a reason it got donated. Especially if it’s something with a bunch of plastic parts.
causamortis1
I've found plenty good working electronics. They also let you test it before you purchase it.
KirsiKitten
I have a spare PC Monitor from Goodwill I got for $20 and have been using solidly for over 5 years.
freckledkink
They have great stuff in their dumpsters that they don't think are appropriate or worth putting out. My friends and I used to find all kinds
freckledkink
Of cool and weird stuff when we were teenagers.
HelloToe
I snagged a $600 Paradigm powered sub a few months ago for $25. Works great!
iamnatmann
Nice. I picked up a pair of ADS L1290 for $25 as well. Often ppl just don't know what they have when they donate items.
HelloToe
That or they're too rich to care.
JHawke
Then again another early lesson is people are absolute retards and most stuff that's broken is easily fixed / not actually broken.
iamnatmann
Often times they won't know the value of something either. I've found a ton of old hi-fi speakers and audio equipment that get donated.
candar
Fully 50% of the time its just dead fuses. The other 50% tho....
skelitor120
If you find literally anything at Goodwill that's not a clothing item, it's broken. Toy? Electronic? Disk/Card/Memory component? Broken.
23472903489345
that's a lie. i regularly go to goodwill hunting for retro consoles. i've found gamecubes, PS1s and even an xbox there that all work great.
23472903489345
they were missing cords and controllers, sure. but 20 bucks for a game cube? fuck yeah imma get that.
skelitor120
Not "a lie", but probably depends on where you live. My goodwill doesnt even know what a "game" is and I'd imagine many others don't too--
skelitor120
-- but I'm glad you've actually gotten some bargain out of thrift-shopping!
skelitor120
Me and my friends have actually created a habit of going to our local Goodwill to mock the things we find. We've found 12 pairs of --
skelitor120
-- specific eyeglasses, 20+ types of canes/crutches, and literally over a hundred sets of female sanitary products and adult diapers.
skelitor120
One of my favorite youtubers (BrutalMoose) tried to go to a bunch of thrift shops to find VHS's, and couldn't use half of them because--
skelitor120
-- they had private home footage. Who the fuck benefits from you donating a home video of your child's first christmas?
jenesasquatch
calebzia
Back up in yo ass with the resurrection
BlueSpaceLizard
I like it when Michael starts laying into it with his fists, and the other two are like 'woah woah, dial it back bro'
laxstateofmind
That axe kick
TheRicM
This swipe
CrouchingSniperHiddenCamper
You would never find a driver that worked for that.
SteveO
included with windows most likely
RobertLosey
Don't goto a Racetrack next time, easy as hell online
CrouchingSniperHiddenCamper
I just checked, last driver was for Windows XP. Sorry kids.
JHawke
It'd be plug and play here.
IlioHae
Damn it feels good to be a gangsta... What the fuck is PC Load Letter?!?!?
TomIsNotMyRealName
But I'm not printing a letter, I'm printing a photo!
ColdPizzaTieDyeShirtsBrokenHearts
I was sure that song played while they were destroying the printer. Turns out it's later during a montage of Peter living his best life 1/2
ColdPizzaTieDyeShirtsBrokenHearts
2/2 The printer killing song is called "Still" by the same band, Geto Boys. Blew my mind when I searched the printer video for the song
IlioHae
Huh. Funny how memory does that. I was sure it was during the printer-cide scene
4sheets
Paper Carriage. Load letter sized paper (8.5x11), instead of legal (8.5x17)
LurkerOfDarkness
Much prefer A4
KarmaticOne
My dad had this printer when I was growing up and I recall how glorious the Jets of Lazer were
AyrA
Best printer message is still "lp0 on fire": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lp0_on_fire
ThunderChief00
Does the USA use A4 yet? Really curious.
stealthgunner385
They don't use A4, they don't use SI units, they don't have a royale with cheese.
ProxyPlayerHD
[Laughs in DIN A4]
Knuddelbearl
DIN A4 = Deutschen Institut für Normung DIN 472
Knuddelbearl
A4 is the half from A3 and the double of A5 etc etc
Knuddelbearl
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Prevalent_default_paper_size.svg/1200px-Prevalent_default_paper_size.svg.png Blue
4sheets
I know you're just being funny. But RTFM.
p75369
Or we live in the rest of the world and use standard paper sizes like A4.
4sheets
If it used A4, it'd say "PC LOAD A4" - still boils down to reading comprehension.
p75369
"PC load letter" each word has multiple meanings, none of which obviously imply "out of paper", especially not "letter" if you're not USA.