# No, "Jackie" you may NOT know what kind of printer I'm using. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 12, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-jackie-you-may-not-know-what-kind-of-printer-im-using/364211 "2006-07-12T18:09:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-jackie-you-may-not-know-what-kind-of-printer-im-using/364211/21 "2006-07-12T20:57:22Z")
[QUOTE=zut] Wait. What? Where? Point, please. [/QUOTE] [Point.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=364091) (Thanks, **Duke** , **Anaamika**!) ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-jackie-you-may-not-know-what-kind-of-printer-im-using/364211/22 "2006-07-12T21:06:57Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] [Point.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=364091) [/QUOTE] Hee! OK, that was worthwhile. End hijack. ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-jackie-you-may-not-know-what-kind-of-printer-im-using/364211/23 "2006-07-12T21:12:49Z")
[QUOTE=Lightnin’] Wouldn’t it be possible to just keep the toner they send you, and not pay for it? I mean, you didn’t order it… and if you’re the Guy What’s In Charge of those sorts of payments (and you’re certain nobody would pay the artificially-inflated bill behind your back), couldn’t you just view it as a free source of toner? “Oh, you wanted us to PAY you for those toners you sent us? The ones we didn’t actually order? The ones that you priced about three times higher than any legitimate business? We thought those were a gift!” [/QUOTE] As **VunderBob** said, you probably wouldn’t want to use it. The previous thread included a post by someone who worked at a copier company and said they often had to do expensive repairs because of people using the crappy toner they sell. However, you are right. The FTC says that any product sent to you without you ordering it first may be considered a gift (they actually use that word). You don’t even have to send it back to them. Same goes if they switch you with an off-brand without notifying you. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-jackie-you-may-not-know-what-kind-of-printer-im-using/364211/24 "2006-07-12T21:23:01Z")
[QUOTE=flight] The FTC says that any product sent to you without you ordering it first may be considered a gift (they actually use that word). [/QUOTE] Yes I remember a comercial of a eskimo getting a fan he didn’t order, then he heard the voice of the announcer saying that if you receive something you didn’t order you can keep it free. Boy was that one happy eskimo. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-jackie-you-may-not-know-what-kind-of-printer-im-using/364211/25 "2006-07-12T22:54:16Z")
Gahhh fuck! These people call my office at least once a week, usually five minutes before we close for the day. This afternoon, I was talking to a certain [Dumb Bitch of a Co-worker](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=272567), and she stopped our conversation to take the call. I hear her say “Well, we’ve just got these three HP Laser Jet…” And I start going “It’s a scam. Hang up. IT’S A SCAM. HANG UP. \*\*IT’S A SCAM. HANG THE _FUCK_ UP!!!” She kept blathering, “The person who handles our printers? Oh, that would be \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_.” “HAAAANNNNNG UUUUPPPP!!!” I say, plenty loud enough for the person on the other end to hear me. Finally, she hangs up the fucking phone, and I explain it to her. “Tomorrow, or next week, or whenever, the office manager is going to get a call, asking to confirm the credit card number for the toner order placed by \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_. Either that, or they’ll just send us a giant crate of shitty-ass toner and bill us a ridiculous amount for it.” “Why didn’t you _tell_ me?” she mooed. Grrrr… ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-jackie-you-may-not-know-what-kind-of-printer-im-using/364211/26 "2006-07-14T00:52:55Z")
[QUOTE=cruel butterfly] I get those calls all the time at the office where I work. Sometimes they ask for the model number of our copier, and sometimes they ask for the printer model. Either way, the conversation goes like this: TeleMarketer: Hi, this is Debra with Whatever, Inc., how are you today? Me: Fine, how are you? TM: I’m great! Thank you for asking! I was just calling you to find out what model copier you use. . [/QUOTE] Maybe you should answer something like: "We have a Coulter model 2000. Do you have good prices for replacement bile and vitriol? ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-jackie-you-may-not-know-what-kind-of-printer-im-using/364211/27 "2006-07-14T03:18:20Z")
[QUOTE=Tikki] “My model number? Sure! Make sure you write this down. OK, Ready? It’s ID-10-t. Goodbye.” _click_ [/QUOTE] As a business owner I have been waiting for these calls to come in. I got a call a couple days ago for bottled water service. TM: Approximately how many bottles of water do you use a week? Me: None TM: How is that possible, how do your employees get water? Me: They don’t TM: That sounds terrible, why don’t they get any water? Me: I turn the air conditioning 1 degree higher every time they complain, they stopped at 81 degrees. TM: \ TM: Um, how many employees do you have? Me: None, they all died of dehydration. TM: Um…uh… Me Don’t worry, I don’t have a shop area or anything, anyone who works with me works from home. So I don’t need bottled water service. TM: o…k…thank you \ ---
**Author:** ![Tully\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Tully\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tully_Mars)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-jackie-you-may-not-know-what-kind-of-printer-im-using/364211/28 "2006-07-14T11:55:00Z")
Pardon me for linking to my own thread, but [here’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=377680&highlight=william+tuttle) how to have fun with this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-jackie-you-may-not-know-what-kind-of-printer-im-using/364211.md?page=1)