Summary: DataBazaar has shipped me 3 hp 11 cartridges expired over 3 years ago (2008 in 2011).
databazaar shipments are NOT in proper HP 11 ink cardboard box which shows expiration.
You find out if they work when you remove foil pouch they are delivered in (no data on pouch). But when you open you may find they are years out of date (3 of 3 of mine where in 7/2011)
1. Delivered late.
2. Required post office pickup (NO Amazon prime deliveries go to my post office!)
3. This item was received from Data Bazaar WITHOUT the HP DATED cardboard package. (Suspicious?) Just a metallic coated plastic cover with no date. It sits on printer waiting til the printer demands it (40 days)
3. This past weekend, I open & discover this cartridge expired 3 years ago & does not work at all. (After 2 trips to post office & phone calls to DataBazaar)
4. Monday AM (yesterday): I post feedback at Databazar & ALSO order next day HP 11 Yellow ink from Amazon / Amazon Prime (Not databazaar this time) DataBazaar calls- Says will rush me fresh ink, Will send me a label to ship back their $11 cartridge, Want me to remove my feedback. They offer to call back tomorrow. I say "Please do not call. I've spent far too much time on this ink cartridge. Just get me working INK asap. That's all I ask."
5. Tuesday PM: My Amazon prime ink is HERE! (thanks amazon prime/UPS!) Data Bazaar calls again: "Good news, your replacement ink will be shipping out this evening and get here in 2-3 days."
6. Thursday: I get 2! replacement yellows from databazaar. UPS & USPS. They promised they would be very fresh. They both are without the proper dated HP cardboard. So even though it may ruin them, I open the sealed metal colored pouch to find they are BOTH 3 years past expiration also. 2008. Very bad practice.
(So Amazon Prime took my new order & DELIVERED to my door, faster than DataBazaar can get a rush order out the door to solve a problem they caused.)
The details:
This is a yellow hp 11 print cartridge I ordered when my HP printer warned me I'd need ink soon (turned out to be 40 days later). This item was received from Data Bazaar WITHOUT the HP DATED cardboard package. (Suspicious?) Just a metallic coated plastic cover, sealed, WITHOUT an expiration date. Then after 40 days or so my printer demanded new yellow ink: the warning light changed from "caution- low yellow" to "Yellow empty- HP 1200D will not print without a new yellow cartridge". So I open the aluminum wrapper, to find ink freshly received from DataBazaar that expired in early 2008- over 3 years past expiration. ??
So during an important project, I was stranded without being able to use my main high volume printer. The old ink from DataBazaar had either dried up, or the HP printer will not allow operation with ink this old. Removing & replacing the cartridge with old or new does not fool or reset the HP printer. The new cartridge is heavy- but I hear no liquid when I shake it.
To me, this has been a very bad experience.