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    BTW, I've had my Brother laser MFP for 11 years and still on the original toner.

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    [โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I'm a big proponent of buying government surplus office printers. I have this huge print center collater thing that came with more toner than I'll ever use in my life. $55

    [โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Oh gods yes. Government surplus equipment is amazing when you can find it.

    My state used to send all their decommissioned IT equipment to a warehouse where the public could buy it. It was a wonderland. My first few laptops all came from there (was poor and that was the only way I could afford one).

    About 5 years ago, though, they stopped that and only send old furniture there. Anything electronic now goes to some 3rd party e-waste service where it probably ends up in a landfill in some poor country.