Mrs. J.
Hewlett Packard's 5200 Series Is Discontinued!
Hewlett Packard is selling an All-In-One Printer, 5200 Series for which they have discontinued support! I found the identical product on Amazon for $319. but the advertisement does [not] tell the buyer the model and support ended 01/01/2024. I bought the printer from HP for $74.00 in 2019. It has stopped taking print requests from my HP Laptop--the newest one purchased just a year ago in February. I worked with a wonderful support tech for over an hour and they were unable to fix the problem. Finally, my call was disconnected. When I tried to reconnect (the agent gave me a ticket number and an email to get back to support) the system returned an error message: "Sorry, something went wrong on our end. Please try again later. Okay. So I gave up and called Sales stating my model number, year bought, product ID, etc. asking for a similar item "with the same functionality." The salesperson countered with: "How much do you want to spend?" They had no idea I'd already spotted the same product on Amazon. That response told me everything I needed to know about getting help as a long-time HP client. This entire experience has caused me to not buy from HP again. There should be a "Discontinued item-no available support-Buy as is" disclaimer. There is none! So to anyone looking for a 5200 series HP printer (with built-in obsolescence) purchasing this particular item is advised against. For the reasons stated, I will no longer purchase from this company. Further research after the phone calls revealed that HP has lost much of the respect it once enjoyed. Customers have lodged complaints about the products as well as poor customer service. Note: I purchased and paid for (I have the receipts) an extra-Care Pak for the printer at the same time I bought the (refurbished) laptop from QVC. The agent handling the transaction [did not tell me[ the product was going to be phased out! I called later in 2023 to ask a question about the printer malfunctioning and was told by a different agent "There will be no further support beginning 01/01/2024. No, I was not offered a refund or adjustment of any kind. So they have my money (I bought extra for three (3) years and I'm simply left with a non-working printer and payment for a service that was sold under suspicious circumstances. Folks, be very careful dealing with HP directly. If you purchase from an online seller at least you'll have them to go back to. I'm closing this case with a warning to everyone. Avoid! Avoid! Avoid!



