Hewlett-Packard Recalls Fax Machines

[OhioChick]

The fax machines were sold at electronic, computer and camera stores nationwide, and also via Internet retailers, for between $130 and $150.

By Reuters
InformationWeek
June 27, 2008 07:44 PM


WASHINGTON - Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is recalling about 450,000 fax machines that may overheat and cause burns or catch fire, U.S. officials said Friday.

The recall involves HP Fax 1010 and HP Fax 1010xi models manufactured from November 2002 through September 2004. The products were made in China.

The company has received three reports of overheating including two that caused minor property damage, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a statement. No injuries have been reported, the CPSC said.

Consumers should immediately disconnect the fax machines from the electrical power source and contact the company to receive a rebate, the CPSC statement said.

The fax machines were sold at electronic, computer and camera stores nationwide, and also via Internet retailers, for between $130 and $150, the agency said.

About 367,000 of the units were sold in the United States and another 84,000 were sold elsewhere.

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[psychmommy]

1. china is going to destroy us with our lust for cheap stuff.

we'll have cheap gadgets, food and clothes but they're going to poison, maim us or give us a rash. is it worth it people (i include myself in this-i luv cheap electronic gadgets)!

[CountAllVotes]

2. whatever you do ....

don't call HP. They'll try to sell you some software that won't work to "fix" the problem. Then you call them back and they'll try to sell you a new machine at a *discount* price.

Been there, done that.

FU HP!! :mad:

:kick:

[tridim]

3. Do people really still use fax machines?

[tomreedtoon]

4. Made in China, but designed WHERE???

I thought that these were designed by Americans, or at least people hired by Americans. And that they had specs for things like the components that the manufacturers had to follow.

It would be one thing if the Chinese manufacturer skimped on the product specs. It would be another if some Yankee Doodle Dumpling designed it with bad specs, and American Management approved of it, and shipped the thing out without testing a prototype.