(here's your button ;-)
Some months ago, another shop owner here in town needed a toner
cartridge for his Hp Deskjet 1000, for another $20 he was able to
buy a whole new laser printer.  Such is the world of cheap
electronics...
I'm not sure I'd expect a big box office supply store to be able
to help me with a 14 year old printer, but I sure as hell think
Ford should still be able to supply evaporative emissions parts
for a 8 year old vehicle.  No wonder they're going tango uniform.

Hi. I don't mean to barge into your converstation but I just wanted to
throw in my 2 cents. I own a small independent office supply business
in AZ and your story is like what we hear everyday. The big guys
usually don't have a clue. As an independent office supply dealer we
work very hard to know our stuff and you'll rarely hear one of us say
we can't get it. The 75A cartridge has actually been discontinued by HP
but there are lots of Remanufacturers that still make reman cartridges
for it. We even have an HP brand 75A cartridge on the shelf. We are
part of a nationwide buying group called Independent Stationers with
more that 300 dealers across the country (there are other groups as
well) and any one of us would go out of our way to find the right item
for you even to the point of asking one of the other 300 dealers in our
group if one of them has some hard to find item that you need. With the
our buying group membership we can easily compete on price with the big
guys as well. If you'd like to find an independent dealer near you go
to www.isgroup.org and click contact on the left then at the end of the
paragraph there is a "locate a dealer" link. I hope you start your
search with an independent dealer first next time. Thanks. Chris
Lofgreen, Lofgreen's Office Products, Mesa, AZ

   Hey, *, I think that store may owe you a "material adjustment", like in
the form of paper? or else?--iirc, they offer some type of guarantee to have
your ink cartridges, which may apply to toners as well.  HTH, s