On Tuesday 12 August 2008, you wrote:
You should read this. http://h71036.www7.hp.com/hho/cache/546038-0-0-225-121.html I especially think you should pay attention to the part where it says "Refilled inkjet cartridges had a better than 25% (1 in 4) chance of being dead on arrival or failing prematurely." Sounds like you might have gotten hit by that 1 out of the 4.
Sounds like FUD.
Maybe instead of blaming the company that makes the printer that was working fine with a proper ink cartridge, you should blame the company that refilled (or more probably improperly refilled) the ink cartridge that you purchased at a discount to save a few dollars.
No self-contained cartridge should be able to break a scanner. Furthermore, I didn't buy a "refilled cartridge". I bought a refill kit. Which was a trivial process. And with exception of the alignment printouts (that printed black perfectly fine), the cartridge and ink is still all self-contained.
How much is your time worth and how many hours have you spent trying to get the discount ink cartridge working. Did you really save money?
I can't realistically blame anyone but HP for this nonsense.