Spent $80 on a cheap document scanner and it broke in two weeks

I needed to scan some old tax papers for my side gig, so I grabbed a no-name scanner off Amazon for about $80. It worked okay for like 10 pages, then the feeder started jamming every other sheet. By the second week, the rollers just stopped grabbing paper entirely. I opened it up and saw a little plastic gear had stripped out. No way to fix it, and the return window was already closed. Now I'm stuck with a paperweight and I still need to scan those documents. Anyone had a cheap scanner that actually held up or should I just pay more for a name brand?

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hugoh5519d ago

$80 isn't cheap for a scanner, that's just a bad brand.

the_thomas19d agoMost Upvoted

It's like with anything now, people see a low price and assume it's garbage without actually checking what it does. @hugoh55 is right that $80 isn't pocket change for most folks, but the real issue is how "cheap" has become a dirty word for quality. I see it all the time at the hardware store - some $10 tool gets labeled as junk, but it does the same job as the $50 one if you're not a pro using it every day. You gotta look at the specs, not just the price tag.