Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/04/printer_promotion/
HP whips out its Bulgarian airbags
Dutch printer promotion merriment
Posted in Music and Media, 4th October 2006 11:03 GMT
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HP is currently running a campaign in the Netherlands to tempt punters to trade in their old printer for a new, shiny model.
As is the local custom, it's set up a website which, among other things, calculates the value of your old machine. As our informant Edwin explains, point your browser here (http://www.taxeeruwprinter.nl/hp/index.php) and hit "TAXEER ZELF":
For those of you not familar with juvenile calculator-based humour, here's the gag:
In the circumstances, we really must apologise for the headline of this article. It's clear HP doesn't have any Bulgarian airbags (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/03/bulgarian_airbags/) to whip out in the first place. ®