You're probably right. They are probably garbage. Before I got into refilling, I used them, and never had any problems, and I print 1000's of CD/DVD labels and inserts for clients I do production work for. The point I was trying to make, for anyone who has these, or just got them to replace...
I already posted about this, but, if you use the Office Depot refilled cartridges, they come with a black clip that snaps on to the cartridge for storing. They can also be reset, since they are canon oem cartridges. I'm new at refilliing, so if this is old news, sorry bout that.
My apologies if this info is already out there, couldn't find it search.
I just got a refill kit for my Canon ip4200, which uses cli-8 and pgi-5 cartridges. I also bought a chip resetter. I had been using Office Depot refills for a while and decided to go the refill route.
Well to my pleasant...