My last experience with an HP product was a laptop I bought at Costco a couple of years ago. I had it for 3 whole days before the screen died with a 2 inch wide black spot in the middle. Went from the top to the bottom.
I returned it and got a Lenovo, which is working fine to this day.
Prior to that I had another HP laptop, the plastic on it started cracking everywhere, and one day I opened it up and the hinge broke out of the front of the screen bezel.
Done with HP. Only reason I bought the 2nd HP laptop is that it was cheap. The Lenovo I returned it for was another $200 but it seems to have been worth it.
I agree that HP is an inferior product. Also for ink, I buy it on Ebay at a good price.