tomence,
Which part was BAD advice?
Ask your reseller to provide you with L260 (without take-up)?
or
Purchase a MOTORIZED third party take-up (for under $500) that maintains TENSION quite adequately on many L25000's which had a real cheesy OEM take-up? Don't be too quick to assume that all third party devices are junk?
HP makes a really nice margin on their optional take-up for L210 customers...especially since it is the same as the non optional take-up on the L260.