May 27, 2009 
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You can seemingly get almost anything else in the known universe off of eBay, so why not maintenance free countertop water filters? Well, there are a lot of reasons why not. This is not to say that eBay or any other online auction website is a bad thing. Far from it. Online auction sites have helped to transform mail order and home based businesses. However, they’re just not up to par with getting a clean & pure countertop water filter.
The Time Factor
Although online auction sites have come a long way in eliminating scammers and cheapskates, you still are taking a chance getting anything from eBay. This isn’t a big deal if you are looking to eBay to get something like a collectable or home improvement tool. But a maintenance free countertop water filter does have a perishable part to it - the removable cartridges that help transform a little canister into a clean & pure countertop water filter.
On average, a maintenance free countertop water filter does live up to its name. You don’t need special tools to take care of it and don’t need to hire anyone to install it. But you do need to change the water filter cartridges every six months in order to get the healthiest and best tasting water possible. This translates to about 500 gallons.
If you buy an older clean & pure countertop water filter off of eBay or from a flea market, you might not be able to find any filter cartridges to replace the ones you have. That means after 500 gallons of water, your new maintenance free countertop water filter will be maintenance free only in the sense that it will have to go in the trash.
No Customer Service
You also don’t get any kind of customer service or answers to any questions you might have about your clean & pure countertop water filter when you buy it off of an online auction website or a flea market. You might even wind up buying a supposedly maintenance free countertop water filter only to discover that the manufacturer isn’t in business anymore.
The best clean & pure countertop water filter manufacturers even remind you about when you have to change your filters by sending them to you every six months. This is an extra service that not all maintenance free countertop water filters can provide. This service lasts for the life of your filter.
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