Xerox travel scanner

My grandmother had collected a lot of pictures over the years.  I wanted to scan the collection, but there were a lot of pictures.  I only have a flatbed scanner, which takes a long time to scan pictures.  I decided to find a feeding scanner so that I can spend as little time as possible scanning the pictures.  I settled on Xerox Xtravel 600 dpi travel scanner.  The reviews were mixed, but some people speculated that they weren't reading the manual.  They stressed that you must read the manual before doing anything.

I purchased it thinking that if I read the manual, it should be fine.  I started having issues immediately.  The Windows XP machine didn't like the scanner.  I tried to use my Linux laptop without success.  The scanner would scan, but all the images would be really dark.  I couldn't get it to calibrate.  Finally, I tried a Windows 7 machine, and I had the same issues that I had with Linux.  I had similar issues to some of the reviews, and I did follow the instructions.  This leads me to believe that the product is just crap.

I purchased the scanner in July of 2012 for $100.  I just checked today, and it is selling for around $150.  Amazing that the price went up for a product that doesn't work.