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Was he tricked into buying a an ink cartridges subscription and hadn’t noticed he was paying for one?
by mgiannopoulos 7y ago
Was he tricked into buying a an ink cartridges subscription and hadn’t noticed he was paying for one?
- sixothree 7y agoOn top of the fact that he bought an inkjet printer in the first place, which seems silly enough in this day and age.
- sebazzz 7y agoI bought a quite expensive (300 euro) color laser printer about 4 years ago (a HP, but I'm happy with it). I have never replaced the toner, but do need to print from time to time. If I had bought an inkjet printer I'm pretty sure I would have spent more on cartridges by now. Mostly because cartridges dry out. Not on HP printers, but on some, it causes the printer to fail permanently too if a cartridge is dry (Epson comes to mind).
- sammorrowdrums 7y agoWell instant ink has a free tier. So I have bought an $80 inkjet and then payed a total of about $5 on ink since then when I went over the free limit. Across about 3 years so far. But HP spy on me via my printer.
- slim 7y agoepson ink printers have a cheap cost per color printed page since ink is sold in bottles
- detaro 7y agoIt's not quite as bad anymore as it was a few years ago. Inkjets have become competitive again in quite a few domains, with pricing now being a lot less silly.
- eloisant 7y agoIt's really a mystery for me how he got his subscription without noticing it. By default I trust people's good faith but this time I'm really wondering whether he was really surprised, or if he knew what he was doing but feigned it for Internet fame. I have an HP printer, I use Instant Ink because I chose to. By default it just works like a regular printer, you buy cartridges and there is no subscription to pay.