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A cheap no-name printer would be more expensive than all the name brands because the name brands sell at a loss so they can make a profit on ink
by StevenWaterman 3y ago
A cheap no-name printer would be more expensive than all the name brands because the name brands sell at a loss so they can make a profit on ink
- em-bee 3y agodecades ago a friend of mine was running out of ink on his printer. he then discovered that buying a new printer with ink was cheaper than buying ink for the old printer. this practice should be made illegal through environment protection laws
- happymellon 3y agoQuite often this is not actually true, the ink cartridges that are bundles have less ink than new cartridges. But everything is misleading to make you spend more money, so who knows anymore.
- em-bee 3y agotrue, my friend may as well have been duped by exactly that. or it was a special sale. it's just a memory of an experience that is forever tied to this topic.
- theshrike79 3y agoExcept when you don't use it that much and the actual big cartridges just dry out. I actually bought three of the same shitty Canon scanner/inkjet combos in a row when I ran out of ink. Then I came to my senses and got a Brother laser.
- timbit42 3y agoAt this point, people realize this and realize what a ripoff these subscriptions are and they would leap at the chance to buy a printer that let them buy their ink or toner from anyone.
- JohnFen 3y agoYes, but surely there's a market for that. I would very strongly prefer to pay what the printer really costs in exchange for not getting soaked on the consumables.
- Doxin 3y agoThose do exist. I've currently got a canon ink tank model, and BOY is the ink affordable when compared to cartridges. It's actually competitive with laser printers. Expensive printer though.