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It is a cool racket. Sell a decent ink-jet with some attractive features for $150 or so, then charge $40 or more for a simple replacement cartridge,

6 posted on 01/10/2022 12:36:46 PM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)

The inkjet printers are sold at near cost. They make the $ on the ridiculous ink cartridges. I use a Laserjet home printer and a cartridge last about as long as 5 or 6 inkjets. Plus it doesn’t dry up if I don’t use it for a while.

9 posted on 01/10/2022 12:39:33 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))

“It is a cool racket. Sell a decent ink-jet with some attractive features for $150 or so, then charge $40 or more for a simple replacement cartridge”

But it can go both ways. People like myself who minimize printing come out ahead, maybe needing one new cartridge every 2 years. But frequent users get killed.

In any case, if they now have to price printers without the possibility of significant financial recovery from media (that’s inside talk), then printers will likely go up in price quite a bit.

23 posted on 01/10/2022 1:20:52 PM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)

It is a cool racket. Sell a decent ink-jet with some attractive features for $150 or so, then charge $40 or more for a simple replacement cartridge,

You're paying way too much for an ink jet printer! I never buy one that costs more than $50 and when I need new ink, it's cheaper to just buy a new printer that comes with ink, and send the "old" printer off to electronics recycling.

That's what I do.

44 posted on 01/11/2022 12:06:43 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))