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    The Grouse: The Inkjet Refill Racket

    By Posted on 3.4.2008 54 Comments

    2.13.2008 at 02:39am - Comment by CrankyGreg

    I was a victim of the inkjet racket. I had two HP Deskjet printers - the all-in-one kind. Fax, scan, print. Worked great, except the ink was a total scam. For one thing, if you try to conserve ink, the ink would dry out or expire. Then, buying new ink was so expensive! And HP did a fine job of making it darn near impossible to buy generic cartridges. The bottom line is, if you print photos, you are better off sending them to Costco, which is what I do. At 17 cents per photo, it's a deal. No paper or ink worries. So now, I have a laser printer for documents, and if I have to print photos, I send them to Costco and pick them up an hour later. Color inkjet printers are really a scam. I just can't believe I fell for it!



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