On Fri, 22 Aug 2014, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.periphs.printers, in article
, Floyd L. Davidson wrote:

Ant wrote:

Floyd L. Davidson typed:

Ah, I am trying to decide to buy cheaper older unopened ones or
pay more for the new ones.

How old?

Like a couple years old.

It varies - I've got two double boxes of HP60 Blacks with a "warranty
expires" date of "June 2012" bought about 2 years ago and stored in
the same place. Both cartridges in one box were DOA when I tried them
last month - one from the other box is working fine.

"... You need to know that the expiration date is
related to an unopened cartridge, but after that, I
would like to know when did you open it, also be aware
that this cartridge is almost two years old in your
possession, we do not advice tothe customers to have
cartridge storage for more than 6 months,

That is all true. Just be aware that they do NOT say
anything about whether the ink is good for 2 years or 10
years. They say they don't advise keeping it that
long... mostly because they are in the business of
selling ink.

BINGO!

If you throw away any ink that is 2 years
old and buy new ink, it's good for HP

or the other vendor you buy from. I've had good luck with
"remanufactured" (meaning refilled) cartridges from both OfficeMax
and Staples. Both will "buy" old/empty original, which further
reduces the costs.

Not so good for you...

Phil, depending on the amount of ink you use, you may want to compare
prices at Frys Electronics as well as the office supply and
department stores (typical 2 pack retail) verses a "bulk" package (I've
seen packages of 10) at a warehouse type stores like Costco.

Old guy