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Printer Ink pricier than champagne!
Anyone seen the article in the Daily Mail UK Newspaper today (Tuesday 20th Nov). http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/298/image2uis.jpg Not a bad business, thought I'd share with you. davy |
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Printer Ink pricier than champagne!
"davy" wrote in message ... Anyone seen the article in the Daily Mail UK Newspaper today (Tuesday 20th Nov). http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/298/image2uis.jpg Not a bad business, thought I'd share with you. davy The printer companies go out of their way to make a greedy profit from their ink. There's nothing rare about the ingredients that go into the ink and so they go out of their way to make the cartridge design often difficult to replicate and adorn it with a chip to make it further tamper proof. That includes making it infeasible for the average printer user to refill their cartridges that would avoid throwing the empty cartrdges into landfills, and even putting time stamp chips on the cartridges that allow them to not be used in the printer after a couple of years to protect the printer from 'stale ink' and head clogs. It would seem sufficient to put a label on the cartridge to tell the user when the cartridge expires just as labels are put on drug prescriptions to tell the user when not to use the medicine. . About 10 years ago one paid these companies a premium price for the printer and a semi-reasonable prices for ink cartridges. The cartridges weren't chipped and folks could refill at least the Epson brand with reasonable efficiency. That's been turned around unfortunately because the companies have learned they can make more profit selling ink rather than the other way around. I think the only way printer companies are going to start becoming more efficient to the consumer and thinking of the environment is through legislation by an outcry from the public. And the probability of that happening is about the same as no one shopping on Black Friday. -- Jan Alter |
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Printer Ink pricier than champagne!
"Jan Alter" writes:
"davy" wrote in message ... Anyone seen the article in the Daily Mail UK Newspaper today (Tuesday 20th Nov). http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/298/image2uis.jpg Not a bad business, thought I'd share with you. Unlike Joel's post (since I have been a bit out of the mainstreadm) posits, I hadn't seen the picture, but my first thought was: if one were to want to drink this ink, it would make a more fair comparison. My next thought was about Austrian economics and marginal value... The printer companies go out of their way to make a greedy profit from their ink. There's nothing rare about the ingredients that go into the ink and so they go out of their way to make the cartridge design often difficult to replicate and adorn it with a chip to make it further tamper proof. That includes making it infeasible for the average printer user to refill their cartridges that would avoid throwing the empty cartrdges into landfills, and even putting time stamp chips on the cartridges that allow them to not be used in the printer after a couple of years to protect the printer from 'stale ink' and head clogs. It would seem sufficient to put a label on the cartridge to tell the user when the cartridge expires just as labels are put on drug prescriptions to tell the user when not to use the medicine. I personally have absolutely no beef with private companies doing what they think they can get away with in the market place in order to make more money. What I do object to is their use of government force and monopoly to restrict others in what they can do, thereby giving themselves an unfair advantage at taxpayer expense to boot. If the companies want to enforce restrictions, they should jolly well do it out of their own pockets, so that the costs and benefits of doing this kind of business become clear---not privatize the profits and socialize the costs. . About 10 years ago one paid these companies a premium price for the printer and a semi-reasonable prices for ink cartridges. The cartridges weren't chipped and folks could refill at least the Epson brand with reasonable efficiency. That's been turned around unfortunately because the companies have learned they can make more profit selling ink rather than the other way around. No problem if they can keep it that way in a competitive environment. I think the only way printer companies are going to start becoming more efficient to the consumer and thinking of the environment is through legislation by an outcry from the public. And the probability of that happening is about the same as no one shopping on Black Friday. You know, that is like jumping into the hole you are digging for someone else. Because that is exactly what these companies have done and continue to do. Legislation is exactly what is not needed. The removal of legislation would be the right path. -- Gernot Hassenpflug |
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Printer Ink pricier than champagne!
On 11/20/2012 4:21 PM PT, Joel typed:
Most of us have seen the picture over a decade ago. It's new to me. -- "The ants and termites have renounced the Hobbesian war." --Petr Kropotkin /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer. |
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Printer Ink pricier than champagne!
"Ant" wrote in message ... On 11/20/2012 4:21 PM PT, Joel typed: Most of us have seen the picture over a decade ago. It's new to me. Not everyone was around 10 years ago to see it. Other folks seem to think it's worth repeating. ): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml Wonder how long I'll be waiting for a printer company that specifically makes a printer that uses cartridges that are refillable without chips. -- Jan Alter |
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Printer Ink pricier than champagne!
Wasn't it Lexmark that made their printer cheaper than their inks? Quote Jan. Wonder how long I'll be waiting for a printer company that specifically makes a printer that uses cartridges that are refillable without chips. Can't see them doing that it's against the law of profit! The worst offenders are those triple coloured tanks because not everyone uses a set amount of coloured ink... some folks might use more yellow ink than red and so on, they should be the first to go! davy |
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Printer Ink pricier than champagne!
On 11/21/2012 11:50 AM PT, Jan Alter typed:
Most of us have seen the picture over a decade ago. It's new to me. Not everyone was around 10 years ago to see it. Other folks seem to think it's worth repeating. ): Heh, I was computing back then too. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml At least the article is new, but the problem is OLD. :P Wonder how long I'll be waiting for a printer company that specifically makes a printer that uses cartridges that are refillable without chips. Probably never. I wonder why small companies don't make one to compete with the bigger boys. I am going to buy a laser printer for my next printer. No more inkjets. [sighs] -- "What reason, like the careful ant, draws laboriously together, the wind of accident sometimes collects in a moment." --Friedrich von Schiller /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer. |
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Printer Ink pricier than champagne!
I thought it all started with John Bull printing outfit...... wasn't the stamp pad dearer than the rubber letters? 'John Bull Printing Outfit' (http://squirrelbasket.wordpress.com/...ut-typewriter/) davy |
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