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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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[–] 91 points 3 years ago (11 children)

Printer inkt. In our shop people are still buying them for a way to high price…

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    Epson is running the market hard with their EcoTank printer. I've seen one litre bottles for less than €50.

    If not, go for refurbished/refilled cartridges.

    I still remember the fun of refilling old HP cartridges for a dime a dozen.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Those ink tank printers are their own kind of scam though, they clog if you dont use them frequently enough, and they use a non-replaceable dump pad when cleaning and purging that effectively bricks the printers when it is considred full, which is usually just a timer, not an actual sensor.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

    Ugh, I keep getting an error when posting a reply so I just repeat the send.

    Thank you for the warning.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Agreed! I miss my Samsung CLP. That was a real battle horse!

    Yet, the talk was about printer ink and it is really hard to beat the price for that much ink, for those machines.

    Fun fact: I don't even own one of those machines. I have a Canon. Still cheaper than HP cartridges but those assholes tie the entire machine operation to the cartridges.

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