On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 07:33:40PM -0400, Davey wrote: > Russell wrote: > > [snip] > > Why > > is it that a printer carterage costs as much as the printer itself? > > This one is easy, it is the Gillette Principal of Business: > "Give away the razors in order to sell the blades" > > which translates to: > > "Give away the printers in order to sell the ink cartridges"
Actually, most of them are very blatant about this. Some HP support pepole told me that some folks actually found it cheaper to buy a brand new printer than to replace the cartridges. I believe it. My wife has a little cheap Epson. Replacing the cartridges will run about 40 dollars. The printer itself sold for less IIRC. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Xander: What do you feel? Anya: Upset, afraid of being without you, and a little hungry. Xander: I meant about the house. Anya: Oh. Still haunted. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
