guess the price of gas aint so bad after all!

whirlwind · 10-10-2005, 12:26 AM

i just had to buy some friggin ink for my friggin printer!...35 bucks and i bet there aint a teaspoon of ink in the dang thing! sheesh!

Shaun · 10-10-2005, 01:53 AM

yeah but you probably don;t go through that many per month as you do gallons of fuel

NorCalAshnjikov · 10-10-2005, 02:08 AM

you probably got the printer for free -- printer manufacturers make their living on ink cartridges -- better get yourself a refill kit

whirlwind · 10-10-2005, 02:58 AM

yup! thats right! i think i gave like 50 for the printer ...ugh!

Shaun · 10-10-2005, 08:33 AM

I would just buy a new printer if it wasn't for $13 cartidges I would buy a printer as you can get a decent Lexmar for 39 at wally world

Big Dog · 10-10-2005, 11:09 AM

I have two Lexmarks from Wally World. Paid about $70 each. They use the same cartridges. Near $40 for the color, and $27 for the Black. Yep, I got the F'in printers for free! Sure wish the carts had more ink. Taking it easy, I buy new ones every other month.
Wally doesn't carry refill kits for the LM printers though, only the HP's and Canons.

Ctwo · 10-10-2005, 11:33 AM

I just realized, if I want to print photos, it was really uneconomical to buy my own printer. It costs 50C for one piece of paper, plus the ink, whatever that comes to per sheet. I pay $70 for the replacement kit for my i950 (6-pack).

Costo (if you have that warehouse shopping center in your area) was only charging 17C per photo. Might check into a Target or Walmart, etc. photo service

whirlwind · 10-10-2005, 05:08 PM

yup i got a wal mart lexmark too.

Apollyon67 · 10-10-2005, 10:19 PM

Just a word to the wise... The cartriges for printers you get with the new printer usually has less ink by about a third.

zebraben · 10-11-2005, 01:37 AM

yeah I agree costco is the way to go
for anything

OneInchGroup · 10-13-2005, 01:06 PM

Refill kits that actually work are around $20.00 for color, and include enough ink to refill the carts 5 or 6 times, so you can figure those $35.00 new cartridges are making the printer mfg. about a 1,000% profit margin. Also, BEWARE the sneaky guys at Epson. They have the best printers for the money, but the carts all have smartchips in them that shut down after you run out the "complete" amount of ink they came with, and won't let you use them again. I had to spend another $10.00 to get a smartchip reprogrammer gadget to reset the !!!!ed meter on my set of 4 eppie cartridges. Of course after all that, the refill kits brought the renew price down to about a buck a throw. Just takes a little time to beat the S.O.B.s at their own game............. :gangster:

Chris · 10-14-2005, 11:56 PM

I had a refil kit explode in my face...wear saftey googles!

rebel727 · 10-15-2005, 04:05 AM

Some cartridges just won't work with refills.

10-10-2005, 12:26 AM	#1
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10-10-2005, 08:33 AM	#5
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10-10-2005, 11:09 AM	#6
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10-10-2005, 11:33 AM	#7
Ctwo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 344	I just realized, if I want to print photos, it was really uneconomical to buy my own printer. It costs 50C for one piece of paper, plus the ink, whatever that comes to per sheet. I pay $70 for the replacement kit for my i950 (6-pack). Costo (if you have that warehouse shopping center in your area) was only charging 17C per photo. Might check into a Target or Walmart, etc. photo service

10-10-2005, 05:08 PM	#8
whirlwind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 3,751 Images: 1	yup i got a wal mart lexmark too. __________________ De oppresso liber !

10-10-2005, 10:19 PM	#9
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10-11-2005, 01:37 AM	#10
zebraben Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: San Rafael,Ca Posts: 47	yeah I agree costco is the way to go for anything

10-13-2005, 01:06 PM	#11
OneInchGroup Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 123	Refill kits that actually work are around $20.00 for color, and include enough ink to refill the carts 5 or 6 times, so you can figure those $35.00 new cartridges are making the printer mfg. about a 1,000% profit margin. Also, BEWARE the sneaky guys at Epson. They have the best printers for the money, but the carts all have smartchips in them that shut down after you run out the "complete" amount of ink they came with, and won't let you use them again. I had to spend another $10.00 to get a smartchip reprogrammer gadget to reset the !!!!ed meter on my set of 4 eppie cartridges. Of course after all that, the refill kits brought the renew price down to about a buck a throw. Just takes a little time to beat the S.O.B.s at their own game............. :gangster:

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rebel727 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Heidelberg, Mississippi Posts: 1,635	Some cartridges just won't work with refills. __________________ North-1 South-0 HALFTIME!