15-10-2025, 12:47
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Just a Geek
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 4,349
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Re: Moans and Pet Hates
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Originally Posted by Anonymouse
Printers whose cartridges cost more than they do.
I got a Canon Pixma TS705a for 40-odd quid. Sorted, I thought. But a week later the yellow cartridge ran out. I went to Ryman for a new one...and discovered they're 20-odd quid individually, so I "saved", if that's the right word, getting a multipack. Saved a trip, too, for when the cyan runs out (I think that was getting low, too).
£56.99.
More than the printer.
Oh, I see their fiendish plan - sell the hardware cheap, then sell the consumables for more, and that's where they make their money.
I miss the days of dot matrix printers. Noisy, yes - but they worked straight out of the box, connection was no trouble at all, and printer ribbons were cheap.
Compare that with the "improvements" of today! 
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3rd party a fraction of the price
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gureef-Ink-...G3H9CSJHO&th=1
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