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HP printer vs. ink cost??????
My son has a HP 3520 printer that I gave to him. I had to buy a hp printer
when I bought my computer for a rebate type of thing so I bought the cheapest printer they had, paid $39.99. Prints okay for what he uses it for, stupid crap, he's 13. He needs new cartridges for it. $22.00 for color cartridge - 18.00 for Black and White. Am I missing something? 22 +18= 40. Thats the same I paid for the whole printer that came with 2 cartridges, a nice big box, paper sampler, instruction manual, 1 year warranty, etc.... And for some reason, the generic cartridges are only about 2 dollars cheaper if you can find them. Now doesn't it make more sense to just buy a whole new printer and toss the old one out? Bob owner of an Epson with $3.00 B&W- $4.00 Color cartridges ;-) |
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A " PC World" guy told me that HP only half fill their cartridges taht are supplied with new printers.
I have asked Hp to confirm this, but surprise surprise -- no reply. They answer the other questions on my list, but I assume they have chosen to ignore this one I can only conclude that thier silence confirms assent BTW $40 for cartridges is cheap, here in rip off UK it's about £40 David HP 2500C, & Office jets 6110, 4110, 710 ************************************************** ****************************** DAVID HICKS ASSOCIATES LIMITED Industrial Roofing & Cladding Consultants Tel 01296 719775 Fax 01296 339073 Mobile 07980 432848 Visit our web site http://www.roofconsultant.fsnet.co.uk Please note whilst ever effort is taken to ensure that emails issued from this company are virus free, it is the recipient's responsibility to check them before opening. This company will not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage of data howsoever caused ************************************************** ****************************** "JohnQPublic" wrote in message om... My son has a HP 3520 printer that I gave to him. I had to buy a hp printer when I bought my computer for a rebate type of thing so I bought the cheapest printer they had, paid $39.99. Prints okay for what he uses it for, stupid crap, he's 13. He needs new cartridges for it. $22.00 for color cartridge - 18.00 for Black and White. Am I missing something? 22 +18= 40. Thats the same I paid for the whole printer that came with 2 cartridges, a nice big box, paper sampler, instruction manual, 1 year warranty, etc.... And for some reason, the generic cartridges are only about 2 dollars cheaper if you can find them. Now doesn't it make more sense to just buy a whole new printer and toss the old one out? Bob owner of an Epson with $3.00 B&W- $4.00 Color cartridges ;-) |
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The new printers come with cartridges that are filled to less than 1/2. They
actually give the printer away. You are paying only for the cartridges. This is the same for any of the printers you buy. If you want to print, you need cartridges... Anyways... $40 is not the end of the world for the kid to have some fun. It is better for him to be printing his stuff, rather than running around outside doing things you would never know about! -- Jerry G. ===== "JohnQPublic" wrote in message om... My son has a HP 3520 printer that I gave to him. I had to buy a hp printer when I bought my computer for a rebate type of thing so I bought the cheapest printer they had, paid $39.99. Prints okay for what he uses it for, stupid crap, he's 13. He needs new cartridges for it. $22.00 for color cartridge - 18.00 for Black and White. Am I missing something? 22 +18= 40. Thats the same I paid for the whole printer that came with 2 cartridges, a nice big box, paper sampler, instruction manual, 1 year warranty, etc.... And for some reason, the generic cartridges are only about 2 dollars cheaper if you can find them. Now doesn't it make more sense to just buy a whole new printer and toss the old one out? Bob owner of an Epson with $3.00 B&W- $4.00 Color cartridges ;-) |
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Dear Charlie
Your tact and diplomacy are a long way short of adequate. Thankfully not all users of the net take such social writings as seriously as you deem them of worth. Irrespective of this there is no reason to be so impolite in your communications, such action is inexcusable. For your info, I don't buy cartridges at all, all my printers are fed from resivoir bottles. much much cheaper, but not really an option for domestic useage, especially a 13 year old i would suggest. I trust now that perhaps you will restrict your comments to the item concerned instead of trying to inflame, inter alia, pointless arguemnts. Anyway, you may reply how you wish to this response as I only called in to ask one question, that now being resolved I have no further use for it and will now unsubscribe Good bye David |
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JohnQPublic wrote:
My son has a HP 3520 printer that I gave to him. I had to buy a hp printer when I bought my computer for a rebate type of thing so I bought the cheapest printer they had, paid $39.99. Prints okay for what he uses it for, stupid crap, he's 13. He needs new cartridges for it. $22.00 for color cartridge - 18.00 for Black and White. Am I missing something? 22 +18= 40. Thats the same I paid for the whole printer that came with 2 cartridges, a nice big box, paper sampler, instruction manual, 1 year warranty, etc.... And for some reason, the generic cartridges are only about 2 dollars cheaper if you can find them. Now doesn't it make more sense to just buy a whole new printer and toss the old one out? Bob owner of an Epson with $3.00 B&W- $4.00 Color cartridges ;-) First Law of Printers The cost of the printer is inversely proportional to the cost of the cartridges. IOW, the cheaper the printer, the more expensive the tanks. My printer cost £500, I pay £3 a cartridge (£24 per set). My sister (who wouldn't listen to me and is now regretting it) paid £40 for her printer and her cartridges cost £50 a set! Printer manufacturers make nothing on the units, they claw it all back in consumables. The 3520 is £30 over here and the black is £12 and the colour £14, only £4 cheaper than a new unit. Generally, the more you spend on the printer, the less you will spend on cartridges (unless you're unlucky and have a model that drinks the stuff!) |
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Always? Not true. My 970 came with regular cartridges.
Charlie+ wrote: On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 06:52:25 +0100, "David Hicks" wrote as underneath my scribble : What planet have you been on?! HP always supply special low ink cartridges (with different catalogue numbers) with their new printers. Their money is made on the cartridges, the printer is the hook - so the sooner you run out and go buy their nice cartridges the better!! HP's whole printer policy is to get you to buy cartridges and the more the better..you will notice that the newer and cheaper the HP printer the smaller the ink capacity of each cartridge! Charlie+ A " PC World" guy told me that HP only half fill their cartridges taht are supplied with new printers. snipped 160 lines of of junk including HTML which you shouldnt be posting in newsgroups. |
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On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:01:56 +0100, "Miss Perspicacia Tick" wrote: JohnQPublic wrote: My son has a HP 3520 printer that I gave to him. I had to buy a hp printer when I bought my computer for a rebate type of thing so I bought the cheapest printer they had, paid $39.99. Prints okay for what he uses it for, stupid crap, he's 13. He needs new cartridges for it. $22.00 for color cartridge - 18.00 for Black and White. Am I missing something? 22 +18= 40. Thats the same I paid for the whole printer that came with 2 cartridges, a nice big box, paper sampler, instruction manual, 1 year warranty, etc.... And for some reason, the generic cartridges are only about 2 dollars cheaper if you can find them. Now doesn't it make more sense to just buy a whole new printer and toss the old one out? Bob owner of an Epson with $3.00 B&W- $4.00 Color cartridges ;-) First Law of Printers The cost of the printer is inversely proportional to the cost of the cartridges. IOW, the cheaper the printer, the more expensive the tanks. My printer cost ?500, I pay ?3 a cartridge (?24 per set). My sister (who wouldn't listen to me and is now regretting it) paid ?40 for her printer and her cartridges cost ?50 a set! Printer manufacturers make nothing on the units, they claw it all back in consumables. The 3520 is ?30 over here and the black is ?12 and the colour ?14, only ?4 cheaper than a new unit. Generally, the more you spend on the printer, the less you will spend on cartridges (unless you're unlucky and have a model that drinks the stuff!) I had one of those printers and it died just before the warranty ran out. I bought a 3550 for less than the cost of a new set of cartridges. I was then advised to get a replacement under warranty, which I did. I gave this to my son and wife, and as I refill cartridges I will keep his and mine running with refills DT |
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"Charlie+" wrote in message ... On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 06:52:25 +0100, "David Hicks" wrote as underneath my scribble : What planet have you been on?! HP always supply special low ink cartridges (with different catalogue numbers) with their new printers. The above statement is completely false. - Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP |
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"Charlie+" wrote in message ... On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 13:25:38 -0700, "Bob Headrick" wrote as underneath my scribble : Apologies Bob, my fault for a too embracing a statement! I should have confined it to all the HP printers in the past that I have had anything to do with the purchase of! I do not believe that *any* current HP inkjet printers ship with starter cartridges. - Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP |
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On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 08:17:38 -0700, "Bob Headrick"
wrote: "Charlie+" wrote in message .. . On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 13:25:38 -0700, "Bob Headrick" wrote as underneath my scribble : Apologies Bob, my fault for a too embracing a statement! I should have confined it to all the HP printers in the past that I have had anything to do with the purchase of! I do not believe that *any* current HP inkjet printers ship with starter cartridges. That's interesting, because they always used to and the manual, such as it was told you so. -- Hecate veni, vidi, reliqui |
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