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$37. plus for a little printer cartridge???

On Feb 7, 1:38*pm, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Feb 7, 9:20 am, "Don White" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

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On Feb 7, 12:14 am, "Calif Bill" wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message
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OK, so my printer cartridge dies. the little HP 45.
I went to the local "china-Mart" store and was shocked at how much a
little plastic cartridge with some kind of coal dust can cost.
I don't print much. I don't have much reason to, but dang!
Somebody said in the case of their older Lexmark printer the cartridge
was higher than getting a new printer with cartridges preloaded.
amazing.
Costco refills for about $9. Some other stores also.
I wish there was one around in my locale

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You don't have a Costco??
Hell, we have two here...one on each side of the harbour.- Hide quoted text -

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Don, I live in BF ILLINOIS. I'm about 70 to 90 mi. of any town worth
going to.

So....

I'm pretty limited on what I can get, and where I can get it. But I'm
thinking on getting a couple refilled cartridges from Ebay and see
what happens. I mean, $8.95 USD with postage paid isn't much to lose
if they don't work.

If they do, then it still beats thepants off of ChinaMarts $37.00 a
piece

It is always best to avoid walmart.- Hide quoted text -

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Unless you need a chair or something else right? Man, you and Obama,
"do as I say, not as I do"....

$37. plus for a little printer cartridge???

"BAR" wrote in message
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Tim wrote:
OK, so my printer cartridge dies. the little HP 45.

I went to the local "china-Mart" store and was shocked at how much a
little plastic cartridge with some kind of coal dust can cost.

I don't print much. I don't have much reason to, but dang!

Somebody said in the case of their older Lexmark printer the cartridge
was higher than getting a new printer with cartridges preloaded.

amazing.

Keep your eye on the ads and when you see a $69 printer, buy 10. When the
first one runs out of ink throw the whole thing away and open up the box
with the second printer.

That is sad but true. A lot of plastic goes to the dump. Just did that
with my HP C3140. Great printer, so was it's replacement and nothing at all
wrong with it. But needed a new set of ink and I was looking at $70 for new
ink. So I pulled out the one I got with the last computer for $29.

Looking at the cartridges, my guess is they cost HP about $1 to make. 3000%
markup. But the printer is subsidized knowing people need the cartridges.
Being a low usage user, they last quite a while. I think they also count on
people printing pictures, which eats them fast.

Wish there was a easy cheap way just to refill them without the mess.

$37. plus for a little printer cartridge???