OT HP - Walmart Explain This

DavidG · #1 August 30th, 2003, 07:03 PM

Well I've been jokingly saying for years this would happen and now it has:

Cost of HP 3420 printer (including full capacity #27 and #28 cartridge) = $59

Cost of #27 and #28 cartridge alone = $63

I need new cartridges for my printer so I save money by buying a whole new printer and then chucking it out!!! This just seem soooo wrong!

Kamog · #2 August 30th, 2003, 07:16 PM

Maybe we can make money by buying the printers and then selling the cartridges for $62.

Then sell the printers without the cartridges on ebay for cheap and get a few dollars each.

Fyron · #3 August 30th, 2003, 07:43 PM

Actually, you can sell the printers minus ink for full price on ebay. One of my friends does this whenever he runs out of ink.

Arkcon · #4 August 30th, 2003, 08:23 PM

Yeah, it seems dumb on the face of it. But the printhead has the precision nozzles and all the electronics. What's the printer body got -- cheap low density pLastic body and a couple of steel rails for the head to ride on, soft rubber paper feed mechanisim, cheap led status lights?

Still, I'd rather buy a personal laser printer.

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 August 30th, 2003, 10:30 PM

yeah, but the print heads are coming with the printer.

DavidG · #6 August 30th, 2003, 10:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Arkcon:
Yeah, it seems dumb on the face of it. But the printhead has the precision nozzles and all the electronics. What's the printer body got -- cheap low density pLastic body and a couple of steel rails for the head to ride on, soft rubber paper feed mechanisim, cheap led status lights?

Still, I'd rather buy a personal laser printer.

Ah this is true and everything would make sense if they ink cost say $50 and the printer + ink $60. Ever buy ink for an Epson 600 series? The printheads are NOT part of the cartridge yet the cartritges still cost a bomb.