From: "Mark" 

I know, it's nuts! My last HP printer was $69 or so, the pair of ink
cartridges added up to about $49. The printer died fairly early on too,
probably never should have saved the $20 by buying the cartridges.

It's been about a year now without one, not much printing needed, but I do
miss having one, so will probably pick another one up just prior to wanting
to print hard copy of the tax returns in April. Probably not an HP this
time, he said as long-time (the original $500 DJ 500 was my first) HP
buyer.



"Mike N."  wrote in message
news:5e3cn299ppkh1u4jcdg0jbe3j8dl8cd71b{at}4ax.com...
> On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 23:09:54 +0200, "Antti Kurenniemi"
>  wrote:
>
>>Is this for real? Seems really fucked up, even for a marketoid thinking...
>
>   Does anyone make an Inkjet printer with customer-friendly pricing?  That
> is, sell it all at cost + profit.   So a printer might cost $200 - $300,
> but inkjet head / cartridge fillups would cost $4.99.
>
>   Several weeks ago, I went into WalMart to check out new cartridge
> prices.  B&W + Color refills would cost $54.   On the way back there I
> passes a new inkjet printer on sale for $48.   Insanity!

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