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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Epson is running the market hard with their EcoTank printer. I've seen one litre bottles for less than €50.

If not, go for refurbished/refilled cartridges.

I still remember the fun of refilling old HP cartridges for a dime a dozen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Those ink tank printers are their own kind of scam though, they clog if you dont use them frequently enough, and they use a non-replaceable dump pad when cleaning and purging that effectively bricks the printers when it is considred full, which is usually just a timer, not an actual sensor.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dude stop selling us Epson ink, you are spamming your ad 3 times.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ugh, I keep getting an error when posting a reply so I just repeat the send.

Thank you for the warning.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also stop selling Epson ink, laser is superior!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed! I miss my Samsung CLP. That was a real battle horse!

Yet, the talk was about printer ink and it is really hard to beat the price for that much ink, for those machines.

Fun fact: I don't even own one of those machines. I have a Canon. Still cheaper than HP cartridges but those assholes tie the entire machine operation to the cartridges.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

Old HP LaserJets like 1000 series (XP/2000 era drivers) are absolute behemoths. Still have and use one since 10-15 years.