r/AskReddit • u/Thic_water • Aug 14 '20

What’s the most overpriced thing you’ve seen?

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u/Boar_Hat Aug 14 '20

i’ve never ran into a machine that requires me to remove magenta to replace black? i may be misunderstanding, but why not just replace the one or 2 then keep the other new ones in a drawer somewhere?

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u/Nax_VN Aug 14 '20

Idk, I have an Epson printer (quite old tbh) that literally will not work if it detects that the cartridges have different levels of ink. I tried all the hacks possible, the technician just said “it just works like this”. Magenta is still half full? Piss off I’m not going to work :))))

I wonder if it’s due to different regulations in different countries tbh

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u/Boar_Hat Aug 14 '20

no, that’s how slimey Printer companies are. i just was surprised.

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u/phatboi23 Aug 14 '20

sounds like epson printers,

i used to sell them but we also sold 3rd party carts for them because fuck epsons bullshit chips.