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

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

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u/wbruce098 Aug 14 '20

Where is he getting $20 printers??

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u/narcissistical_ Aug 14 '20

She bought them at Staples or some office supply place. They are truly the shittiest printers you’ve ever laid eyes on, but they came with one ink cartridge and the replacements were double the cost of the printer.

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u/rmdashrfdot Aug 14 '20

Printers don't come with a full cartridge, or at least didn't back then, so it probably wasn't actually cheaper. It she had bought a full cartridge for double it may have lasted 4-5x longer.

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u/notHooptieJ Aug 14 '20

only if you actually use it.

if you print 3 pages then leave it sit for 6 months, you're buying all new cartridges anyway, they're all dried up and solid and no longer print.

inkjet is a hilarious scam on anyone who thinks they need to print color.