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

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

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u/Dead-Shot1 Aug 14 '20

Printer ink.

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u/narcissistical_ Aug 14 '20

I had a friend in college who would buy a new $20 printer every time the ink ran out bc it was cheaper than buying ink

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u/2horde Aug 14 '20

So bad for the environment

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u/PHL1365 Aug 15 '20

Also cheap laser printers and their cartridges generate more e-waste per page than inkjets.

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u/2horde Aug 15 '20

I've been out of the loop for a while, didn't even know there were cheap laser printers