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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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[–] Krulsprietje@lemm.ee 87 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Printer inkt. In our shop people are still buying them for a way to high price…

[–] qyron 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.

[–] Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 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.

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