Greedy Scam

My printer ran out of ink and I am faced with a horrible dilemma: to replace the ink cartridges or buy a new printer. They are about the same price. So, here is the scam, they sell you a printer cheap hoping to hook you on for endless purchases of ink cartridges. It is a pretty good scam--they catch you no matter what your decision is. I feel better with my HP because the print head is changed with the ink. At least I get a brand new print head. Of course, the HP cartridge costs quite a bit more. The Epson, however, is cheaper but has these counter chips on them that you have to reset to refill. To make matter worse, when the counter chips stop the machine from working, there is still plenty of ink in the cartridges. Why do ink cost so much, and why do they try to force us to buy them? To make money, clearly, by taking it from our pockets. I decided to get a resetter for the counter and refill the ink myself. Now, you say, why are you complaining, you got to refill on the cheap. Well, it is a messy and dirty job. And it does not have to be so. It is made so for no reason than making more money. It would be very easy to design ink reservoirs that can be refill easily, instead they make it as hard as possible and as expansive as possible. Technology may make our lives easier, but those who control it does not.