From my point of view HP printers are a bad investment.

  • luciole (he/him)@beehaw.org
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    9 months ago

    Yeah, it’s the “loss leader” strategy. Some HP printers are very cheap, sometimes cheaper than the cartridge you need to put in it. They’re doing it ridiculously aggressively.

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      9 months ago

      I wonder whether they’d sell more if they put the prices up but promised no further charges or restrictions? It would give them a unique market position as a seller of premium trustworthy products. Brother is the closest to that at the moment, though their printers aren’t even more expensive. HP is certainly to be avoided.

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        9 months ago

        If you cared about price per sheet and you print a lot, then you’d have a better printer than an ink jet.

        HP pulls this shit because that business model works for people who need to print a little.

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          9 months ago

          Ink jet cartridges dry up when they’re not used often enough though, which screws people who don’t print much as well. HP just screws everyone equally.

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            9 months ago

            I had a printer from HP but rarely had to print anything. It happened way too often, that I had to buy a new cartridge, because the old one dried up. Soo annoying… Now I have a laser printer from brother and it’s much better! No more drying up! I guess this is more about technology than it is brand, but it somehow was fitting here😄

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            9 months ago

            I’m talking about the difference between using an ink-jet or something more expensive like a laser printer.