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HP Must Defend Half-Empty "Economy" Ink Cartridges

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the false-economy-that-is dept.

An Anonymous Coward excerpts this short Detroit News story, which begins "PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Hewlett-Packard Co. must defend the sale of half-full ink cartridges with its printers after a Minnesota appellate court reinstated a lawsuit against the world's largest maker of printers. Three Minnesota women claim that the company doesn't reveal that the 'economy cartridges' installed on new printers are only half full of ink." The cost of refills is why I've given up on inkjet printers entirely (for now) -- guess which division of HP made more money than the other four combined?

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  1. You Get What Ya Pay For by ScumBiker · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Subject pertty much sums it up, but I'll add more. You pay $89 (or less) for an inkjet printer. You get a litle bit of ink to get you started. Oooh, I've printed, whatv 500 pages of text. I need to get a new cartridge. Why do you think HP is in business? To give stuff away for free? They are good enough to include a cartridge with the printer and they really don't have to. There's no law that says "HP will include cartridges with each and every new inkjet printer they sell". I see no rip off here other than the three women and their lawyers.

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  2. So... by DragonPup · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Would you say the cartridge ships half empty? Or half full? Pessimists :P

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  3. HP's defense by Cardhore · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "Their not half-empty, their half-full."

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  4. Re:Why do people bother with inkjets? by eyeball · · Score: 0, Redundant

    :)

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