I bought ink for my printer today — an Epson Stylus C82.
The ink — one cartridge each of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black — cost me \$70 from Office Depot.
The printer, which isn’t even sold by Epson anymore, can be picked up on Amazon starting at \$39.
The current comparable printer from Epson — the Stylus C84 — can be picked up on Amazon (complete with ink) for about \$84, only about \$14 more than what I paid for the ink.
Why even bother buying ink anymore? Seems to me that it’s practically more cost effective to just buy a printer and use it until the ink runs out, junk it, and buy a new one. Go for a printer that’s a little bit cheaper than the C84, and I’d be willing to bet that it is cheaper to treat them as a “disposable” item.
That’s just flat-out ridiculous.
iTunes: “Masters of War” by Dylan, Bob from the album Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, The (1963, 4:34).