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   Oliver Wendell Jones, Oct 12th, 2004 @ 12:14pm

   
   

   Yeah, but...

   I work in a similar industry, we spend millions of dollars to develop a product that is *very cheap* to manufacture, yet we sell it at a premium price.
   
   We also produce hardware that uses our cheap disposable product and give this away for far less than they cost to manufacture. Why? To entice people to use our premium priced product.
   
   The reason is that everyone else in this field uses the same business model. Everyone would love to not give away the hardware, but like with HP, Lexmark, etc., noone wants to be the first to try and sell a $500 entry-level inkjet printer with $5 ink cartridges.
   
   I'd venture to say that more than 95% of consumers do not consider the total cost of ownership when they purchase most products, they look at the features and the base cost and never once go to look at the cost of the expendable/disposable parts. Those 95% sure bitch when they run out of ink the first time, though...

    

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   Mikester, Oct 12th, 2004 @ 12:50pm

   
   

   Re: Yeah, but...

   That's why it's often cheaper to just buy a new low-end printer when you run out of ink, instead of new cartridges.

    

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   Oliver Wendell Jones, Oct 12th, 2004 @ 1:53pm

   
   

   Re: Yeah, but...

   well, that's a good plan, but most new printers come with "demonstration" cartridges that are less than half full... but you're right, last time I checked it was $10 more to buy a brand new Lexmark printer with ink cartridges than it was to buy just the ink cartridges...

    

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   David Garamond, Oct 13th, 2004 @ 3:22am

   
   

   Not to worry

   Not to worry. If something can be sold 10x cheaper, then someone else will sell it. There are many 3rd party ink providers already now.

    

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   Precision Blogger, Oct 13th, 2004 @ 6:46am

   
   

   Chanel #5 and Printer Ink

   If you needed to change the world, which would you rather have: A bottle of perfume or a printer with a full ink cartridge? Very few people could do better with the perfume...
   
   - The Precision Blogger
   http://precision-blogging.blogspot.com
   

    

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   dis be me, May 28th, 2006 @ 2:16pm

   
   

   ink vs gas

   You think gas prices are outragous???
   
   My printer ink, at about $25.00 for 8ml figures out to about $10,000 per gallon

    

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   Henry Cusic, Jun 26th, 2006 @ 5:53pm

   
   

   My printer

   Your right about one thing , I didn"t look at the price of ink
   when I Bought my printer. Now I am going to look at the price of the cheapiest ink and then buy a printer
   to match. I have toyed with the idea of a ink reiful. DonT know.

    

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   Discount Perfume Online, Jul 24th, 2008 @ 8:09am

   
   

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   Discount Perfume Online, Jul 25th, 2008 @ 7:32am

   
   

   perfumes

   Your blog is very much good. I am very much impressed by your blog content, i also come across number of sites for the perfumes for the cheap colognes and discount perfumes, you can also check these are also very much useful for everyone.

    

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    perfumes for men, Jan 1st, 2009 @ 7:57pm

    
    

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    as an art because every perfumes' scent is unique in its own way just like an artist
    paints unique pictures. I even run my own blog for perfumes.

     

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    Perfume Brands, Feb 12th, 2009 @ 9:01pm

    
    

    Perfume Brands

    Perfumes are the only commodity that requires complete hard work and patience. Every perfume is made having its own uniqueness. I own a blog and write posts on the history and the making of perfumes

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Mar 13th, 2009 @ 8:27pm

    
    

    OMG what's with the perfume spam all of a sudden??

     

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    Will, Mar 15th, 2009 @ 11:25am

    
    

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    I think someone said something about perfume and they decided that because of that they should spam it because we, as a community, have interest in perfume.

     

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    Nước hoa, Apr 23rd, 2009 @ 8:40pm

    
    

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