Anybody else outraged about the cost of toner? These companies sell printers
for nothing, and after that they make tons of money charging me for the
toner...

Jim P wrote:
> Anybody else outraged about the cost of toner? These companies sell printers
> for nothing, and after that they make tons of money charging me for the
> toner...
>
>

When you get old enough to shave, you're REALLY gonna be upset. ;-)

mike

>
> When you get old enough to shave, you're REALLY gonna be upset. ;-)
>
> mike
>

lol

"Jim P" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Anybody else outraged about the cost of toner? These companies sell
> printers for nothing, and after that they make tons of money charging me
> for the toner...


really toner is not that much?? or shouldnt be that much maybe $0.03/page?!
at least it's cheaper than inkjets :-P

"Jim P" wrote
> Anybody else outraged about the cost of toner? These companies sell
> printers for nothing, and after that they make tons of money charging me
> for the toner...

When I worked for Hewlett Packard some years ago I was given this inside
information - that HP is not a computer company. It is not even a printer
company. It is an ink/toner company. Bulk of its profits comes from ink and
toner.

Regards -JW

"John Wright" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When I worked for Hewlett Packard some years ago I was given this inside
> information - that HP is not a computer company. It is not even a printer
> company. It is an ink/toner company. Bulk of its profits comes from ink and
> toner.

It is hardly inside information - HP's financials post each quarter the revenue
and profit by segment of the company. See:
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/investor/fi...s/2004/q4.html. In the
most recent quarter the "Printing and Imaging" sector had $6.5B of revenue, out
of a company overall of $21.1B.

- Bob Headrick

Jim P wrote:
> Anybody else outraged about the cost of toner? These companies sell printers
> for nothing, and after that they make tons of money charging me for the
> toner...
>
>

Perhaps we should go back to the "GOOD OLD DAYS" when a Laserjet II
cost $2700.

Would that make you feel better?

Don't you just hate to see companies make money to stay in business.

They should lose money so as to give the customer the best bargain?

On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 08:37:51 -0600, jbuch <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Jim P wrote:
>> Anybody else outraged about the cost of toner? These companies sell printers
>> for nothing, and after that they make tons of money charging me for the
>> toner...
>>
>>
>
>Perhaps we should go back to the "GOOD OLD DAYS" when a Laserjet II
>cost $2700.
>
>Would that make you feel better?
>
>Don't you just hate to see companies make money to stay in business.
>
>They should lose money so as to give the customer the best bargain?

You capitalist pig!

PJ

jbuch wrote:
> Jim P wrote:
>
>> Anybody else outraged about the cost of toner? These companies sell
>> printers for nothing, and after that they make tons of money charging
>> me for the toner...
>>
>
> Perhaps we should go back to the "GOOD OLD DAYS" when a Laserjet II
> cost $2700.
>
> Would that make you feel better?
>
> Don't you just hate to see companies make money to stay in business.
>
> They should lose money so as to give the customer the best bargain?
>
>
>
I may be dating myself here, but a girl I used to get to print resumes
for me in my pre-pc days had an IBM daisy wheel quiet writer, I think I
recall her telling me she paid over C$2000 for.... But it was nice
output I'll have to say!

You obviously hold some HP stocks :-)

"jbuch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Jim P wrote:
>> Anybody else outraged about the cost of toner? These companies sell
>> printers for nothing, and after that they make tons of money charging me
>> for the toner...
>
> Perhaps we should go back to the "GOOD OLD DAYS" when a Laserjet II cost
> $2700.
>
> Would that make you feel better?
>
> Don't you just hate to see companies make money to stay in business.
>
> They should lose money so as to give the customer the best bargain?
>
>
>