Tom Emerson wonders:

>I'm just wondering how long it will be before BIC comes out with a printer
>for which there are no refills -- just like their pens and shavers, use it
>till it runs out, then throw it away/buy a new one...

Won't happen.  HP and others set the price of a new printer at or below the
break-even point in anticipation of future cartridge sales.  If a printer
manufacturer (e.g. Bic) needed to make their profit only from new printer
sales, the price of the printer would have to be considerably higher.

Another dodge HP uses with the cheaper printers sold under the Apollo name
is to include only a black cartridge with the printer.  If you want color,
you immediately need to buy a color cartridge, which nearly doubles the
initial investment in some cases.

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