The plaintiff Ranjit Bedi, a Boston man, claims that Staples and HP are in a secret business together to jack up printer ink cartridge prices. Allegedly, HP has paid Staples $100 MILLION just to sell HP exclusive ink! We all know prices are already through the roof no matter where you go. After all, that’s where companies like HP really make their money. You really think a $50 color cartridge is only a %40 mark up from manufacturing costs? Please! These figures make a gallon of gas look dirt cheap.

Believe it or not, the ink industry has always been a very vicious place to be. Big companies like HP, Lenovo, and Epson have all been caught trying to pass crazy patents and things of the like just to rid their lives of these pesky third party retailers. They’ve also gone as far as implementing a chip within their cartridges that interacts with the printer, disallowing third party cartridges to work in the printer. With all that being done, do you still think companies need to charge so much for a bit of ink? It’s also no surprising to hear that many “level indicators” are a false psotive, reporting a low cartridge when really there is at least half left!

LOL, nice job alex… its so true.