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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/11/25/printer_cartridges_expense/
SURVEY SAYS ….UK BLOWS $MILLION$ ON OEM TONER & INK !
Branded printer cartridges, the new old enemy
British
consumers are wasting £440m a year on branded printer cartridges rather
than cheaper white label replacements.A survey from YouGov found half
of all households always buy brand name cartridges, which are typically a
third more expensive than equivalents from the likes of WH Smith.
Switching would save an average of £44 a year.Researchers spoke to 2,000
households. The average UK home gets through 4.85 cartridges a year.
Cartridges from HP, Canon or Lexmark cost an average of £30 each – so
the annual bill is £145.50 – the same as a TV licence.Only 18 per cent of respondents stick exclusively to cheaper cartridges.
The
survey was carried out on behalf of Environmental Business Products,
which also noted that non-branded cartridges are usually better for the
environment because empty cartridges are collected, cleaned and
refilled.Printer ink is of course infamously expensive – remember the
old survey which compared HP’s cartridges with Dom Perignon vintage
champagne?
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/11/25/printer_cartridges_expense/
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