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Originally Posted by Quoth
That's why new ones from some makers now only have 1/4 to 1/2 full cartridges.
Printers that use big deliberately refillable tanks are of course more expensive.
Sadly even with good high speed duplex laser printers the cost of a new one is often cheaper than a repair.
It was cheaper to buy a new fridge last time, than the replacement thermostat (just the part and it was x20 overpriced for a thermostat at retail prices). Obviously one off retail parts for repairs do cost maybe x10 the bulk 1000 off factory / OEM price, thus a $1 thermostat might be $10, but it should not be nearly $200.
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If it might interest (didn't tried it):
https://printserver.ink/ (
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43888157).
When searching for a freezer (for the 1,5/2$ per kg fresh chickens sales that supplier does within them exceeds, before them preservation expires, that I buy for the cats - a chicken of 1,250Kg per day), did found that the majority of them now is build in Turkey or nearby, it's
a standard (non meaning to deprecate but build quality is different).
I'd found a 10 years old second hand AEG/Electrolux, vertical 160 liters at 150 euros, the owner had to change it because the defrost function broke (due a thunderstorm), also he won't keep it anymore as too big.
Sadly manufactures changed drastically them quality builds, also that company that was making those ones nerby changed owner, as so many others, and the products are not the same (there are tons of different types of "plastic", also).
This one works fine, the previous owner said the repleacement he bought is not near even in consumptions.