Brother LC41 and LC51 cartridges are worth 50 cents each.

HP 901xl Black, 901 Color, 60XL cartridges are now on the list.

Here is the link.

With people trying to save money where they can, it is no surprise to see the sales of personal computers down and their services division up.  People are more willing to fix something instead of replace it.

The one surprising aspect is the printer supplies division.  It was down 19% (only to the tune of $6 billion).  “Cathie Lesjak, HP’s chief financial officer, said the decline in ink sales was a “reflection of a very tough economy — in a tough economy folks don’t print as much,”"  this is only partially true.  Last year, every printer company raised their prices.  However, HP just did another price increase on the first of Febuary around the tune of 7% average.  The reasoning behind the first price increase was understandable, the cost of the materials have went up.  However, the reason behind the second price increase I believe is a slap in the face for HP’s customers.  To paraphase the press release I received, ‘ Since we are not selling a lot, we need to increase prices to make more money off the people who are buying our products.’

The way HP put this press release out about increasing prices, in my mind, was not right.  You do not increase the prices on customers just because the economy is bad.  Consumers have it bad enough as it is.  On the good side, we have seen an increase in interest in our products and services.  Thanks HP.

Thanks goes out to the Associated Press for help on this article.

LC51B Refilled – $5.65

LC51 Colors Refilled – $5.30 each

LC51 4 Pack – $20.60

The list of printers that are affected by this is pretty large, 12 different printer families and all the models in those families.  HP says to download the latest firmware and update the printer.

Here is the link for the full article from HP.com

He just spent $35 plus dollars on it, so he wasn’t going to buy a new one.  So he asked me for the HP tech support line.  He sat in my store while he called.  Almost an hour later, he now has the cartridge coming in.  The best part he said was he was told to shake the cartridge.  How does shaking a cartridge that has a electrical problem help??

So the moral of the story is, if you have a problem with an Official HP cartridge, and decide to call Tech Support, have a lot of time, or at least an hour.  I think their goal is to out wait you on the phone so they do not have to send you a free cartridge.

We have the Lexmark #2 and #3 replacement cartridges in stock and ready to ship.  So now if you need them, you can get them here and get the quick shipping with UPS.  There is a limit of 2 each currently.

For the Lexmark #2 click here

For the Lexmark #3 click here

With all that is happening with Lexmark, it will be interesting to see how it ends up at year’s end.  With Circuit City closing, we have seen a spike in people interested in the Lexmark #2 and Lexmark #3 replacements that we offer.

Read the full report here at CRN.com

“Walking into my local Staples today, they had a nice big sign by the door. It simply read, Starting Feburary 1st, 2009 Staples will limit the number of cartridges you can recycle to 10 per month per person.

So instead of 3 per day, now it is 10 per month. A drastic reduction. Good news is they still recycle all HP, Dell, Lexmark, and Kodak cartridges.”

Talk about a rip off.  That is a 66% reduction in the number of cartridges they will recycle.

Why does it matter?  According to Toner News Lexmark has a large variety of printers in Circuit City, while companies like Best Buy do not.  It will be interesting to see how badly this affects Lexmark’s bottom line, which right now is not doing to good.

Samedayinkjet.com does have the Epson replacements as well as OEM Epsons.  Check us out.