Okay, so
today we're doing something a little different. Today we're talking
about ink.
No, not
the stuff inside pens or the bottle you dip your quill in to write
poetry on parchment with. We are looking at printer ink.
If you
google “most expensive liquid” you'll find things like human
blood ($1330 per gallon), Chanel No. 5 ($23.300 per gallon) and King
Cobra venom ($135.500 per gallon). No problem, expensive stuff, but
did you know that black printer ink clocks in at around $2380 per
gallon?
So what? I
hear you ask. It's expensive to produce, so of course it costs a lot.
But that's not the truth. The fluid that costs more than human blood
is actually very cheap to produce. I'll link a video below that I
highly recommend that you watch. In it you'll learn that a tech
company that sells ink cartridges for $59.95 spends no more than
$00.23 to produce them. That is not a typo by the way. The ink costs
23 cents to produce, but they sell them for 60 dollars.
If you go
to a shop and look around, you'll quickly see that the printers
usually costs the same as the ink. You can of course spend a lot more
for a high quality printer, but most home printers hover around the
$60 mark. The companies actually sell them at a loss in order to sell
you ink. Much like razor companies sell the razor handle at a loss,
but mark up the changeable blades a great deal. The video goes in to
more detail about this, so I'm not going to repeat it all here. That
would be pointless.
The actual
point is that the entire printer ink business is essentially a scam.
Your printer may actually be programmed to waste ink or to lie to you
about how much it has left. The question is of course why we allow
it. And that is a very good question. I have no answer, but I do know
that the first step is to spread information, and that's what I'm
doing. You should too.
Alright,
enough of that. Here's the direct link if you're reading this by
email:
And with
that, I'll see you all next time. Until then, have a spotless week!
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