Epson Stylus Photo R200, ready to go, complete kit = $99.00
Replacement cost for all six cartridges: $78.00 (or you have to compromise on color tone by using generic ink).
This certainly encourages consumers to just dump the whole thing everytime ink runs out.
This is a good example, but I'm sure we have a lot of other durable goods that are being used as disposable goods. What can you expect the outcome to be?
As a bad thing I can see the quality steadily dropping with an anticipation of things being used lightly then discarded and never ending landfill accumulation.
As a good thing, it keeps the manufacutring business going.
Overall, do you think it's good/bad for the society?
Replacement cost for all six cartridges: $78.00 (or you have to compromise on color tone by using generic ink).
This certainly encourages consumers to just dump the whole thing everytime ink runs out.
This is a good example, but I'm sure we have a lot of other durable goods that are being used as disposable goods. What can you expect the outcome to be?
As a bad thing I can see the quality steadily dropping with an anticipation of things being used lightly then discarded and never ending landfill accumulation.
As a good thing, it keeps the manufacutring business going.
Overall, do you think it's good/bad for the society?
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