My son works at Future Shop (best buy) - he got my mum a new printer last month and that's what he told her - when the ink runs out let him know and he'll get her a new printer..lol
She had a Hewlett Packard and it was a couple of hundred bucks..Cartridges over the last 3 years or so cost her around 700.00..ridiculous.
Ridiculous is right. The companies got prices down on Printers, some even give you one w/ the purchase of a PC, but then soon enough your gonna need ink, and that's where they make their profit.