News, Life's Little Rip-offs That Drive Consumers Totally Nuts. (CostCo, bj's, discount)

[JD59]

Printer ink—which often costs more than the damn printer itself—immediately comes to mind. So do razor blade cartridges that cost more than $4 a pop.

Read more: Life’s Little Rip-offs That Drive Consumers Totally Nuts - It's Your Money - TIME.com

[lev3ra9e]

Yes, that's the biggest legal racket right there.

Here's how I beat it.

I order my ink cartridges online at discount sites. So if you have an HP printer they will have the exact compatible cartridge type for a fraction of the price.

Razor blades - Simple. Go to Costco, BJ's, Sam's and buy in bulk.

Gain leverage!

[Neuling]

I find planned obsolescence quite annoying. Companies are literally designing stuff so that it breaks after a certain amount of usage, not seldom shortly after the warranty period is over.

[Enterprise]

"Little rip offs", but yet your all making a bigger deal out of it.