I can’t quite figure out who is the biggest rip-off merchant: Harvey Norman (huge electrical and furniture chain) or Hewlett Packard. It seems that every couple of months I am running off to buy new ink cartridges for the printer when I really don’t use it all that much. I think I have spent twice the amount of the printer just on ink now, and I didn’t choose a particularly cheap printer.
So, today I found myself in the printer ink section of Harvey Norman and I see a black ink twin pack (say that one quickly after a couple of egg-nogs) declaring that it will save me money. I pick it up and read the price of $67.95. Just for a comparison on how much I will be delightedly saving, I pick up a single pack. $33.95.
Right.
So it is actually cheaper to buy TWO separate packs? Ridiculous. I know I can’t blame HP for this one necessarily, as Harvey Norman put their own price stickers on the items.
Damn you Harvey Norman – you should know better than to mess with a woman and her savings!
What a rip-off. If there’s anything you should be doing Bee, it’s haggling. You shouldve been able to get $10 minimum off the price of the twin pack. My moto in life; the price tag does never reflects what I’ll be paying at the counter!
I was tempted to haggle but I would stammer and blush a lot! Grumpy
Now you know why I am one of thoose boring people who take calculators shopping to check prices……..
Don’t you worry – I busted out the calculator on my phone! Grumpy
…does never reflects…great English me.
Funny! Just yesterday an uncle was telling me how ridiculous it was (same type of situation) for tea bags. Hubby also noticed it was cheaper to buy two 12 packs of beers than one 24 – go figure. I remember the days when my parents would tell me to buy in bulk in order to save… times are changing or what?
And there is ‘more’ packaging in the ‘one’ so you think bulk would make it cheaper! Ah, those were the days where we would have 12 bottles of sauce in the pantry cos it was ‘on special’. Grumpy
I have to agree with the Hewlett Packard angle. Those ink cartridges are insane!
Whew – I am glad I am not the only one! Grumpy
Wait. I am not a math person and even I can figure out that is so very wrong.
I know! A whole 5 cents they were gonna rip me off
Grumpy