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<blockquote data-quote="superczar" data-source="post: 2522023" data-attributes="member: 281"><p>Arent you assuming two things in a bollywood 80s movie Black/White vein viz:</p><p></p><p>- Customers are idiots</p><p>- Corporations are outright evil</p><p></p><p>In the example of proprietary ink that you quoted, there are two facets that you are disregarding:</p><p></p><p>1) locked inkjets are disproportionately cheap for the customer</p><p>Proprietary Ink model was adopted to create units that could be sold at cost or even at loss.</p><p>That makes it a positive proposition for households that print infrequently as many such households are ok with a high variable cost per print.. but not OK with a upfront high cost</p><p></p><p>(Inkjets are oft available for 2.2 -2.5K excl GST. Once you factor in channel costs, shipping & duty , the proceeds for manufacturer would be to the tune of <1000 INR. Inkjets are complex mechanical devices and the only way they sell so cheap is because of proprietary ink)</p><p></p><p>2) SMB or affluent households are targeted with Ink Tank units or Lasers. And HP (as well as pretty much every other printer brand) makes ink tanks too.</p><p>A basic ink tank costs between 8-10K excl GST even though there isnt much of a manuf cost difference between this and a normal ink jet. Given the product complexity of a printer, this would seem to be a fair price . Yet most households still buy locked inkjets.</p><p></p><p>Barring outright monopolies or oligopolies, I think you will find it hard, if not impossible to find examples of a company being able to get away with what you are assuming to be the norm</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="superczar, post: 2522023, member: 281"] Arent you assuming two things in a bollywood 80s movie Black/White vein viz: - Customers are idiots - Corporations are outright evil In the example of proprietary ink that you quoted, there are two facets that you are disregarding: 1) locked inkjets are disproportionately cheap for the customer Proprietary Ink model was adopted to create units that could be sold at cost or even at loss. That makes it a positive proposition for households that print infrequently as many such households are ok with a high variable cost per print.. but not OK with a upfront high cost (Inkjets are oft available for 2.2 -2.5K excl GST. Once you factor in channel costs, shipping & duty , the proceeds for manufacturer would be to the tune of <1000 INR. Inkjets are complex mechanical devices and the only way they sell so cheap is because of proprietary ink) 2) SMB or affluent households are targeted with Ink Tank units or Lasers. And HP (as well as pretty much every other printer brand) makes ink tanks too. A basic ink tank costs between 8-10K excl GST even though there isnt much of a manuf cost difference between this and a normal ink jet. Given the product complexity of a printer, this would seem to be a fair price . Yet most households still buy locked inkjets. Barring outright monopolies or oligopolies, I think you will find it hard, if not impossible to find examples of a company being able to get away with what you are assuming to be the norm [/QUOTE]
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