I had only the best experience with my local Cartridge World Store. They deliver to the office for free and pick up the empties. Quality is always top and we are doing the right thing for the environment. Americans make up only 5% of the world population but we produce over 50%!! of the world's landfill waste. In Europe almost 30% of all cartridges will be remanufactured, in the U.S. it's only 10%. It takes a gallon of oil to just produce one toner cartridge. In North America alone, over 350 million cartridges per year are discarded in our landfills, and that number increases by 12 percent annually! A laser cartridge thrown into landfill can take up to 450 years to decompose. Some components made of industrial grade plastics will take over a thousand years to decompose. Every remanufactured cartridge saves nearly 3 and 1/2 pounds of solid waste from being deposited in landfills.
Plenty of reasons for responsible people to give the reman. cartridge a try.

I know there are a lot of 3rd-party inkjet mfgrs., but I'm very surprised that you didn't mention LaserMonks.com. That's the one I've used for years. It's actually run by a monks order, so the products are probably better than run-of-the-mill. I've never had a problem with anything from them, and the print quality looks great.

So far, with four years usage on my old HP printer, I have only replaced the color and black cartridges once each. And, as I saw it, it was because the contact film had degraded, I do not think it was {but possibly} low ink levels.

I refill my cartridges with ink refill kits otherwise. I've had what I would estimate at three of each cartridges "unspent" by refilling. That figures in the cost of the ink-refill kit, which would otherwise be four of each cartridge. I find it economical for for me to refill, it doesn't take too much time, and going patiently while wearing gloves and a table cover has been working for me.

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No! I definitely do not work for Epson. I have an Epson Inkjet printer. I am a retired Eng Tech from a large farm machinery Manufacturer. I have tried to use the "cheap ink" and had very very bad experiences with them. The "cheap ink" stores in my area (Quad Cities IL) will not even refill my cartridges. If you have used the "cheap ink" and had extremely good luck with them, my advice: Use them. I'm trying to alert the folks with the R800- R1800 Epsons, you will probably be disappointed. If you buy "cheap ink" and you ruin pictures and you have to throw the cartridges away (they are not returnable) then it isn't "cheap ink" any longer. So sorry to disappoint you "saurischian"

Great!! Use the "cheap ink". I don't have a wink to insert

I think, I mentioned it earlier, maybe in a different link. There is no such thing as "cheap ink".

Ink is not an expensive liquid. Even if manufacturers made everybody think, it is. You can buy the most expensive, highest quality ink available on the market, made in Germany, for about $45.oo a Gallon retail. If you buy the same ink in an OEM HP cartridge, it will cost you between $5000.00 and $8000.00 a Gallon!!! No other product has a higher profit margin, than OEM cartridges. If you see a new tire for a $100.00 and right next to it a remanufactured tire for a $100.00, would you think, the reman. tire is cheap? If you now go to the next tire shop, and you see the same reman. tire for a $100.00 but the same new one is prized at $500.00, does that make the reman. tire cheap? Or does that make the new tire a total rip off?

How come, you say your cartridges are not returnable? Who did you buy from? Our local Cartridge World store has a 100% Guarantee. So far, we only had one cartridge that failed. One phone call, and they came out, 20 minutes later, with a replacement. No charge. Try that with a new one.....

how did the author miss 123refills? its about the only site i know that sells cartridges, refill kits and continuous systems.

Another good retailer is InkPlusToner.com