At a recent inkjet and toner refill business conference I noticed the T.V. or maybe a Radio reporter walking about with his microphone attached to his right hand. The reported tended, it seems, to follow around the naturally fashionable ladies with their nice figures and smiling faces.
Why you should never buy any inkjet or toner refilling machine.
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Yes, I was at yet another inkjet and toner refill printer cartridge exhibition and trade show about the inkjet and toner printer cartridge business. The downtown hotel and conference center was packed full of entrepreneurs wanting to operate their very own inkjet and toner printer cartridge business.
The many vendors of refill machines were talking up their foolproof inkjet refill machine assuring that money was to be made. One refill machine maker even manipulated the daintiest of females refilling inkjet printer cartridges indicating that this one little girl could make you rich.
Just like the brochures the refill machines were foolproof and customer upset-proof and you could own the lowest priced inkjet refill machine for only five thousand dollars.
The inkjet toner printer cartridge refill symposium was just getting cranked up and even the banks were represented for people that needed to have access to loans to make their dreams come true.
The inkjet refill machine salesman said the only danger within the inkjet refill business is not buying his inkjet refill machine.
Claiming hundreds of inkjet refill machines being sold in America every year he even picked up the machine clearly proving it was the light weight money maker.
The salesman seemed like the guy on T.V. selling a new diet plan. He explained how the refill machine would take two tablespoons of printer ink that would only cost a dollar and turn it into ten dollars almost instantly. It seems the inkjet refilling machine was a magic money making appliance for your business future.
The inkjet refill machine makers presentation got a little more interesting when a well made man said he could build that machine, with a bigger printer ink tank, include better fittings, improved pumps, hoses and cabinet for about two hundred dollars.
The well made man said the salesman’s inkjet refill machine looked like it was constructed cheaply.
The inkjet refill machine salesman kept pushing his point that it was a light weight money maker and came with a factory warranty of one full year and could be easily extended to five years.
The well made man continued to increase the pressure on the inkjet refill machine salesman by clearly stating that the rubber hose that connects to the ink tank would last about a week or so at the very best.
The filling caps were poorly fitted and the gaskets were not preventing vacuum leakage the man continued as the well made man continued to speak a little bit too loud and pointing at the various parts of the inkjet refill machine.
The inkjet refill machine salesman quickly assured that the factory continues to make modifications to the inkjet refill machine and if purchased came with a complete warranty.
I’m not sure if the well made man wanted the inkjet refill salesman to feel like a con-man but the eager onlookers started to move away as an experienced inkjet refill business owner joined in the conversation.
The inkjet refill business owner jumped right into the conversation without any hesitation.
“Well my plan was to open refilling stations and letting storekeepers make a little money with me” The inkjet refill business owner walked up a little closer to the newest model inkjet refill machine on display.
“I was even thinking about buying one of these advanced and high priced inkjet refill machines on this trip.”
The inkjet refill machine salesman thanked the stranger for his comments and he was relieved to hear some good news from a real life customer.
“I didn’t say I was going to give you a fist full of fifties again!” The inkjet refill business owner took a step back from the advanced, top of the line, forty thousand dollar inkjet refill machine and looked straight at the salesman.
“The last time the machine broke down I had to wait three weeks for parts and you didn’t have any local repair service.” “Despite the warranty I still had to pay $349 for the parts because the vacuum pump wasn’t covered.”
As I stood alone just like a statue in a corner the inkjet refill business man and the inkjet refill machine salesman looked too me a little gloomy.
“Let me tell you something Mr. Inkjet Refill Machine Salesman; before you go and sell any more of these machines why don’t you tell the customers they’ll go broke?”
The inkjet refill machine salesman took a little step back and seemed to be leaning against the refill machines table for balance.
“You can say that again!” A lady walked up and joined in the conversation. “I bought two machines, rented two buildings, hired six good people and we’re tempting bankruptcy right now!”
“You’re trying to sell something that is very tempting but you puffed it all up and you’re featherbedding your inkjet refill machines.”
“My inkjet refill machine makes some kind of irrepressible squeal every time you turn it on and it’s a real pleasure when it doesn’t leak printer ink all over the counter.”
Here comes another satisfied customer?
“Say it again! If you buy an inkjet refill machine and plan on renting a store front, make sure you get a choice location, select a site on a nice high knoll so you can roll that inkjet refill machine down the hill on trash day!”
Another passerby chimed in!
“Spread leaves and brush all over the dead inkjet refill machine so the dogs won’t dig it up!”
These upset but reasonable inkjet refill machine owners have discovered the mystery element of the inkjet refill printer cartridge business.
These inkjet refill machine owners seemingly came to this convention to get a refund or at least fight with the inkjet refill machine makers and their representatives.
My own company has been teaching the truth about inkjet refill machines for over five years now and it’s very revealing to visit all the inkjet refill machine makers and see what their pitching this month.
My own booth was set up just down the walkway and I could see a few people picking up my NDITC brochures and business cards.
The inkjet and toner printer cartridge refill business is a giant money maker but there seems to be some kind of inkjet refill machine mystery in the industry. Hundreds of new business owners purchase inkjet refill machines every year and end up wasting thousands of dollars.
These inkjet toner printer cartridge trade shows are full of inkjet refill practitioners and sorcerers of engineering and even simple plumbing. The salespeople are dressed well and claim to always have the modern way to wealth. The inkjet refill machines can often times torture the machine owner and the afflicted inkjet printer cartridge.
From my own trade booth you would clearly see inkjet refill machine maker signs with prices from $1500 to $40,000 with machines in every shape and size. To be sincere most of the inkjet refill machines look like contraptions.
Over the years the methods of refilling empty inkjet printer cartridges often times killed the inkjet cartridge patient and also the customer.
The corner store inkjet refilling practitioner is almost bankrupt and all their machines, supplies and gallon jugs of ink are stashed away in garages around the country, mostly covered with plastic.
There was an exciting origin for that thing we call the “ink man”. The inkjet printer cartridge refill business shows the tendency to peter out just like the soap, perfumery and toothbrush salesman that knocked on your door years ago.
When our own business was started over five years ago the industry maxim was to buy an inkjet refill machine and start making money.
My own professional upbringing in business as a fortune 100 specialist allowed me to pass over all of these so-called opportunities within the inkjet and toner printer cartridge business.
My professional years at Staples as a national specialist allowed me the unique insights from very close up. This one retailer generated billions of dollars in gross sales and hundreds of millions of dollars in profits and they had no intentions of buying an inkjet refill machine.
There was almost a vow of secrecy imposed inside the inkjet and toner printer cartridge business. Everybody understood that Hp Hewlett Packard, Canon, Epson, Lexmark, Dell, Brother and about a dozen or so more brands controlled the entire world market in inkjet and toner printer cartridge manufacturing.
It was almost sacrilege to speak poorly of the supply chain partners like Staples, Office Max, Office Depot, Wal-Mart or Best Buy.
The “ink man” and his efforts to refill your inkjet printer cartridge came about because of callous and coldblooded inkjet and toner printer O.E.M. Original Equipment Manufacturing companies and their supply chain retail partners. The O.E.M.’s and the retailers were hardnosed about protecting their markets and hardhearted about keeping their high prices and high profit margins. The log cabin small business “ink man” figured out how to refill inkjet printer cartridges and rebuild toner printer cartridges and shaped a brand new industry.
This inkjet and toner printer refill cottage industry grew very quickly.
The money was being made by the inkjet refill machine makers and the local refill stores, and all they had to do was charge less than Office Depot, Wal-Mart or Staples and you were in business.
The so called experts within the inkjet and toner printer cartridge field cashed in on the inkjet and toner printer cartridge business.
The refill industry outlets grew in number and so did their complaints from customers. The inkjet and toner refill remanufacturing consumer loved the savings but protested against very poor quality and leaking printer cartridges.
Machine makers slapped together some cheap machines or started importing really despicable machines. Years later we knew that a $5000 inkjet refill machine could be imported for less than one thousand dollars at the wholesale factory cost.
Business historians will surely indicate that greed and jealousy built the inkjet refill business. Inkjet refilling was almost a guild throughout the country. You could buy refill kits, refilling machines, inkjet component parts, printer ink by the gallon and start your own business as quick as you could sign the check to the machine maker or supplier.
Inkjet refilling and toner refilling was now a multi-billion dollar business segment and the O.E.M.’s and their retail partners started to take notice and fight back.
The mystery of the inkjet and toner printer cartridge made people a lot of money so thousands of machines have been built and sold and significant profits were generated.
A guy in his garage or a gal in a little shop on main-street could make a few hundred dollars a week and only work a few hours.
The Big box retailers with their significant marketing power started to push back against the inkjet refill operators with the considerable help of the O.E.M. Original Equipment manufacturing makers like HP Hewlett Packard, Canon, Epson, Brother, Lexmark and Dell.
The O.E.M.’s had the perfect monopolists plan and they were wealthy with cash, research and development budgets and worldwide patents.
The O.E.M.’s we’re also rich beyond cash through their retail supply chain partners and we’re influential at the local, state and federal levels.
The last Democratic convention participants didn’t have to worry about pens and paper because they were 100% supplied by Staples.
The minds of the masses, you know, the customers that pay for everything really enjoyed the savings they were getting with refilled inkjet and printer cartridges.
Every inkjet refill sale took cash money away from the O.E.M.’s and their supply chain retail distribution partners. The inkjet and toner O.E.M.’s and the retailers started to moan and grumble as their profits were now starting to shrink.
The O.E.M.’s hate refill operators and the Big box retailers were ready to build up any kind of system to put them out of business.
Companies like HP Hewlett Packard, Canon, Epson, Lexmark, Dell and Brother were well entrenched behind lawyers, patents and their friendly triple-barred wire fortress network of retailers like Office Max, Staples, Wal-Mart etc.
Practically impregnable the inkjet and toner printer cartridge market was operated much like a medieval kingdom.
The O.E.M.’s hired slave-like labor, built massive factories, manufactured everything outside of America and simply re-imported their own inkjet and toner printer cartridges back to the American market.
They have grossed Billions and Billions of dollars year after year.
The inkjet refill machine salesman was just about surrounded at this point as more customers started to join the conversation.
“You never tell people that they might only refill one inkjet cartridge a day!”
“You didn’t tell me about the thumb-screw that Staples would put on my business!”
“You didn’t tell me that I was forbidden to work on my inkjet refill machine or the warranty would be voided!”
“I went to your inkjet refill business school and you didn’t say anything about the constant and expensive computer upgrades required to keep the machine current!”
Wait till you hear the rest of this story!
