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Cheaper than the Canon imageCLASS LBP6030w for $87?

I can find some Brother monochrome laser printers for $70 on eBay.

After a quick check I found the "HP Deskjet Plus 4130" new for 350 NOK (so about 37 USD, which includes 25% VAT and a 2 or 5 (probably 5) year warranty mandated of the vendor). Seems similar to the others that come up when sorting by price on one of the local price comparison sites. So 70 USD would for most people appear to be about twice as much money up front for something that needs to produce the bare minimum and otherwise be easy to dust.

Is there some kind of information asymmetry at play where in 2026 customers can’t comprehend a more expensive printer being a lower cost in the long run?

And here we are talking about a difference in cost of roughly $35 or the price of a meal for 2 at Chipotle.

Would you say that it’s unfair that the Toyota Prius costs more to purchase than a Nissan Sentra but the Prius costs less to operate due to having much better fuel efficiency?

Are consumers somehow unable to understand why they might choose invest more up front?

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