Cartridge World have been in the ink cartridge refill and supply business for many years but they now face HUGE amounts of competition from the large number of online suppliers. Cartridge World specialises in refilling ink and toner cartridges, and it all began from one store in Adelaide and has now grown to 1,000 stores worldwide in 9 years. Unlike Cartridge World most online retailers sell only NEW (not refilled) ink cartridges and the quality nowadays is extremely high. One problem that is often encountered with refilling is trying to get the full amount of ink back into the empty cartridge. This is not a problem with compatibles as they are usually filled with a higher capacity of ink than the genuine OEM ink cartridge.
Printer manufacturers are becoming more devious in their printer designs by producing smaller capacity ink cartridges and complex opto-electric chips which are extremely difficult to replicate. This is done in a desperate attempt to slow down the flood of high quality compatible ink cartridges which are flooding the market at bargain prices causing Printer manufacturers to lose piles of money ! Fortunately our friends in China are quick to replicate the cartridges and eventually copy the microchips and in most cases they are on the market several months after the Genuine product is released. Canon seem to lead in this field as they produce microchips on their ink cartridges that may take several years to duplicate. A classic example of this is the Canon CLI-8 and PGI-5 cartridges which took many years to crack. Canon sell these for around $125 per set and the new compatibles are available for as low as $49.90 a set at online stores such as Ink Hub-ink cartridges. With so many rapid changes in ink cartridge and printer technology, the flood of high quality, low priced compatible ink cartridges and the slowing economy Cartridge World like so many other businesses must be feeling the pinch. So shop around, do the homework and dont be afraid to try a compatible ink cartridge over a genuine product as there are HUGE savings to be made. Also remember that your printer warranty is NOT affected by using a compatible cartridge. Ink Hub has been selling quality ink cartridges Australia Wide for many years and have NEVER had a report of a printer being damaged by using a compatible product. So keep your eyes on Cartridge World over the next 12 months and I think that you will find as with many other businesses that they will struggle and that the online competitors will steal a large slice of Cartridge World’s business !