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On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:50:56 -0600, "Jane_Galt"
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>HP Officejet Pro 8500A Premium Wireless e-All-in-One (CM758A#B1H)
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>About a week ago, I priced this at amazon.com and it was $318.
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>I put it on my Wish List.
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>A few hours later it was around $348, where it stayed until tonight.
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>Now it's $398?
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>What the heck is going on?
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>Does amazon.com raise prices on you because you put something on your wish
>list?
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>What else could it be?

There is currently a price war on ink. HP and others have long sold
their printers at lowball prices and subsidizing it with ginormous
markup on ink and toner.

All of a sudden, a few other manufacturers have decided to market
their printers directly against HP based on a much lower cost for ink.
HP has to follow them, or else lose market share.

When HP lowers the price of it's ink, it HAS to raise printer prices.