Tried to be earth friendly...

After my HP ink jet cartridges became empty I decided that I would try getting them refilled instead of simply purchasing new ones. In the past I have sent old cartridges away as part of University of of Minnesota's Raport Center's Recycling for Raptors program.

So, I took my used ink cartridges to my local Walgreens and they quickly filled each cartridge up w/ ink and were charged $25. I thought cool, I save a bit of money (excluding gas), and was able to reuse something, although recycled, I did not have to buy NEW replacement cartridges. Well, to make a long story short, the cartridges stopped working after printing less than 10 pages. I tried cleaning them and printing a test page via the HP printer software...Now, I will have to bring it back to Walgreens and either get a refund or have them refill the cartridges again. The crazy thing is that I saw new cartridges for $3.00 more at Target!