"Peter Aitken" > wrote:

>"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
>> JLove98905 wrote:
>>
>> > are the various brand-name accessories (bags, canisters)
>interchangeable? I got
>> > a Black and Decker FreshGuard as a gift, but nobody around here seems to
>sell
>> > that model, so there are no accessories anywhere. Can I buy any brand of
>bag or
>> > canister? It seems like they all have the same inner workings/design, so
>it
>> > ought to work - but I figured I should check in with the experts first.
>> >
>>
>> I was shopping for a vacuum sealer today. I'd sure be interested in a
>inexpensive
>> source of bag for them. The units themselves weren't too bad, but the
>price of the
>> refills is outrageous. The rolls worked out to about a dollar per foot of
>material,
>> which got me thinking how much I would have to save by buying bargain
>packs of
>> meats and still come out ahead.
>>
>
>Sounds like the same scan that inkjet printer manufacturers use - sell the
>printer cheap and make the $$ on the ink cartridges.


It's not new. They learned it from Gillette and Polaroid, to name
two. I am sure there are others that have been around even longer.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)