HP Instant Ink Program I have five black cartriges and two tri-color unsed. Unusable if I drop the program. JACKSONVILLE North Carolina

I have in effect paid for these cartridges thru my enrollment in the instant ink program and the use should be at my discretion.

That is incorrect. The program charges you for the number of pages you print per month, not how much ink you use. You are charged the same amount if you printed a page with a single word, or a page that you fill entirely with black ink.

They send you cartridges as part of this program when they show you are low on ink. Unless you have multiple printers, the mystery is how you got so many extras. But even if they sent you a few dozen cartriges they are still part of the "program" and you are only paying for the number of pages you are printing...not the number of cartridges.

There is nothing unethical about this, as this is exactly what you agreed to when you signed up for it.

By the way don't think I am defending them, I am just telling you what you signed up for. I personally don't use this service as if you look at the numbers for most average people it seems cheaper to just go get your own cartridges, you are really just paying for the "convienience" of having a cartridge mailed to you.