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123Ink.ca has a rating of 1.8 stars from 85 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about 123Ink.ca most frequently mention customer service, and toner cartridge problems. 123Ink.ca ranks 76th among Printer Ink sites.

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Top Positive Review

“Purchase a HP 564xl compatible ink cartridges from...”

Jose C.
3/4/14

Purchase a HP 564xl compatible ink cartridges from them, the quality is nice so does the page yield that I got, I am a master student and I print out a lot of documents on daily basis, 123inkcartridges.ca saves me a lot of $ from my wallet and their shipping speed is tremendously fast. Tips: Just sign up their newsletter and you can get their coupon code for free

Top Critical Review

“Faulty house brand tonert-sketchy firm (stay away)”

Fabrizio C.
3/26/24

I ordered house brand toner for my office. I have a 2023 laserjet canon all in 1 printer, scanner, copy, fax. The toner did not work! They refused to exchange it. I made the mistake to order the original toner also with 123 ink and that's when things took a turn for the worse. They sent me another house brand toner set along with the original brand. They refused to take it back and they also sent the invoice for this un ordered item to collections. I have personally spoken to the 123 manager and he repeated multiple times that he won't take it back and that he doesn't care if we want the house brand or not because the deal is done. I've sent this to my legal department and it's taking dozens of hours. This company is a disgrace and should face legal consequences. I spoke also to canon Netherlands and they knew very well of this fraudulent company. It's not worth the savings to run so much risk. Not to mention the printer is damaged from their ink and the guarantee is void. Hands down the worse experiences in my 15+ years experience buying toner for an mid size office.

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Thumbnail of user fabrizioc23
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March 26th, 2024

I ordered house brand toner for my office. I have a 2023 laserjet canon all in 1 printer, scanner, copy, fax. The toner did not work! They refused to exchange it. I made the mistake to order the original toner also with 123 ink and that's when things took a turn for the worse. They sent me another house brand toner set along with the original brand. They refused to take it back and they also sent the invoice for this un ordered item to collections. I have personally spoken to the 123 manager and he repeated multiple times that he won't take it back and that he doesn't care if we want the house brand or not because the deal is done. I've sent this to my legal department and it's taking dozens of hours.
This company is a disgrace and should face legal consequences. I spoke also to canon Netherlands and they knew very well of this fraudulent company. It's not worth the savings to run so much risk. Not to mention the printer is damaged from their ink and the guarantee is void.
Hands down the worse experiences in my 15+ years experience buying toner for an mid size office.

Tip for consumers:
This company should face legal consequences because what they aim to rob customers sending products which were never ordered. All in hope that businesses continue to purchase faulty house brand ink. I am in shock they get away with this

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Thumbnail of user lindsayd227
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February 7th, 2024

They used to produce a great product, but in the past 2 years everything has been terrible. Leaking cartridges, drums that don't work. Product photo is of brand new drums that won't work, ink from their toner cartridges covering them because the inks all leak. They don't stand behind the products they produce either, they won't even give me a credit to purchase something else when one of their own made products doesn't work... I run a bunch of businesses and always used them but there are better places to order from without a doubt! If your going to produce a product, stand behind it no matter what.

Tip for consumers:
if ordering from them only purchase brand name products, the knock offs are just that, knock offs, you get what you pay for, and you'll be disappointed in their own products.

Products used:
moustache printer ink cartridges and drums

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Thumbnail of user brucep761
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March 12th, 2024

Terrible...ink didnt work trying to get return label. After holding 10 minutes they put recording on saying leave message. Do not use there products... dont work

Tip for consumers:
never use them

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epson 822xl

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Thumbnail of user gstringer.email
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January 4th, 2024

I have been buying cartridges from this company and have had a few cartridges that did not work. They just sent me replacements...and no problem. Unfortunately, their customer service is not good now. I wasted 3 days sending them photos of the error message,printer and cartridges... they kept asking for more info. I dealt with a real person today and had to argue with her regarding my problem with a black ink cartridge not being recognized. I already had to go to Staples and buy a genuine Epson cartridge, just so I could use my printer. All I wanted is for 123ink to send me a new cartridge...what a pain. After all the things they wanted me to do and all the time I wasted, now my printer has an error 'Maintenance Box End of Life' (from all the printer head cleaning etc). They did not seem to realize that MY TIME Wasted is important.

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Epson genuine ink cartridge

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November 10th, 2019

I have an HP Office Jet Pro 6968. Two of the 3 coloured cartridges were not recognized by the printer, and I ended up opening the spare packs I had bought with same result. I also had the black cartridge literally explode upon opening, my fingers were black (not easy to get off) and stains in my carpet. They offered me a $30 towards my next purchase as it that will clean my carpet. I had to go to Staples, buy original HP cartridges to get my printer back to working condition. Buy somewhere else, their products are of low quality.

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joy l. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Hi Barry, May I have your order number to follow your case? Thanks!

Thumbnail of user aircheck9
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November 3rd, 2023

They're reasonably priced and quick to deliver. However, today they told me they couldn't be responsible for a defective toner cartridge, right out of an unopened box.
They say there's a best-before date on cartridges even though it says no such thing on the packaging or even the manufacturer's site.
Well, now I know. It cost me $160 in replacement from a box store to find out.

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May 30th, 2019

Purchased Moustache toner cartridge for my HP laser printer in November 2018. I didn't need to use it until now (end of May 2019). Found out that the toner I bought was the wrong one. Now 123ink will NOT accept it back (unused) because its been more than 3 months.
Furthermore, their warranty policy is confusing. The invoice says 1 year for inks, toners & drums and 90 days to be returned unopened. But no mention of a 15% stocking charge. On the product box for Moustache, it states 2 years guarantee. WHICH ONE IS IT?
Plus the Moustache colour cartridge started to leak powder and stain my documents. But 123ink will not correct the problem. All I can say is crappy, substandard product. You get what you pay for. BUYER BEWARE!

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joy l. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Hi Orest, We are sorry to hear from your experience, please feel free to provide us with your order number so I can help you to solve the issue for you.

Thumbnail of user grantk6
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August 2nd, 2013

Re-manufactured, high capacity toner cartridge started leaking after about a year of light home use.

Visited company website, posted an inquiry asking them to honor their one-year guarantee, but never got a response.

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Andrew L. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Hi Grant,

Do you mind to let us know your invoice ID so I can track your order if there is anything that I can do it for you? We have recently improve our system and in this way we will have a better customer service and web navigation system, please allow us to help you to solve the problem.

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January 24th, 2016

Purchased color ink cartridges for my Canon printer from this company. The yellow cartridge stopped working soon after it was installed. The cartridge is still full of ink, so the problem must be with the cheap low quality chip they use. When there is a problem they do not want to know or care - Bad customer service. A waste of time and money, I will not be using them again and suggest that every should avoid this company at all cost.

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2 reviews
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December 20th, 2015

Bought a printer. The item was on sale 10 days later. When I contacted customer service through the chat, the representative was very unprofessional. I tried calling, but their phone support seems to be handled by someone who does not see the difference between connecting the call and rejecting it.

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andrew l. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Hi,

Please accept our apology for our mistakes, we did not intent to avoid your calls and in fact we understand that each customer's feedback are valuable to our company, please allow us to make it right to you, you can also use our live chat system to get your problem solved real quick. Let us know if there is anything that we can do to make it up to you, and again, we are very sorry for the time that you have spent for reaching us.

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August 6th, 2017

I don't know what happened but their customer service is HORRIBLE NOW. They are very rude, unprofessional, and start arguing with you. I had a horrible experience with a woman on the phone who would shout at me, hung up on me, and insisted that I was being the rude one. All I was asking for was simple information regarding which cartridges I would need for my new printer. I really hope they keep records of their calls because this was unacceptable and I am never going back again. If you have to call, try not to speak to Miranda (or Melissa, a variation of that name). Their emails are answered only weeks later and their chat system has so many glitches it's like they refuse to fix it. This is not a professional company that cares about their customers, once they have your money, you're on your own.

* 123Ink.ca attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond

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joy l. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Hi Chris,

We heard your review and yes we do keep the record and I will report this to the customer service manager for them to investigate. At the mean time, do you think it's possible for you to provide me with the invoice number and question so maybe I can help you with it? Please do not hesitate to let me know and I will try everything I can to fix the problem for you.

Best,

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October 17th, 2023

I ordered two cartridges for my two brother printers. On their website, it says "compatible". However after I got the cartridges, both of them are not compatible with my printers. It took me such a long time to communicate with them. I called their customer service as well. Still I did not get the refund. I don't know what else I could show them that the cartridges are not compatible at all! Plus their customer service is the worst ever! The lady who took my phone call could not speak decent English. She did not want me to explain the situation. In one word, I don't trust the company at all. I will never buy anything from this company. Worst ever!

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Did not buy yet

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May 13th, 2016

The first 2 times everything was great. My last order was neglected. Ordered 2 cartridges for my canon. The black only shows less then 1/2 full and the color is empty. Upon further investigation the color cartridge was used in a sealed package. Contacting them and they promised to send out a replacement ended up with nothing. No open ticket on the web form and no login info anymore. They seem to ignore the problems.

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andrew l. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Hi Martin,

I just checked your case and we had make a refund request for you, please let us know if there is anything that we can help you with.

Thumbnail of user ryanz4
1 review
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July 9th, 2016

I ordered on TV mount online www.primecable.com which is the same company of 123inkcartridges.ca, I want to return the item, but can never contact them. All phone number they provided are not in service. I tried all numbers on their websites. Only one number is working, and waited two hours then discontinued. Call again same thing. I emailed three days no reply. I never had this experience before. I rather purchase on ebay from China for less, at least i have paypal protection.

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andrew l. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Hi Ryan,
We were very sorry but we were having issues for our telephonic system, now we just upgrade our telephone and livechat system, all the wall mount that we sell you will be able to return within certain period, so if you still have the issue, please allow us to make it right to you.

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August 30th, 2011

Terrible customer service. Their toner cartridge leaked all over my machine and infected the rest of my machine. They would only refund the leaked cartridge and not the other 3 i bought from them that were damaged by the toner leak. After much complaining, they finally said they would accept all 4. I have yet to receive the package they said they would send me, so that i could return all 4 toners. Product is terrible and their customer service even more terrible!

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Andrew L. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Dear Customer,

We are very sorry to hear this from you and trust us we understood your frustration. I would like to know if is possible for you to provide your invoice number so I can see if there is anything that I can help you with, in your case if your cartridges are leaking and causing damage to the printer, then the best way is to contact to our customer agent and in your case they should be able to refund you. It would be more than appreciated to let me help you with your case and hopefully everything will work great for you!

Thumbnail of user karena350
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September 1st, 2019

I ordered a set of HP cartridges (Moustache brand) in March and today tried to install them. (Order number *******)

There was no yellow seal on the new cartridges despite instructions to peel the yellow seal off. The printer will not accept the cartridges. Attempts to call the 1-866 customer service number fail as I languish on hold listening to staticky music. I am out $96 and highly unhappy. Will try to send an email to their support line but have low hopes for a positive outcome...

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joy l. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Hi Karen, I have check your order and find that you have already reached our customer service and our staff firstly help you to do the troubleshooting. And when they find troubleshooting not working, they send you a return label for the return request. Let me know if you need any help. Thanks!

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February 6th, 2014

I have an HP Officejet 8600 and ordered cartridges from them... thinking they were OEM (they do sell them). I was sent refills... anyways... after 2 black replacements and all the colours going wrong... they refunded me.

The problem is... my print head is now destroyed. I will have to replace that myself as they don't care... it will be a fix worth over $100... just to save... a few dollars...

DON"T BUY FROM THEM!

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Andrew L. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Hi Paul,

First of all please accept our apologize for the inconveniences that we caused, could you please let us know your invoice number so we can perhaps look it up what kind of product that you ordered last time to understand the problem? To answer your question, the compatible ink cartridge that we sell are all been tested from the industry standard to ensure that the quality is acceptable, the normal ink itself works the same as the OEM one, the design is similar, the page yield is similar, the quality is a bit less than the OEM one however it is still above the acceptable level, for printing regular document, text, or table, the compatible ink will be your perfect choice. Regard to the print head issue, there are many factors can contributed to print head failure, but most of time you can fix that real easy within few steps, if there is still any chance that you would like to talk to us, we are willing to help you to bring your previous printer back to life! Also, I will forward your issue to our technical department for further testing to ensure such problem won't happen anymore!

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March 4th, 2014

Purchase a HP 564xl compatible ink cartridges from them, the quality is nice so does the page yield that I got, I am a master student and I print out a lot of documents on daily basis, 123inkcartridges.ca saves me a lot of $ from my wallet and their shipping speed is tremendously fast.

Tips: Just sign up their newsletter and you can get their coupon code for free

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Andrew L. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Thank you very much for the words and we are currently working on it to make sure all the customers are satisfied. We have improved a lot our web navigation as well as our customer service system and if there is any question or problem regard to your product please feel free to let me know!

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March 31st, 2014

I have dealt with 123 Ink Cartridges in the past, and was always very pleased with service and products.

Unfortunately my recent experience forces me to rate this company below 1 Star.

Placed an order, received a confirmation and that was it, no further response, I have tried to call them several times, waited on the line of 20 to minutes at a time, I have sent e-mails after e-mails, no reponse.

I think it is time for 123 ink cartridge to retire from this business, as you are no longer capable of handling it.

Very, Very unsatisfied customer, now I have to contact PayPal and advise them of the crappy service this company is now offering and to please refund me the amount paid.

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Andrew L. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Hi Dominic,

First of all we apologize for the trouble that we cause, I will forward your case immediately to the customer service team so will solve the problem for you ASAP, I understand your frustration and please allow us to do it right for you this time.

Sincerely,

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November 8th, 2014

Good prices on toner, easy to use site with lots of other office supplies. However, they seem to price items so that your order total is juuuuust below their shipping threshold. I had to order another small item in order to get my total above the threshold. Then they didn't even send me the right item. Depending on how this toner lasts, I will probably order from them again. Just be aware that you might end up throwing in a $1 item to get to your shipping threshold

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Andrew L. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Hi Lisa,
Thank you very much for the feedback, might I know your invoice number so I can check it for you which was the item that are missing? We are very sorry for the trouble and please allow us to make it right for you!

Best,

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December 7th, 2016

A cartridge from an order placed about 6 month ago was empty. A replacement cartridge plus additional ones ordered were also empty! I returned the defective items. I was then told that the items were out of stock, to be available in eleven days. I still have not received new ones!

* 123Ink.ca attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond

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andrew l. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Hi Norman,
I have transferred your feedback to the customer service team for them to aware this issue and to treat this case seriously, we will get back to you with further information and possibly compensation for your time! We are sincerely sorry!

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March 11th, 2017

I had 9 years of loyal buying with this organization. My last order I had the wrong printer cartridge. It had been opened which I had informed them of that right away. They asked for pictures, which I sent, then they inform me AFTER I had sent it back, that I will not receive a refund! I could have easily sold that cartridge on line but now I am out a printer cartridge and the money! Total lack of transparency and I will now look for a new company to do loyal business with!. Never buy from these people! Im out over 60.00 for an order that was close to 300! (Ive spent tones of money with these people. NO more.!

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andrew l. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Dear customer,
Our customer service manager has told me that we have solved the issue and the refund has been processed, if there is anything that we can help you with? Please let us know!

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April 22nd, 2019

I bought 3 black inks for a Brother Printer LC 103.The first one worked great, I needed to install the second one today and printer wouldn't accept it. Then tried the third one and it took it fine. So 2 out of three. I didn't really save money when one is wasted. Will not likely to buy from again

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joy l. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Hi Scott,
We are sorry to hear from your experience, please feel free to provide us with your invoice number so I can help you to solve the issue for you

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June 6th, 2017

I purchased an ink cartridge refill kit (which appears fine). Unfortunately, instead of sending it by Canada Post, which can deliver everywhere, the company sent it by UPS, whose driver was not able to find my place: the number is a bit hard to see from the street (hidden by a tree), but my neighbours' numbers (left and right) are easily seen. He/she wasn't able to figure out I was between these two. As a result, the package was sent back to the distribution centre. At least, it was found back the next day, and delivered to the UPS store (where I should have had it sent in the first place: lesson learned). The package was in good condition, though. I wish the Web site had indicated the possibility of requesting Canada Post as delivery agent.

Tip for consumers:
If you can't get a delivery by Canada Post, go elsewhere.

* 123Ink.ca attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond

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andrew l. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Dear customer,

We do have option that customer can select their desired delivery company not a problem, and we are still using the Canada Post service, regard to your parcel, please provide us the invoice number so I can forward to customer service department, they will help you to solve the issue asap. Thank you!

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August 17th, 2018

I ordered ink cartridges for my Canon MG 7720 printer. They arrived in decent time. I installed the cartridges and printed a test page, had white lines horizontally through the printed page, 5 of the lines appeared on the page. I ran the printer through a light cleaning process and tried again, same lines appeared. Did some more cleaning as recommended by Canon, still could not get rid of the lines. I removed them all out of the printer and installed Canon cartridges, did a test page and had excellent results. I was quite disappointed with the cartridges, tried saving some money and now I have 5 nearly full cartridges from 123Ink.ca and had to spend more to replace the inferior ones with Canon cartridges

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