• 123Ink.ca

Overview

123Ink.ca has a rating of 1.78 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 72nd among Printer Ink sites.

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    10
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Top Positive Review

“Awesome service.”

Tammy S.
11/6/19

I have been ordering ink cartridges from 123Ink.ca for 10 years for my brother printer. I always order the cheaper ones. I have never had any trouble with any of them. I have also order other supplies for my small business.@ day delivery at the most. Never any problems.

Top Critical Review

“Quality now is terrible”

Lindsay D.
2/7/24

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.

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Thumbnail of user lindsayd227
1 review
0 helpful votes
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 fabrizioc23
1 review
0 helpful votes
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 brucep761
1 review
0 helpful votes
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
1 review
1 helpful vote
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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Thumbnail of user maeshiproperty
1 review
1 helpful vote
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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Thumbnail of user aircheck9
1 review
1 helpful vote
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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Thumbnail of user sarahp2168
1 review
1 helpful vote
December 4th, 2023

We had ordered two Moustache brand printer ink cartridges from 123 Ink (Shopper+) The shipping time was a little longer than expected, and when the cartridges arrived, they did not work with both of our printers. I had spent 2 hours following the 123 Ink troubleshooting guide. When I had contacted them they came back with prompt emails stating someone will be in contact with a "Product Specialist"... After stating in the initial email that I had already troubleshooted the issue and just wished to return these cartridges, I was met with directions from this "Product Specialist" After multiple emails back and forth, they stated that these cartridges were not meant for our specific model... So I let them know I would like to send them back. They stated there will be a 30% restocking fee. I agreed, and asked how to proceed with returning these cartridges as well as inquired if I were to pay for the return shipping as well. I did not receive a response, so I emailed again. I have yet to receive instructions on how to send these back. Overall a terrible experience even when we were willing to incur the 30% restocking fee as the cartridges are useless to us. Terrible customer service and very unprofessional. I should have known better after seeing all of the other reviews as well as the numerous grammatical errors on their website/Troubleshooting guide.

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Thumbnail of user minnisandhu13
1 review
1 helpful vote
August 12th, 2023

I have ordered one printer Ricoh ************** Original Black Toner Cartridge. It has been 12 days. They shipped after 10 days once I called the office they only shipped. Through D**************001. They did come to deliver the package. They returned the package. I called there many times but have not returned my calls. I have a law office you can understand how frustrating this is for me.

Thumbnail of user binayj
1 review
8 helpful votes
September 12th, 2021

When you buy product from them then it will show 730 days warranty but when any issues happens then they will say that we do not see any issues with the product to avoid warranty. So, ultimately they will cheat you. Junk product. Bad customer service.

Thumbnail of user romyb13
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
July 16th, 2022

123Inkt: ordered a printer a week ago, was supposed to be delivered last Monday. Needed it for my reports for work. Here it is Thursday night and it's still not here and they cannot tell me when it will be here and they refuse to cancel my order and refund my money.

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Thumbnail of user donw396
1 review
3 helpful votes
March 24th, 2021

Customer service wasted time having me repeat the problem 4 times & just continued to repeat it back. Completely useless.

Thumbnail of user cindyy18
1 review
4 helpful votes
April 2nd, 2017

Shipping is like rocket speed, products online are easy to find and locate. I take half point out because the order packaging was not unbox friendly. I bought a toner in moustache brand, (I always love their moustache logo design by the way), its shipped in bulk, which I was totally fine with that. But they placed the shipping label right on the top of the open seal, where you can open the box easily. They could have placed it somewhere else on the box. Well, other than that, the cartridges works just as great as the original.

Thumbnail of user barryl146
1 review
5 helpful votes
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 shawnab70
1 review
4 helpful votes
November 27th, 2020

Really bad customer service (online, haven't been in store). Definitely wouldn't recommend anyone to shop here. There are numerous complaints online for a reason.

Thumbnail of user karena350
1 review
4 helpful votes
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!

Thumbnail of user alext493
1 review
1 helpful vote
May 22nd, 2020

Regrettably, 123ink.ca only offers delivery via UPS on its Web site. UPS's standard for delivery - 3 working days for delivering from Montreal to Ottawa, a 2 1/2-hour drive - is bad for a courier service, and UPS is not even able to meet it. A full week when you're lucky, often longer, is more likely. To add insult to injury, UPS had sent me an e-mail indicating the delivery would be one day earlier, but never bothered to send another when it was delayed beyond the original date; the package tracking indicates the package only left Montreal a week after UPS got it, and at that point, I'm still waiting though the package has supposedly arrived in Ottawa but won't be delivered in the foreseeable future. The customer service agent at 123 tells me we can call to select Canada Post as a carrier (XpressPost would probably be in two working days for a short distance like this), but since the Web site doesn't mention it, that's likely an excuse more than anything. Which is too bad: if an option other than UPS had appeared, I would have given it four stars.

Thumbnail of user joyl72
joy l. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Hi Alex,

Thank you for contacting us!
We understand your disappointment with UPS and want to rate us low for this case.
However, during this pandemic time, every business is not easy. All the courier services are especially hard.
So instead of anger, why not be more understanding?
I am sure Everything will be much better when this pandemic is over!

Have a great weekend!

Thumbnail of user wendya209
1 review
4 helpful votes
September 6th, 2020

Terrible... got no pages out of a 1200 yield toner.

Called to ask for a replacement and they kept me on hold for 20 minutes while asking a technician what to do.

Never order from them again

Thumbnail of user orestt
1 review
5 helpful votes
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!

Thumbnail of user joyl72
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 paulined40
1 review
2 helpful votes
February 18th, 2019

I ordered toners for my printer. The yellow and blue toners said USED when I installed them. The magenta one says its only 60% full. I contacted the company and their solution after sending them the attached printout it to send them back t he toners and they will send them to HP to decide what to do... Like really? I have spent over 400 on these toners... If I sent them to them what happens to my money in the meantime... they did not offer to send me replacements or give me a credit. DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY!

Thumbnail of user andrewl66
andrew l. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Hi Pauline,

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, usually, if you are not satisfied with the quality as well as the item are defective, we can refund or resend you a new one, not a problem. But please allow us to help you at once!

Thumbnail of user jayr343
1 review
1 helpful vote
July 22nd, 2020

I opened the black ink cartridge per the instructions: ink was instantly all over my hands and carpet. The promised savings are NOT worth the damage caused by this faulty product.

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

Thumbnail of user joyl72
joy l. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Hi Jay, we already send you the return shipping label. Once we got the return, we will refund you. Thanks!

Thumbnail of user waynel114
1 review
1 helpful vote
March 23rd, 2019

I bought 4 ink cartridges for a Brother printer. They will not detect or work. $35.00 wasted. Garbage products

Thumbnail of user joyl72
joy l. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Hi, Would you send us your order number so we can investigate your case?

Thumbnail of user timh57
1 review
3 helpful votes
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.

Thumbnail of user jeana94
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
August 17th, 2017

I purchased 2 Xerox original Phaser 3635 MFP high-capacity print cartridges. The first one leaked and the second one is completely empty. After contacting 123 Ink I was told that they do not refund or take returns of opened products, that my complaint is with Xerox and I should contact them. Xerox said they do not take responsibility for product not sold directly from them. I'm out of pocket 542.38! I have already submitted a satisfaction survey via email to no responds. That is a lot of money to be out, I can not continue to order from 123.

Thumbnail of user joyl72
joy l. – 123Ink.ca Rep

Hi Jean,

I am really sorry for your loss! I have looked into your two orders, one is on May 1st and the other is on June 13th. Which means you receive both orders and start to use your products more than two months ago. Since the Original Xerox Genuine Cartridges normally not likely to have any issue after using for one month, the product quality guarantee is always from the Xerox Company.
Currently, we would advise you to call the Xerox for technical support for assistance. The correct phone number should be 1-800- 835-6100. You can also find the serial number on the Xerox original toner. (They may ask for). They will help you with the more technical detail. Once they confirm, their technical support should give you a case number. You can contact us back (or just message me if you want) provide us with the Case Number, we will check the status with Xerox. Once we find the authorization number from Xerox, we are able to follow this case with you.
As you mentioned above, "Xerox said they do not take responsibility for the product not sold directly from them.“ Which is very weird. Normally, when you call 1-800- 835-6100 and complain about their product quality, they will give a CASE NUMBER. They actually do no need to do anything, they just give you this number. Once we have the case number, we are able to try our best to help you with these orders.

Thanks for understanding!

Have a great day!

Joy

Thumbnail of user scotte136
1 review
1 helpful vote
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

Thumbnail of user joyl72
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

Thumbnail of user chrisv60
1 review
9 helpful votes
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

Thumbnail of user joyl72
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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