Costco Ceases to Provide Ink Refilling Service

Costco Ceases to Provide Ink Refilling Service

According to Kiro 7, Costco Wholesale Corp. will begin closing all photo centers in its warehouses nationwide beginning Feb. 14.

The company stated that services such as ink refill, passport photos, photo restoration and YesVideo home movie transfer will not be available following the department closures.

Costco representatives told USA Today that the company had “no comment at this time” on the decision to close the departments, nor did it confirm how many locations nationwide have photo departments.

In an email sent to members, however, Costco provided insight into the decision.

“Since the introduction of camera phones and social media, the need for printing photos has steeply declined, even though the number of pictures taken continues to grow. After careful consideration, we have determined the continued decline of prints no longer requires on-site photo printing,” Costco stated in the email, according to USA Today.

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