January 2, 2006

  • We've figured out the reason most printers are so dang inexpensive....the companies plan on making their profit on the ink cartridges.

    Don went to get a set of ink cartridges for our Epson R200, and was appalled to find it'd run him upwards of $70-80. 

    As he pointed out, the whole printer didn't cost much more'n that. 

    I kindly showed him where the savvy shopper buys ink cartridges, which is eBay.  Got three generic sets for $37, including shipping.  It's generic ink that's been printing our stuff for the last few months, too.

    It's scandalous, how much those manufacturers are charging for INK. 

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  • Jason's been finding great buys for ink on ebay and paper on Amazon. WAY cheaper than other venues.

    And he buys lots of both.

    :)

    We often tell people who don't use their printers much that it's cheaper to buy one of these $30-$40 printers around so often than to buy new ink cartridges! Sad.

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  • I went to buy a new toner cartridge for my Xerox copier. It cost $110!! I ended up giving away the copier and buying a new copier/scanner/fax/printer for $150. The replacement ink is cheaper too!

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