Tangled Up in Blue
This was wrapped-up bicycle coincidence weekend. Jeff sent me a link to a funny story about a USC honorary society wrapping all the bicycles on campus with plastic wrap. They even managed to wrap a student, who was apparently too sleepy to notice that he was being wrapped as he unlocked his bike.
Unbeknownst to Jeff, I ran across this pink Panasonic on Saturday afternoon in Dumbo.
Am I writing Dumbo correctly? Has the abbreviation for Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass, made it's way from acronym (DUMBO) to word (Dumbo)?
Another question: If you were to buy a computer and that purchase came with a $100 rebate on a limited selection of printers (some of which cost $99.95 and would therefore be free), would you get the printer even though you don't want or need it?
Tough call on the printer - do you take it and create more eventual trash?
On the other hand, printers tend to stop working. Having a backup might be a good idea.
And maybe just the ink (on the outside chance the cartridges fit your present printer) might be worth $30 - 40 bucks.
I had a printer that I liked and it worked well for several years. Then I had to replace the yellow print head. $40. And then the yellow ink EXPIRED. The cartridge wasn't empty, but the printer said it was too old. $35. And then the blue print head went bad.
At that point, I bought a new $90 printer.
Posted by:cheryl | May 05, 2008 at 03:46 PM
I might get it and sell it. Because I am cheap and always scheming.
Posted by:beth | May 05, 2008 at 07:08 PM
I did get one "free" when I bought a new iMac--actually it has turned out to be useful---an all in one with fax, copier, scanner and printer. Not bad!
Jeff
Posted by:jeff | May 05, 2008 at 07:40 PM
The last time I had a printer (circa 1995) it was used so infrequently, like once or twice a year, that the ink cartridges would dry up between uses and I'd have to buy new ones.
An all in one printer is one of the options and I may get it only because it will be free. I'll sell it to get a better scanner that handles slides and negatives.
Beth, I prefer to think of you as a frugal planner.
Posted by:Joe | May 05, 2008 at 09:47 PM
get the printer, give it to your sister and she'll give you the big flatbed scanner that she has.
Posted by:judy Petrie | May 06, 2008 at 07:46 AM