Digital BW, The Print

That makes no sense. If you want it delivered, Best Buy is still
significantly cheaper. They charge about $10 for shipping.

My plan is to use MIS cartridges, so cartridge cost is not a factor. I
was going to order a refurb R200 from Epson until Paul talked me out
of it, and I've been waiting for the inevitable sale, meanwhile
practicing BO printing on my Canon i550.

The value of $50 depends on the person. I don't particularly enjoy
stores or lines, but ordering on line and stopping by at my leisure to
pick it up is easily worth $50 to me. Or having it delivered for $40
less than Epson direct. Why not?

It gets even better if you have a printer that uses these cartridges
and want genuine Epson carts. You would actually save money buying the
R220 at Bestbuy during the rebate period. For less than the cost of a
set of cartridges, you get the carts, plus a printer you can sell,
keep as a backup, or use as a dedicated B&W printer.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Sam McCandless
<samcc@v...> wrote:
>
> >(via Dealnews) Through Jan 21 Bestbuy.com has the R220 for $95 and a
> >$50 mail-in rebate form (or fill it out online, according to the
> >form). "You should receive your rebate within 8 weeks." is what it
> >says on the form.
> 
> Unless you just like malls and stores or are in a hurry for a R220, 
> that doesn't seem like much of a deal to me given that the Epson 
> Store only charges $100 for a new R220.
> 
> I think the Epson Store shipped my R200 re-furb ($59) from 
> Indianapolis and charged me for California sales tax too.
> 
> A set of carts for the 200, even from Atlex.com, is about $63 plus 
> shipping (only, outside Florida). Judging from the Epson packaging my 
> carts came in from Atlex, the 220 and six other Epson printers use 
> the same carts. If BestBuy has these carts for appreciably less, I'd 
> be tempted to stop for carts when I was nearby, especially if they 
> also have Epson's R2400 carts at relatively low prices.
> --
> Sam
>