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Better Shop Around

1/2/2007

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Magrath, AB Feb 2007 - I was in the market for a new laser printer last week. My old Brother printer started leaving a blank stripe on every page printed. Lots of toner. New drum unit costs much more than a new printer. So I headed into the big city to pick up something that would do the trick for not too much money.

My first stop was at Staples - they had a nice HP LJ1018 on sale for $99.98 (ie 149.98 - 50.00 at till rebate). OK I thought and plunked down my payment. 10 minutes later down the street at Future Shop found exact same unit for their regular price of $89.99 - that is $10 cheaper or $60 less than the 'regular price'! 20 minutes later at WalMart found the same printer on sale for just under $129. Hmm.

End result. Took back the Staples one and bought the Future Shop one. I know - I am cheap. But the savings was over 10% between those two stores. Staples offered to price match - but I didn't feel inclined to reward them for overpricing the printer in the first place and making me do their work for them. What would you do?
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30/4/2013 12:14:00 am

I was thinking this little printer was still somewhat new. It works like a dream in my home office and with Ubuntu Linux 13.04! Now that it is over 7 years old (that's 49 in computer years) I am coming to appreciate it's value a bit more.

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