My favourite price: free
I was virtually walking out of the shop with my newly purchased camera when the assistant said...
"Oh, hang on... I think you get a free printer when you buy that!"
She checked with her boss, and it turned out that I did get a free printer, which turned out to be this little cutey:
An Epson PictureMate. I had a play last night, and it's pretty groovy. It's solidly made, runs off great 10cm x 15cm prints, has little slots in the front for all kinds of storage media (or you can print directly from a camera or PC), and it has a handle so you can get prints "on the go". All in all, not a bad piece of work.
My computer desk is a little on the small side, so I'd gone without a printer on the principle that I mainly put pictures online, and if I need any prints I can go to a high-street developer. But this is small enough to slot in neatly out of the way under my desk.
I'd assumed since Jessop's were giving them away free that they'd be worth about 40 quid, printer manufacturers tend to make money on ink and paper consumables these days and printers themselves are sold as a loss-leader, but according to the Directory of Shiny Things (otherwise known as the Argos Catalog) it's worth about 150 quid!
I dare say you could get it cheaper than that if you shopped around, but you can't beat free! I'm quietly pleased that the shop assistant remembered to mention it before I left, because I'd have been none the wiser.
"Oh, hang on... I think you get a free printer when you buy that!"
She checked with her boss, and it turned out that I did get a free printer, which turned out to be this little cutey:
An Epson PictureMate. I had a play last night, and it's pretty groovy. It's solidly made, runs off great 10cm x 15cm prints, has little slots in the front for all kinds of storage media (or you can print directly from a camera or PC), and it has a handle so you can get prints "on the go". All in all, not a bad piece of work.
My computer desk is a little on the small side, so I'd gone without a printer on the principle that I mainly put pictures online, and if I need any prints I can go to a high-street developer. But this is small enough to slot in neatly out of the way under my desk.
I'd assumed since Jessop's were giving them away free that they'd be worth about 40 quid, printer manufacturers tend to make money on ink and paper consumables these days and printers themselves are sold as a loss-leader, but according to the Directory of Shiny Things (otherwise known as the Argos Catalog) it's worth about 150 quid!
I dare say you could get it cheaper than that if you shopped around, but you can't beat free! I'm quietly pleased that the shop assistant remembered to mention it before I left, because I'd have been none the wiser.
Does it do good arms length and shoe pictures as well?!
but when I walked past Jessops tonite there was a poste on the door.... at headheight (depending on size).... stating there was a free printer with all SLR cameras....
Oh and the printer was worth £99.....
Right I'm off back to pedants corner...
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