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To Buy Ink Online or in Person...That Is the Question

Paula Neal Mooney

When I get organized to the point of managing my money well enough to actually buy printer cartridges in advance, I could see myself using a site like http://www.inkers.biz/ to fulfill that task. And who knows, with more and more sponsored reviews like this in my portfolio, the days of me being a responsible self-employed person aren't far away.

Ordering writing supplies online would probably work a lot more efficiently than my current methodology of not restocking until after my printouts and pictures print in all kinds of strange colors...like they're doing right now, barely recognizable.

Only at the advent of my hubby transferring enough moola into my checking account coinciding with some important event that necessitates legible fliers - like the upcoming Family Craft Night at church - might I in the past have hauled my hyperactive son and high-pitched screaming daughter over to my local Office Max to buy ink for my HP PSC 1610 All-in-One love.

Invariably I'd give in and buy the kids a craft as the price of silent subterfuge for giving me time to scour the bottom shelf for my trusty #97 or #99 cartridges and making it out of the store without a secret cell phone call to child protective services by some self-righteous non-parent.

So, Internet shopping could prove to be a real boon in this case, and worth the extra buck (or two or three) for shipping just to save myself the effort of cleaning up marshmallow and Popsicle stick houses instead of writing.

Especially once these online inkjet gurus make it super easy for us modern-day scribes to find the cartridges we need by listing the exact specifics of the googoobs of printers and their corresponding cartridges out there.

And as long as they aren't the streaking, refurbished crap or the ink refill thingee I got at Wal-Mart that I could never figure out (18 bucks down the drain), then quick, efficient and profitable writing can go on interrupted. I'll let you know when I get there.

Published by Paula Neal Mooney

Paula Neal Mooney has been published in various national magazines, such as Writer's Digest and other parenting publications. She has been writing online since 2005, and focuses on the areas of Christiani...   View profile

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  • Laura Spencer 11/14/2006

    Yep, my printer's out of toner right now. I keep shaking the cartridge to make it last a little longer (not being a wealthy writer).
    Thanks for doing the research.

  • JLopez 11/14/2006

    Hi Paula,

    Great article. I end up having the same problem. It usually depends on how busy I am if I'm really having a busy I usually order online on Staples.com. otherwise I go to office max in person.

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