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January 06, 2005
The January Sales - Best Deal
Recently, I've been looking for a decent printer to replace my aging Canon BJC 4000. Its served me well over the past 5 years but the quality of the print is poor in comparison with modern variants.
Now that the house is wi-fi'd, a budget B&W laser seems attractive. I had been looking at the Samsung ML1510, priced about £80 - £100, but kept putting off the decision.
Yesterday, I was in the Lincoln Branch of PC World and they had the ML1510 on special offer for a few pence under £50. A bargain. I couldn't find any ML1510 boxes on the shelves but wait, there were stacks of ML1520s - same basic model with better memory and improved processor.
A quite chat with a sales rep confirmed the ML1520 at the same price as the ML1510. I parted with my cash there and then but not before he tried to sell me an additional toner cartridge at £65 ('The one in the box is only a quarter full'), a USB printer cable at £16 and an extended warranty at £10/year. No thanks!
Took the printer home, had it installed and working with 10 mins, no problems, really happy with the print quality and speed. As its a budget model, it doesn't do duplex (back to back) and lacks a network card.
BTW, a check on the internet found replacement toner cartridges at £44 + delivery - roughly the same price as the printer
Posted by weaver at January 6, 2005 09:41 PM
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