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Just the fax.

Posted by terri | Filed under miscellany

A big real world dilemma was coupled with the smaller dilemma of needing to fax something. My iBook has faxing capabilities and I have that cursed land line that I’m paying for month after month…but oh wait, I need to scan the document first. Not having a working scanner in the house, I figured I’d have to go someplace to get it faxed. I inquired with FedEx Kinko’s only to get a case of verbal sticker shock when the guy over the phone told me that it would cost $1.49 per page to get it faxed locally. That’s all well and good, except if you have 14 pages to fax plus a cover sheet. I’ll spare you from the doing the math; it would have costed me $20.86.

Seeing as I needed a printer as well anyway, I decided to go ahead and buy an all-in-one printer / scanner / copier from some nearby store. I figure that $20+ should be used toward something tangible that would do the same job. My first thought was, “Wow, I wish CompUSA was still around.” I ultimately decided to try out Costco, thinking that I needn’t be terribly picky, and that I would get the best value. The funny thing was that when I got there, I came to the rationale that I should get a good PSC and I had a coupon to save $110 on a good one at Costco…and I left it at home!! So after all that, I finally spent $160 (it was a deal) and some gas from my tank to drive back home to get the coupon and to buy it at Costco.

I ended up getting the HP Photosmart C7250, a printer / scanner / copier / fax. It’s fairly noisy, but I guess it makes up in function. I also like the fact that it’s wireless because I have no room near my computer for the printer and I would like the option to print from both of my computers. So it’s quite good. I would have loved to have a color laser, but I can’t complain.

I hope I’ll make good use of it down the road.

Aloha!

Hello from the island of O'ahu in the beautiful state of Hawaii. I am terri, a local girl who at 30 is trying to make sure that life doesn't entirely pass her by. I've recently become engaged and am enjoying living a great life in paradise.