Epson Stylus CX9300F At Bargain Price

We were looking around for a new printer, because the Epson Stylus CX5900 we have at home stopped working. One printer that caught our attention while we were at Challenger this morning was the Epson Stylus CX9300F. It’s the usual All-In-One that goes for $328 (or $308 for Challenger members). Just by chance while I was at Harvey Norman this evening, I found they were selling the printer for only $208! After a brief phone call with my wife, I bought the printer.

I’ve no idea how much this printer would have been sold for at Sim Lim Square. But I imagine the $208 at Harvey Norman was good enough a bargain. Particularly considering that the trip to go down to Sim Lim Square would also cost something anyway (time, parking charges, ERP perhaps, etc). I did actually try to check out online, but it didn’t seem like Hardwarezone listed any prices for the printer, and a few other random online price lists I managed to skim through didn’t list the printer either.

You know all those trolleys that you see to many people tug along at the various computer shows? Well, it’s my turn to trot around with the trolley. I had brought Vannesa out for dinner (Mummy was resting at home), and since I had a few other things to carry, I asked the Harvey Norman sales person if she could tie up the box or do something so that I could carry it with just one hand. She disappeared and came back with the trolley. It is a “Brother” trolley. Yeah, a competing brand.

The $208 was cheap enough that I didn’t hesitate to consider Harvey Norman’s extended warranty of $32 for two additional years (above Epson’s standard 1 year warranty). Considering how my CX5900 died, I think it might be worthwhile to invest in some insurance. I kinda imagine that printer manufacturers have designed their printers not to last, so that you’d be out buying new printers more often. That’s why it’s so cheap to buy a new printer, but you pay through “genuine ink cartridges”.

My wife is an Epson printer person. She only buys Epson. I don’t mind Epson. It is quite Linux friendly, so it would be a good choice for me too in the past when I minded a lot about Linux compatibility. Nowadays, I look out for Mac OS X compatibility. Epson is good in that department too.

I haven’t actually opened up the Epson Stylus CX9300F box yet. I’ll post again when I do get a chance to open it up and start using it.