Comments on: Home Office Equipment That Will Save Money

By: persephone

persephone — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:04:19 +0000

I resisted buying a computer for years and I realize now that I should have had one all along. The money I save by being able to shop online and take advantage of great bargains that I would not get in a store has more than paid for my laptop.

By: Gail

Gail — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:36:45 +0000

I bought a new scanner almost 10 years ago for $25! It is still going strong after at least 10,000 scans that we have to do for our pattern selling business. Having it in the house is great for other things like last weekend wanting to enlarge an applique pattern, my hubby used the scanner and his software and in no time I had my project ready to go. To have gone somewhere where I would have had to pay to get this done and it would have been a 40+ mile round trip. When our last printer died (right before the warranty expired) we got a NEW lazer printer, copier, scanner, fax all in one and ended up with money back as the broken printer had initially coast more and this one as this one was an older model going out on clearance. We have rarely had to use the fax component, the copier comes in handy especially when having to make documents to send in the mail and the printer works like a charm. Due to the flat bed scanner I already mentioned we don’t scan with it. But the thing is, how many times do you see people still shoving quarters in copy machines? A simple printer and a cheap flat bed scanner can save you lots of time and mileage and will pay for itself in time.

By: spicoli

spicoli — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:38:50 +0000

Couldn’t your son have just brought the documentation with him?

By: whitestripe

whitestripe — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:12:35 +0000

@helpmefriend: they said AAA were not nearby

By: helpmefriend

helpmefriend — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:34:14 +0000

Why didn’t you take up AAA’s offer for free faxes?

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:24:22 +0000

I would actually nix the fax machine idea. Scanners will do the same job at a higher resolution and quality than you can get with a fax machine, plus is more ueseful in other ways. In the past few years, I have never encountered someone who would only take a fax and not an emailed scan. Plus they aren’t that expensive, I have a good quality scanner/printer (and thus copier) that I got for under $200 at Best Buy.

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:18:04 +0000

I have an all-in-one. I can fax, scan, copy, print and transfer digital photos to my computer. Handiest thing on earth!

I’ve owned a shredder since Adam was a pup and shred a LOT. I also used a service to cancel a bunch of catalogs, so I went from a big yardwaste bag of shredded paper every two weeks to one about every other month…. thank goodness!

Couldn’t live without my computer and really good security software, including offsite backup!

With getting my website set up, I’m loving the postal service and flat rate shipping… and priority mail for stuff that won’t fit in a flat rate box… and a digital scale. LOL

By: whitestripe

whitestripe — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:42:58 +0000

you can get printers that are also scanners – so you have two machines in one that are both essential.

a USB, even if it’s only 2gb.