My Printer Ink Costs Were Killing Me
When the personal computer fad exploded all over the world I was contemplating retirement. I decided that I would leave all that new fangled internet stuff to the next generation. Little did I know at the time, what was in store for me on my path in this life. I did indeed retire and sell my business and moved from the east side of Florida, to the west side where both my children had settled . My son is into the writing and proofing of computerised tax programs and my daughter is an optomitrist, both of them totally engulfed in the computer age. So I figured my wife and I had done our part for the new age generation.
As the computer explosion mushroomed and the laptop arrived my daughter was on one like a mother hen on a brood of chicks. Some weeks later she came knocking at my door, presenting me with her desk top computer which she had no use for anymore. With severe reservations I rearanged some furniture and let her set it up. She went on line and we set up my account. She showed me how to turn it on and off then said, "There you are, have fun." For a long time it was a table decoration staring at me every time I passed it.
Here in Florida those rare all day overcast drizzles do show up occasionally and being an out-doors kind of guy, I get the heebie-jeebies on a long rainy day. When I got up that morning I could tell it was going to be one of those days and by ten o'clock I was pacing the floors trying to find something to do. I was getting on my wife's nerves and she suggested I turn on the computer. I approached it like one might a stray dog, having no idea what I was in for. I punched the button and waited. In those days where I live, dial up was my only choice. I remembered how to check my email account and found that I had 2038 emails, many of them from my daughter asking, "Are you there yet?" I figured out how to delete them and began exploring. It wasn't as bad as I had envisioned. The next trip in town I bought "Windows for Dummies."
I just realized, that was over nine years ago. Now I've launched eight web sites and I write, publish, and print a monthly twelve page newsletter for my Knights of Columbus council as my contribution to the council operation, it takes a lot of ink. I purchased an HP all-in-one printer at first but it took too long to print twenty-four hundred pages each month. I finally bit the bullet and bought a 2025 HP color lazer jet printer. It works beautifully and I was very happy with the results. Then it ran out of ink in one of the color cartridges. I looked up the HP website and found the cartridge I needed. Up to that point I hadn't given the cost of ink a thought. Boy, was I in for a surprise. The printer takes four cartridges @ $120 each. I saved a few bucks and got free shipping by buying the whole set at once but that didn't help my budget very much. At first you could only buy ink from HP but that eventually changed and I found lower prices on line.
It's funny how one thing in life leads to another, then on to another, and another. There seems to be so many tragedies around the world anymore, or maybe the news just travels faster. Any way I see all these struggling families who have lost everything and wished I could do something to help at least some of them. I did pretty well in the business world but not so well that I could make much of an impact financially, which is my goal, for the time I have left on this spaceship we call earth.
One evening after watching the news report on another catastophy, I was deleting emails and one was about making money at home on line. I decidet to try to build a site and donate the commissions I receive, to organizations who are on the front lines helping those families. Maybe I could indeed help. I read the free information and found that for $37 a month, they would provide the software tools for me to build an online shopping site. In deciding what to sell, I returned to printer ink of which I've now had some experience.
With time on my hands I have built two websites to raise funds to help families in need. They are affiliate sites. People around the world can help with this endeavor simply by purchasing the Ink supplies they need to facilitate their printing works, without impacting their finances. I will distribute the commissions I receive from those purchases, to organizations who help families who have come on hard times. The amount of help this site can generate is unlimited as individuals and businesses find it. I do not have a large budget to publicize this project, but as more and more sales are generated, I will advertise aggressively to get this snowball on the downhill. Any promotional help from any source will be greatly appreciated by those we help. Comments about this idea will be greatly appreciated by me.
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About the Author
* A way to make printer ink cartridges last longer. * Printer ink cartridges, Ink refill kit, toner cartriges and toner refill kits. * http://www.ink-4-printers.net * Robert Smith 25109 Malvern St. Brooksville FL 34601 * email http://www.artworks7q@aol.com * Ph 352-754-8509
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