Quote Originally Posted by urbanminer View Post
If Staples gives $50 off a printer, I wonder what they do with them. Maybe there is some intrinsic value in them we don't know about.
They probably have a rebate with printer makers to offset that $50, plus they will get to sell you a $.15 USB cable for $19.95 and make a killing on ink sales down the road as well. Most printers sold today are junk so its not like much money went inot making them.