UPDATED - HP842C Color Printer - $60 after PM, MIR at Staples

[858diver]

Posted this one in Old Pro's BB thread, but figured this one was hot enough to break out.

HP842C Color Printer $89 after $30 price drop.

PM at Staples, add something to get over $100 (like some free after rebate software), use a $25 off $100 coupon, and the printer will be $89 - $25 - $30 = $34 - less than the cost of the toner cartridges!

HP MIR link

Price matchers - go get'em!

Update: Price AFTER rebate is $89, so after PM / coupon is is more like $60 - still a hot deal!

 

[jayR]

HP has a $30 MIR for the 630c, 648c, and 842c. It is good until April 4th.

Anybody want to volunteer thier experience with these printers?
Good, Bad, Ugly?

How are they with ink? Are the cartrages expensive?

I have a friend who needs basic cheep printing capability. Is this the best deal going for that?

Thanks in advance,
jayR

 

[IIIBradIII]

OK, PM at Staples, but against what other store?

 

[858diver]

Brad: BB = Best Buy. Ad is reported to come out Sunday.

 

[DiverDown]

There's also a $25 off $75 code floating around...

 

[kaiotes]

too bad no RET II tech in this one
if u add to 100, u can use 30 off100

 

[buybye]

I believe the $89 at BB is after the HP rebate of $30 making the price the same as Staples. So . . . about the best you could do is $64 with a $25 coupon. Hope I'm wrong - kinda wanted this as a spare.

 

[copper007]

in reply to the question about the ink cartridges, the black is overly priced for the amount of ink in the cartridge. it uses the HP no. 15 cartridge which is $28 at OD and has half the amount of ink the old HP 51645A had for the same price.

 

[jayR]

Thanks copper.

BTW, Staples has the 842c for $120 and the 648c for $99.99.
(This is Staple's regular price. NO PM.)
Using the $30 off $100 coupon and $30 rebate brings them to $60 and $40 respectively.

 

[GoldenTiger]

Nice deal... but I'm sticking with my 722c still .

 

[RaginCajun]

Thanks for the heads up. $60 is great price for this printer. It's on the way to me now to replace a POS Canon.

 

[drac747]

He's right. $89 is AFTER the rebate at BB.

$149 - $30 price drop = $119.99 - $30 = $89

So Staples will not PM it at $89.

 

[RaginCajun]

It's still a good deal

 

[The_Dude8]

wasn't this printer the same one that was offer a while back w/ the purchase of e-stamp???i think hp's printers are a very good quality..me very happy w/ the 930c that i got back during the estamp promotion..

 

[hkssupra69]

bump

 

[BurnItDwn]

bump to get above all the crap threads

 

[shadowfaX]

^

 

[ZeroCool420]

bump for a pretty good deal. I know people who pay that much for just ink.

 

[Seattle]

What does "bump" mean?

 

[RaginCajun]

TTT

 

[jayR]

TTT=To The Top
bump = TTT
^ = bump

They are used to put the thread at the top of the forum. So good ongoing deals don't drop into oblivion.

 

[fergus]

The $89 deal is also at Office Depot, Office Max, Circuit City and Best Buy.

 

[RaginCajun]

Only Staples has a $30 coupon, bringing the price to $59 + tax

 

[dougjnn]

For those that don't know about this, or have a link, here is a good and cheap supplier of refills for inkjet printers, including the HP ones. Their HP inkjet 600 line of refill works with the 648c. (I checked the cartridge numbers at the HP web site).

 

[apoppin]

So if I understand this correctly - PM $119 at Staples - $30 Staples Coupon ($89) - $30 MIR = $59 final total(+tax).

So is this printer any advantage over my HP 720C ?