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"Ryadia" <ryadia@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Peter Seddon" <peter.seddon@nomail.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> Hi all
>>
>> Anyone got any views / experience with the CIS sold by Burn-Media
>> www.burn-media.co.uk for the Epson R300 Photo printer. I don't want to
>> pay
>> Epson prices for carts and compatibles don't seem to last as long.
>>
>> Peter.
>>
> Just be aware that not everyone has a tale of joy from these things.
> I bought a CIF system for my Epson R310 from American manufacturer of inks
> and CIF systems. It cost $300 AUD and the package was full of magenta ink
> when it arrived. They sent a replacement but it cost me an extra $25 in
> freight (you don't expect us to pay for freight, do you?). The replacement
> one had a missing chip from the yellow cart.
>
> When I finally found the chip in of the bottom of the box and got it in
> place, the system killed my printer stone dead. It wouldn't recognize some
> of the carts, I reseated them and it would'nt recognize different one
> until
> finally it just died. Wouldn't use the originals either. www.inksupply.com
> is the company which I got it from.
>
> When I told them of my problem and asked for a refund... Nothing, Zilch,
> Zero. I was left with a totally dead, new printer and $325 worth of
> usless,
> poorly manufactured stuff from a yank mob who didn't give a rats arse once
> they got my money. It would have been cheaper for me to have just bought a
> new colour laser printer (which I eventually did) The per page cost of the
> laser is 29¢.
>
>
Not a good story I'll stay away from that lot. I did some tests on the
compatible carts and found that instead of the 30ml of ink you get in a
genuine Epson these only had 10ml of ink. So instead of the carts being 1/6
the price, in ink terms they are only 1/2 price, admittedly still a saving
but what a bind having to keep changing them.
Peter.
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