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I agree with Griff; Epson do really good quality at a very low price. Our Epson DX3800 (probably superceded now) cost £50 eight years ago and is still going strong. You can buy cheaper ink cartridges at any of the UK online outlets (I use printerinks.com). It's not wifi but for only occasional printing that is far from being a necessity.
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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Brother Lasers are very good.
You can pick up the printer for a reasonable price.
The problem most people see is the toner looks expensive, but given the amount of prints available from it then it works out about the same as per an ink cartridge.
The advantage is that it doesn't dry out like ink.
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Thanks, they look good...
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Also see HERE[^]
It is a full colour wireless printer with NFC, so just pop your tablet down on it and print!
Samsung are a good make too and this one is on special offer at PC World.
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and you dont have to buy ink from dodgy ink dealers (called dave)
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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I do not sell Dodgy Ink!
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didnt say you did, the inks fine its the dealer that dodgy, Dave's independant trading
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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If you're willing to spend little bit more, buy any non-Brother colour laser. This puts you just outside of the "disposable" printer market. The printer costs more, but an HP is printer for life and toner is cheaper.
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I didn't realise it was his birthday today.
Mind you, neither does he.
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Happy b'day Michael and Get well soon. 
Nothing is Impossible for Willing Heart.
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Funny, I thought the same while reading an update in the news this morning.
I think cynicism is not dead. 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Poor taste, cancel my subscription etc.
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+5 
A lot more do i... the News are reminding me in an hourly interval...  
   
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Ouch.
/ravi
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Herself managed to break her phone just before Crimble - and since she only uses it once in a blue moon for emergencies (and it's normally flat by then anyway) I got her a £10 cheapy clamshell from ASDA on TMobile PAYG.
It's a tiny Samsung, has a four week battery life, won't make calls when she stuffs it in her pocket and receives calls fine.
But...try as I might, I can't seem to get any money onto it. I've found three different ways via t'interwebs, all of which fail at the beginning or just after entering my card info, tried 150 on the phone which failed after the card info with a "system down" message, tried two different cash points (and can't even find the instructions to top up there) and the only way left is to shell out money in advance on a top up in the supermarket which may work (or not, I haven't tried yet) or return it for a refund...
It is possible that I have become too unskilled to be able to give people money...
So - anyone on it? How do you top the stupid object up? Or have TMobile gone bust and I hadn't noticed?
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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I'm on T-Mobile in Hungary, I just go into any store with the payment logo and jobs done. I have seen similar here in Co-op amongst others.
speramus in juniperus
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Thanks - I'll give it a try later then! I'm just reluctant to spend money if the result isn't going to work - I'd rather get Herself another phone and give this back for a refund!
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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It's not clear from your post but I take it you have a new simcard too.
Generally simcards need activating before you can charge up the account with dosh.
So if it is a new simcard and you have not activated it you will need to search for the activation section online - I think you will need the IMEI number from the phone(should be on the phone somewhere in the battery compartment or accessible from a key combination on the handset) as well as the sim card serial number to activate the sim.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Regrettably not:
"If you’ve received a SIM because you’ve just joined us or been sent a replacement because your old one was lost, stolen, damaged or faulty, your new SIM will already be activated. You don’t have to do anything."
(TMobile website)
The sim came with the phone which is network locked to TMobile (or I wouldn't be playing with it)
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Yep - that was one of three ways I found on the internet. It lets me fill out all the info, enter my card details, goes to my bank verification screen for my card payment password, then...
[16.05.86] You have exceeded the current payment limit on this account. And I know the card I used has more than £5 behind it! 
The EE / T-Mobile help is worse than useless: it just directs you to that screen (or the registration screen for cards which permanently complains their systems are down after you have filled everything in) without giving you an option to talk to anyone, even if they are in Mumbai...
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Yes, the downside of their website is that when it does not work, it really is impossible to figure out why. The Orange helpline used to be in Plymouth, and they were reasonably helpful. But of course that may now have changed.
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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Dang! 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Have you checked with your bank that nothing has been charged yet ? I once ended up loading more than 200€ on my phone by repeatedly trying to add 20€. The website crashed, but the money was indeed transferred.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Good thought!
Just checked - thanks to you! - and I'm glad(?) to say none of my attempts have taken any money from the account.
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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