Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att-cb!ihnp4!homxb!houxu!jhv
From: jhv@houxu.UUCP (James Van Ornum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Epson MX-80 print head madness
Message-ID: <1139@houxu.UUCP>
Date: 21 Feb 88 02:13:22 GMT
References: <351@dalcsug.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T, Holmdel, NJ
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> For a printer which is supposed to have a 'disposable' print head, I find it
> hard to believe that the replacement print head for my MX-80 costs well over
> half of the purchase price of a brand-new printer!
>                      ... I find it pretty hard to shell out $158 for a new
> print head, when I can buy a new and faster printer with more features for
> $300.
> 

My recollection is that the replacement print head was to cost about $25.
Has the dynamics of the market place been such that it has risen to $158,
or is that the dealers price including installation?
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	James Van Ornum, AT&T, houxu!jhv