There are a few places I go online to buy printer cartridges or refills. Recently I shopped again at two of them. (I have written on the other one.) I always check around for the best price within my budget. Sometimes, it is best to go to a store but mostly I have found that shopping online for these products is a lot less cheaper. Even with shipping and handling. When you live 20 or so miles from the nearest discount store online is the way for me.
The Store
http://www.inktoday.com. I have been shopping here for over a year now and have never had a problem with them. Their prices are very reasonable and most times I find they can’t be beat. Of course, this does depend on your needs.
When you first come on to the site you will find very colorful page! Across the top you will find links that will take you to: about us, contact us, 100% guarantee, and shipping info and view cart. These are also available on each page, found at the top.
On the left hand side of the homepage you will find a search box that allows you quick access to your hard to find cartridges. And down below the search box you will find links for the most popular printers such as: Apple, Brother, Canon, Compaq, Epson, HP, Lexmark and Xerox. Each link will take you to a page that offers available cartridges or refills.
I was looking for Canon, so after clicking that link I went to a page where I was given 2 options. The first option offers a drop down box where you select your printer brand (which if you clicked on your brand from the list on the left hand side that brand should be showing in the first drop down box, ) and another drop down box that offers your series.
Now if you open the second drop down box and choose your series, the page automatically changes and another drop down box shows up where you can now choose your model. And the page will change automatically again. This time you will see what is available for your printer with price.
For example: My printer is the Canon BJC 250 and I can now choose to buy a recycled cartridge in black ink for 19.95 (BC-02) or a color one for 23.95 (BC-05), which both are a savings up to 39%. Now I think this may be a little high, so I go to the https://walmart.com site to check prices and find that https://inktoday.com prices are cheaper. But, I have to consider s/h at both places. Ink Today has a lot less s/h than Wal-Marts online store.
Now lets go back to the homepage for option two in selecting your cartridge. After clicking on the Canon link, which you can also do on any page from the list found on the left hand side of any page, option 2 allows you a much easier way to get to your choices. They have the models listed and you can just click on yours and go to that page.
This is an easier way, however, if your model is not showing you will want to use option one. And after, once again finding the correct cartridge for my printer I select “add to cart”.
Shipping and handling
You can choose from several shipping methods. If you spend 50.00 it will be free. Or you can choose from the following:
FedEx 2-Day® ($3.95, guaranteed in 2 business days) FedEx Ground® ($2.50, guaranteed in 2-5 business days) USPS First Class / Priority Mail® with Delivery Confirmation ($1.95, usually delivered in 2-5 days) FedEx Priority Overnight® ($6.95, guaranteed by 10:30 am the next morning in most locations)
I chose the USPS First Class/Priority Mail for 1.95 bringing my total order to 23.90, which is still cheaper than https://walmart.com or their store, which sells these cartridges for 29.96 plus the gas and wear and tear on the car and the crowds. And the color ones are as much as 39.97.
From The S/h page
“The actual cost of shipping your order is far more than the $1.95 we charge for shipping. We believe that every order is of the utmost importance and, in an effort to have the best customer service and prices anywhere, we pay almost all of the shipping cost ourselves (our average shipping cost is almost $10.00)! Additionally, we do not charge any ’’handling’’ charges.”
This is a true statement!
http://www.inktoday also offers a money back guarantee, which says: That after 60 days you are not satisfied you can return your product. They will even send you an authorized return label. Now that’s a great bargain! I have never had to use this feature though because I am always satisfied with what I get. You can read more about this on the site.
Contact Info
You can click on the contact link at the top of any page and you will be taken to a form where you can fill it out with your questions. They will respond, at least thus far they have for me.
Other Stuff
From the Website: “We sell premium recycled and 100% compatible inkjet and toner cartridges at 20% to 80% off the price you would pay at a retail office supply store. Plus, we back up all of our products with a 60-day unconditional money-back guarantee.
You see https://inktoday.com wanted to have a way that would really help out the consumer by selling products that were of good quality and not half full! I think this is what turned me to them in the first place.
How I Feel
Setting up an account with them is very easy and very safe. When ever I get my order there is always a coupon for an extra savings the next time I shop with them. These generally run around 10% but will also be for 5%. And they do have an expiration date!
Anything I have ordered has always come in with in the time period I have paid for and the products have always been in good condition and in working order. The cartridges last just as long as new/non-recycled ones.
I really enjoy shopping from this online store. The site is very easy to get around and the pages loaded quickly. There are lots of choices to choose from and I do suggest that you shop around for the best. And like I stated earlier, I have always gotten my order within the time frame I was told it would to me.
I also will get an email from them telling my order is on the way. Now that’s Customer Service! And for those of you in business, they do offer same day delivery. They do ship to Hawaii and Alaska as well. Give them a try!
I hope that this has helped in some kind of way.
God Bless!
©LKD 2002
Prices are US Dollars. No International Ordering though.