Cutting costs for everyone but the consumer

I now have a 10 foot USB cable (compliments of Radio Shack and $29.99) to attach my "New" printer - the Wide Format HP 9800 to my computer. You'd have thought that the cable - any cable for that matter would have come with the printer, but NO...

Of course it says so on the box - that it does not come with the cable, and I recall when I ordered it from Officemax.com (never seeing the box etc) that they suggested accessories at the time which included a cable etc, but I never gave it a thought until I opened the box. Just another way to cut the cost of the product for the manufacturer as I am sure that after eliminating the cable they did not reduce the price of their printer. My God printer cartridges cost enough. Oh well live and learn and read the fine print...a rule of thumb we must all follow in this day and age.

Now to get some big paper - 11 x 17, or larger and test it out...more money.

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No yardwork yesterday. I did manage to go get the cable - see above - and a battery for Thelma's phone and groceries, but that was about all. My back, my hip joints really were in agony. Enough that I took two pain pills and sat against a heating pad for much of the afternoon. Probably due to all the furniture moving and lifting and the change in weather. Getting cooler and damper and that always seems to affect those joints in my lower back - the two dimples either side of your spine. Usually it isn't too bad, but yesterday it was difficult getting in and out of the truck and walking - they stiffened right up and it took awhile for them to get limber...sighhh I guess I'm getting old or out of shape or both.

Hopefully today they won't be so alive as I have a class to give and the chairs there are none too comfortable.