Win a Kodak ESP-7 Printer
May 11, 2009 Product Giveaway
Kodak wants me to save money
I’m a weird person, in many ways. Too many to go into here. So we’ll just concentrate on this one: I’m an inherently cheap person with expensive tastes. What does that mean? Well, I’ll insist on free shipping for a luxury item that I don’t need. I’ll spend days researching the cheapest way to buy a new and expensive electronic gadget that I just HAVE to have. I like saving money, but at the same time, I want the best stuff. I think I’ve found a printer that fulfills both sides of that coin.
Last month I went to a really interesting event held by Kodak about saving money. There were some other great bloggers there (forgive me if I’ve forgotten one or two of you, I’m a nightmare with names and faces and am stealing this info from other bloggers who were at the same event, so really you should blame them for getting it wrong): Kim from Mom in the City (whom I run into at every event – we must share a social secretary), Amanda from goodyblog, Katja from Skimbaco Lifestyle (and the Disney Wonder cruise), Kelcey from the Mama Bird Diaries (who hooked Fiona and me up with the almost-private Barenaked Ladies concert last year), Nicole from Momtrends, and Wendy from Babies Gotta Have It. There were also some great bloggers conferencing in by phone, but if you think I’m bad about names in person…
Anyway, Laura Rowley (whose book I have sitting right here – she gave each of us one at the event) led us in a discussion on how we can all save money, room-by-room. I was Tweeting like mad during the event, and I’ve summarized some of my best money-saving Tweets from the discussion (the advice I can’t take credit for, just the reporting of it):
Save money on basics:
- Always ask your doctor for a generic prescription.
- Call your insurance agent and make sure that you’re getting all of the discounts you’re entitled to. Some common ones you might be missing out on: combining auto and home insurance; discounts for home alarm systems; auto safety discounts such as airbags, anti-lock breaks, etc.; auto discounts for taking defensive driving classes (I did that one!).
- Give your kids an allowance equal to their ages and then make them responsible for paying for certain things (that one was mine!).
Save money on entertainment and travel:
- Use your local library to borrow movies and videos, instead of renting. Some of them even let you reserve the next available copy online.
- Sign up at RedBox.com to get movie codes delivered to you each week. (UPDATE: I just saw over on Consumerist that RedBox is phasing out its free movie Monday codes. Too bad.)
- Have a “staycation” and act like a tourist in your own town (my kids LOVE IT when we do this stuff).
- Use HomeAway.com to negotiate a price on someone else’s vacation home.
- Call the Chamber of Commerce before heading to a place on vacation – they’ll be able to give you all sorts of coupons and discounts for local attractions.
- Take your kids to visit a local firehouse, and bring the firemen some brownies. Your kids will have a great time and the firemen will really appreciate it.
Save money around your house:
- Avoid “vampire power drain” by unplugging your appliances when you’re not using them. Even when off they’re still using electricity. (OK, I admit it, I included this one for all of you, but there’s not a chance I’m going to do it. That’s just way too much work for me. I know that it saves tons of money though, so if you’ve got it in you, go for it.)
- Spruce up a room with decals instead of paint or wallpaper.
- Save money on lots of stuff, from kitchen items to vacations, at school and charity silent auctions (I just chaired one, and can vouch for the fact that there were some GREAT deals to be had).
- Fax for free at faxzero.com. They put an ad on the cover page, and you can only send two three-page faxes per day, but still, it’s free.
- And of course, save lots of money on ink with the Kodak ESP-7 All-in-One Printer!
You can save an average of $110 a year on ink costs with the Kodak ESP-7 All-in-One Printer. Kodak even has a handy overpayment calculator that figures out for you just how much you’d save on ink with a Kodak printer compared to other printers. I found out that I would save about $120 per year on ink costs! And I know that in the big scheme of things that might not sound like a ton of money, but look at the savings list above: this is all about making small, manageable cuts that add up! And, saving money on ink doesn’t mean that you pay an arm and a leg for the printer (it retails for under $200!), or give up features (it has Wi-Fi, two paper trays, a built-in duplexer, and produces borderless pictures that look like they came from a high-end photo processing machine).
Enter to win your own Kodak ESP-7 Printer
Kodak was nice enough to send me one of these printers to review, plus they’re giving a Kodak ESP-7 All-in-One Printer to one of you! To enter, you can do one of two things: either go to Kodak’s overpayment calculator and then leave a comment on this post telling me how much you would save, or leave a comment telling me what you would do with an extra $110 (the average savings for switching to this printer).
You can also get an extra entry by Tweeting about this contest, with a link back to this post and #PrintProsper at the end (leave a separate comment with a link to your Tweet). You can even just copy this and Tweet it if you want to be super lazy conserve your own energy:
Selfish Mom and Kodak are giving away a Kodak ESP-7 All-in-One Printer! Come on over and enter to win: http://twurl.nl/17rhzj #PrintProsper
(UPDATE: A couple of you have asked how to link to an individual Twitter post. Here’s how: Once you’ve Tweeted, click on your Tweet where it tells you when you’ve Tweeted. On TweetDeck it says the actual time you Tweeted, on Twitter it says something like “one minute ago.” Clicking on that should take you to your individual Tweet and you can copy and paste that link. If that’s not working for you, then leave a comment with your Twitter name and I’ll find it.)
That’s two entries per household please (yes, I do check). The winner will be chosen from all eligible entries by random.org. Contest ends around 6pm eastern on Sunday, May 17th. Printer can be shipped to U.S. addresses only. For full giveaway rules please go to the giveaway rules page.
I hope you found some of these money-saving tips helpful. Stop back tomorrow for my review of the Kodak ESP-7 All-in-One Printer. Plus, as a bonus, in tomorrow’s review post I’ll tell you how you can get another couple of entries!
Good luck.
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I would save $99.52 if I switched! Hmmmm…tempting! I just got a new Kodak Easy Share camera for Mother’s Day! This would be the perfect addition.
Just tweeted about this: OneBoredMommySelfish Mom & Kodak are giving away a Kodak ESP-7 All-in-One Printer! Come on over and enter to win: http://twurl.nl/17rhzj #PrintProsper
If I had an extra $110 from saving ink what would I do with it? I would use it to throw a big summer party for me preschooler and all of his friends when school is out for the summer. I would like to have snacks, entertainment, and games for all the kiddies. I think they would have a blast! Oh, and of course I would get to blog it @ http://atomicmom.typepad.com (The Atomic Mom). You know I had to include a selfish plug for my blog.
I’ve tweeted this a couple times, but don’t know how to link to a single tweet. I am theatomicmommy on twitter!
I can’t wait to get my new printer!!
*wink wink* lol Thanks for the giveaway!
Kat
With the extra 110 I would save I would buy a composter.
With $110 I would put it towards our trip to Disney this summer! This is a great printer and if I do win I will actually donate it to my daughters school!
Tweeted under http://www.twitter.com/coolphotoideas.com at 11:33am!
Enter to win an awesome Kodak ESP-7 printer! http://bit.ly/ApFv5
I buy me a new digital camera with the money.
Tweeted. http://twitter.com/theladya/status/1763976874
Following and I would love to win this my printer just broke
What great timing! I need to buy a new color cartridge for my HP. The cost of ink is so high, I wondered if it would be better to just a buy a new printer. I think I would take the $110 I would save by buying some organizing boxes for my desk. Right now I can barely see my desk!
Here’s my tweet. http://twitter.com/thienkim/statuses/1764449455
I’d love to win! With the money I would save, I would buy some classroom supplies for my child’s teacher.
I don’t have a printer at all so this would be awesome (I print things I really need at work)
I would save $152.15. That’s crazy. I have an HP and if I was lucky enough to win I would give it to my mom and keep the kodak.
I would put the $110 towards a MUCH needed massage/mani/pedi for a very tired mom!
I would put the $110 towards a vacation for myself and my husband – with the 2 kids we need some fun reconnect time!!
If I saved $110 I would use it towards my son’s wedding! Plus this printer would be great for wedding pictures too!
Thanks for the great giveaway
If I saved $110, I would give it to my wife Peggy! haha
I knew I’d be out of a bunch of money. I’d save $95.59 a year in ink.
I hate paying the forty some bucks for ink cartridges-that’s a pedicure or a hair cut or color or a box of good chocolates. And just think another thing for you to show me how to hook up and work on your next visit.
I stand to save $204.59! I can’t stand it, but I would definitely splurge and buy these $250 metallic orange gladiator sandals I saw in the world’s most expensive store. I dream about those sandals. Who knew I couldn’t afford the sandals because I spend too much on ink? Crappy man that is just crappy!
I thought those kodak commercials were just a gimmick. According to the site I would save $133. which will surely increase as I print more photos from my new camera (awesome mother’s day present!) I would take the savings and make myself a wedding album, only 3 years late!
http://twitter.com/adiaha/status/1769103749
Did the lazy cut and past Tweet….:)
It said I overpaid by 169.76
(http://www.kodak.com/global/mul/consumer/print/en_us/index.html?userLanguage=en-us&xmlURL=xml/dataFilesURLs.xml&firstPage=calculator)
That’s a whole lot of money I could spend elsewhere….I’ve got to win this printer; I need this printer; I WANT THIS PRINTER!!!!
Thanks so much for such a wonderful opportunity. I hope and will be crossing my fingers that I’m chosen to be the very lucky winner!
-barbarabaker
I have also tweeted the giveaway on twitter here:
http://twitter.com/barbarabaker/status/1769529530
& again with this tweet (the right way…LOL):
http://twitter.com/barbarabaker/status/1769546459
Sorry, I got a little excited and forgot the hashtag.
Thanks so much again!
-barbarabaker
With the $110 savings I would use the money for my son’s college textbook fund.
http://twitter.com/MomMaven/status/1770082954
The overpayment calculator says I’d save $117.17 per year with the Kodak printer, compared to my Epson, possibly more. I’d enjoy finding out. The first year’s savings would just about pay for the printer.
I overpaid 146.52. That’s way too much in my book. And that isn’t even printing pictures. Yikes. With a savings of $110.00 I could put it towards car repairs that we need so much.
Tweeted this, and here’s the link http://twitter.com/DianeLHarris/status/1770182989
I follow and tweeted: https://twitter.com/Barterbabe/status/1770194915
This sounds great, never could afford printer, camera was given as gift, after my sister got herself a “better” one, but my second hand Kodak is still running strong and her “better” one isn’t……
Wow, we would save $220.28! That is a big savings, and I would love to own one of these printers. Thanks
Tweeted:
http://twitter.com/lizzydear/status/1770643375
I’d use the $110 towards buying a Kitchen Aid mixer. I’m tired of mixing all my cakes and meringues and whipped cream by hand!
With an extra $110 I would by fabric to make a quilt of Elvis Presley to match this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/isewcute/3409391959/in/set-72157614450290120/
I’d save 95 bucks, not bad! the wifi would be awesome, as would something smaller than the huge things sitting on top of my desk. thanks
With $110, I might be able to afford a headset so that my repetitive stress injury doesn’t flare up when I hold the phone to my ear by tilting my head.
Tweet.
http://twitter.com/badgermomma/statuses/1771531148
With $110 I’d put it towards a Flip or a Vado, because one of those would be much easier than shooting video with my digital camera.
Tweet! http://twitter.com/valmg/status/1772776449
An extra $110 would go towards attending my class reunion in FL.
I would use the $110 to buy more perennials for my garden. Yep, it’s that time of year!
I’m trying to retire and would use the extra $110 to reinvest into my online business presence. I wold like to update and give a new look to several of my blog templates and would help the economy by using a WAHM designer.
Tweeted it!
http://twitter.com/Moomettesgram/status/1773264198
I would put the $110. toward our honeymoon or upcoming nuptials.
I would save $73.81.
The $110 that I would save would make me feel less guilty for the money I’m spending on going to BlogHer this summer. This printer sounds so great because my biggest cheapness is printer ink. When I used to work out of the home, I would do all my printing at work. Now that I can’t do that anymore, I hate how fast printers go through ink and how much it costs. This Kodak ESP-7 sounds fantastic.
I just tweeted about this contest. https://twitter.com/jenwag57/status/1773745011
Totally tweeted about this.
http://twitter.com/jessicaaeastman/status/1774643911
I really hope that I win. I would spend the money on a pair of new sandals from easy spirit and then get a pedicure.
With the ALMOST $200. our family would save we could get a week’s groceries!!I love this printer! thanks.
Thanks VERY much for explaining how to do a Tweet link. I didn’t know how either! Well, I tweeted the contest. I’m dragonfly777…..http://twitter.com/dragonfly777/status/1775088344
Thanks!!
With an extra $110 I would buy myself some new camera equipment, so that my pictures would come out even better!
I would use the money that I saved to buy some new clothes that I really need. Thanks!
Tweet!
http://twitter.com/simplyandreah/status/1777234972
I would save close to 188 dollars omg thats alot for ink
I love to save money. I have a room in my house dedicated to my saving money items. My kids cal lit the Officemax room, that is because I used to find great deals there, now they have slowed down a bit there but we still call it that.
I have an old Kodak Easy Share camera and I would love to own that new printer and save lots of money with it. I have an old and I mean old about 10 years old printer by HP. That new printer would enable me to print some pretty nice photos!
Nancy
I overpaid $87.21!! ugh!
I would use the $110 to buy some new clothes as soon as I lose 10 pounds!
http://twitter.com/LindaHP/status/1784222384
I would have saved over $221 a year. That is crazy!
I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/StacieinAtlanta/status/1786632052
I’d spend my “extra” $110.00 to pay down my highest-interest credit card!
Interesting….according to the price comparison, I’d save just over $88. I think it’s time to look at investing in a new printer!
I’d safe around $100 per year. I could use the savings to buy more great food! Thanks for the giveaway!
Tweeted
http://twitter.com/luckytoddler/status/1788149160
I over spent by $103.33 and that’s a lot. I was surprised because I have cut way back on my printing lately to save money and I even use the “fast draft” function that takes less ink and have been using gray scale only. I bet i spent twice as much last year~!
I tweeted @twitter about this amazing review & giveaway.
http://twitter.com/exotic1/status/1791508424
exotic1
Thanks so much for sharing this review & giveaway and Thanks to Kodak as well
That was a fun exercise! I found out I will save $155.61 a year! That’s pretty substantial and I am sure in actuality I will save more because I am sure I print more than I realize! I would use that savings towards purchasing more eco-friendly products for my family of 5! Everyday I look for ways that I can “Greenify” our home and the products I use for the home and on my family and this money will help me to replace all of our old conventional household cleaning, health and beauty products with healthier organic natural products. It can get expensive so I am right now replacing them on an as needed basis! It would be nice to just go out and slurge on them! Thank you so much for the wonderful opportunity to enter. I have always loved Kodak products and know they are always going to be state of the art!
I twittered about this amazing giveaway! Here’s the link to my tweet:
http://twitter.com/joannaonthelake/status/1795590243
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/bonggafinds/status/1796370435
I would have saved $258.88. Holy cow that is a lot of money. It;’s time for a change and time to get a new printer. Think of all the stuff I could have bought.
tweeted:
http://twitter.com/carogonza/status/1796569294
With an extra $110.00 I would put in to savings for my daughters braces
tweeted on twitter (cutepeafreebies) http://twitter.com/cutepeafreebies/status/1796733269
I would save $111.29, which could be used for lots of stuff. A vacation is sounding nice right now, and so is a new printer!
I would use the $73 I could save by going out on more date nights with my husband.
I would use that extra money to help supplement my husband’s paycut that he just got. I am just glad he still has a job!
Unfortunately, things are pretty tight right now so $110 would probably go to kids clothes or shoes or something like that.
Twittered: http://twitter.com/coriwestphal/statuses/1812463261
If I saved that much money, I would save it because I’m a broke college student
I’m following you on Twitter (username: Schlossy) and tweeted: http://twitter.com/Schlossy/status/1820637381
I would save $92.00 if I switched!
I’d put the extra money towards a family vacation! I’ve had my eye on these printers for ages… fingers crossed. =}
Because my loving mother prints family photos (especially of the grandchildren, of course) for the members of our entire family, this would make a wonderful birthday gift for her this coming June 14th! Thanks for providing an opportunity for someone to save money on such a useful item!
To spend $110, I’d order a Big Portrait of my baby, who’s growing so fast! I’d use one of the pictures taken when he’s not watching.
http://twitter.com/jenboots
Tweet!
I always knew I overpaid! OUCH! $244.41
Ooooo, $110. Hmm, probably the first thing on my list would have to be a new pair of shoes for my son who keeps growing no matter what I do. (he simply doesn’t fit in the dryer for me to shrink him!). He is 11 years old and 5′6″ as of today, but who knows what he’ll be when we wake up tomorrow. as it is he grew 1/2 inch n the last 3 weeks. Keeping him properly clothed, even with frequent Wal-mart trips is an expensive adventure. I I had Skyler suited up I would move on to my middle child and pay for a week of Horseback ridding cam that she really wants to go to. She has had such a tumultuous year with emotional bullying at her school, I would really like to give her something to look forward to the first week out of school. Unfortunately my camp budget is already maxed out. Last, but not least there is my baby…my 6 year old. I call her my curator because she has never met a museum that she didn’t love. she is such a sponge. As I am typing this she is laying next to me watching the Discovery channel chattering on about the fish on the screen telling me more than even the announcer is. Anyway, our membership to the Shedd Aquarium is expiring and so I would welcome the help to renew for her. OOps I would have one last wish for that $110 I would love to give my mother a spa trip. My beautiful hard working mother who is raising my niece, a petulant teen-ager, because my Sister is mentally ill. My Mother who shuld be retired and lounging, but is instead taking care of everyone around her except herself. I would like to give her a gift of relaxation, all $110 worth.
SMILE On!
ML
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