How to get the wife to agree to a 2K printer?

On Mar 16, 9:26 am, "DeanB" wrote:
Ok, I want an Epson 4800, its $1815 plus shipping. Its 100lb, and 3
feet wide. Totally ridiculous.

How on earth can I possibly get the wife to let me have it? I already
told her I want real solid paper prints of the kids, that will last a
lifetime and longer, not like our current crappy fading prints, and
not all stored on DVDs and hard drives that are easily lost.

What else can help swing this?

Hmm... Don't you have a job? Do you need her to help pay for the
printer? I've never understood the idea of needing a spouse's
permission to buy something. If you want it and can afford it, just
let her know that you're going to buy it and go for it. I don't really
understand what basis or what right she would have to keep you from
buying it.

Does she have to get permission from you to buy an expensive pair of
shoes?

Of course this only works if you have enough spare cash that you can
easily afford it. If you're barely making ends meet, then of course
you need to discuss it with her, since a large expense would affect
her.

-Gniewko

DeanB wrote:
On Mar 16, 10:49 am, Marvin wrote:
DeanB wrote:
Ok, I want an Epson 4800, its $1815 plus shipping. Its 100lb, and 3
feet wide. Totally ridiculous.

How on earth can I possibly get the wife to let me have it? I
already told her I want real solid paper prints of the kids, that
will last a lifetime and longer, not like our current crappy fading
prints, and not all stored on DVDs and hard drives that are easily
lost.

What else can help swing this?

Epson has other printers that use the same inks and paper,
and make very nice prints that last as well as photographic
prints. Ditto for HP.

And back up your HD. You can copy files to CDs or DVDs.
External HDs are quite cheap now. I got a 160 GB external
HD recently for $50 after rebates, and I've seen it
advertised elsewhere for $59. It is being used to backup
our two computers.

Marvin - I'm a software developer. Hence I KNOW that every 10 years
I've going to have to change media format at the minimum, and for hard
drives probably once every 5 years. While I might do that, I actually
doubt if my kids will continue the tradition.

And to be honest, I prefer looking through a large traditional album
and seeing 12 pics at a time, over scanning a monitor one pic at a
time.

If you're printing album pages you don't need a 4800. An R2400 uses the
same inks for less than half the price. Major differences are that the
4800 prints poster size and has larger cartridges--13x19 should be
plenty for album pages.

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On Mar 16, 12:09 pm, "DeanB" wrote:
On Mar 16, 2:01 pm, "Jay B" wrote:





On Mar 16, 6:26 am, "DeanB" wrote:

Ok, I want an Epson 4800, its $1815 plus shipping. Its 100lb, and 3
feet wide. Totally ridiculous.

How on earth can I possibly get the wife to let me have it? I already
told her I want real solid paper prints of the kids, that will last a
lifetime and longer, not like our current crappy fading prints, and
not all stored on DVDs and hard drives that are easily lost.

What else can help swing this?

You could just take your balls out of your purse and go buy one.

;O)

Jay B

(This is not going to be subtle so if you're easily offended, please
skip onto next message.)

Jay - One more thing to consider also is timing in 'the month'. I'd
rather put my balls between the jaws of a rabid doberman than go tell
the wife I bought the printer, on her 'special' day!- Hide quoted text -


ROFL...

Fair enough...

Good luck with your "evil plot."

Jay B

wrote:

Hmm... Don't you have a job? Do you need her to help pay for the
printer? I've never understood the idea of needing a spouse's
permission to buy something. If you want it and can afford it, just
let her know that you're going to buy it and go for it. I don't really
understand what basis or what right she would have to keep you from
buying it.

Spoken like someone who's never been married! ROFL!

On Mar 16, 5:55 pm, Matt Ion wrote:
wrote:
Hmm... Don't you have a job? Do you need her to help pay for the
printer? I've never understood the idea of needing a spouse's
permission to buy something. If you want it and can afford it, just
let her know that you're going to buy it and go for it. I don't really
understand what basis or what right she would have to keep you from
buying it.

Spoken like someone who's never been married! ROFL!

Yup, you got me there (though I have been in a very-long-term
relationship). But I still can't imagine letting anyone control my
purchases that way. I don't think I could marry anyone who is that
controlling. And if I did, I certainly wouldn't stay married to her
very long.

Three words of advice for you married folks - separate bank
accounts

Again, this all assumes that the purchase in question doesn't put a
strain on the household's finances. If it does stretch the budget then
yeah, it's a decision that needs to be made together.

-Gniewko

DeanB wrote:
Ok, I want an Epson 4800, its $1815 plus shipping. Its 100lb, and 3
feet wide. Totally ridiculous.

How on earth can I possibly get the wife to let me have it? I already
told her I want real solid paper prints of the kids, that will last a
lifetime and longer, not like our current crappy fading prints, and
not all stored on DVDs and hard drives that are easily lost.

What else can help swing this?

Tell her that the comes packaged with about $500 worth of ink...which
happens to be true. So it's really more like buying a $1300 printer.


Mark² (Happy owner of the Epson 4000, which the 4800 replaced)

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Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

wrote:
On Mar 16, 9:26 am, "DeanB" wrote:
Ok, I want an Epson 4800, its $1815 plus shipping. Its 100lb, and 3
feet wide. Totally ridiculous.

How on earth can I possibly get the wife to let me have it? I already
told her I want real solid paper prints of the kids, that will last a
lifetime and longer, not like our current crappy fading prints, and
not all stored on DVDs and hard drives that are easily lost.

What else can help swing this?

Hmm... Don't you have a job? Do you need her to help pay for the
printer? I've never understood the idea of needing a spouse's
permission to buy something. If you want it and can afford it, just
let her know that you're going to buy it and go for it. I don't really
understand what basis or what right she would have to keep you from
buying it.

Does she have to get permission from you to buy an expensive pair of
shoes?

Of course this only works if you have enough spare cash that you can
easily afford it. If you're barely making ends meet, then of course
you need to discuss it with her, since a large expense would affect
her.

I'll bet ya a hamburger you've either never been married...or you've been
divorced several times... Which is it, and where's my hamburger???
--
Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

Mark² wrote:
DeanB wrote:
Ok, I want an Epson 4800, its $1815 plus shipping. Its 100lb, and 3
feet wide. Totally ridiculous.

How on earth can I possibly get the wife to let me have it? I already
told her I want real solid paper prints of the kids, that will last a
lifetime and longer, not like our current crappy fading prints, and
not all stored on DVDs and hard drives that are easily lost.

What else can help swing this?

Tell her that the comes packaged with about $500 worth of ink...which
happens to be true. So it's really more like buying a $1300 printer.


Mark² (Happy owner of the Epson 4000, which the 4800 replaced)

Start complaining about how much money you're wasting on ink...due to the
tiny little ink cartidges...and go on and on about how GREAT it would be if
there was a printer out there that avoided the trappings of tiny...fading
ink. Then a couple days later, you let her know that your research has
found a GREAT solution to all the money you've been forced to waste on
crappy ink...but that it will require a bit of initial investment. Voila!!
4800, here I come!

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Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

DeanB wrote:
On Mar 16, 10:49 am, "Scott W" wrote:
On Mar 16, 3:26 am, "DeanB" wrote:

Ok, I want an Epson 4800, its $1815 plus shipping. Its 100lb, and 3
feet wide. Totally ridiculous.

How on earth can I possibly get the wife to let me have it? I
already told her I want real solid paper prints of the kids, that
will last a lifetime and longer, not like our current crappy fading
prints, and not all stored on DVDs and hard drives that are easily
lost.

What else can help swing this?

There are places that will make 20x30 inch prints for $10 each, on
photographic paper
which I have not had any problem with fading yet. Just for the cost
of the printer
you could get 181 of this size print. When you look at the cost of
ink it will likely
cost you close to $10 to produce an 20x30 print in any event. Just a
thought as
to another way to go.

Scott

Scott- would I rather buy 180 prints, or an Epson 4800 (and from then
on another 10000 prints)? Well that's an easy choice for me.

Its not the point anyway, I want to run off test prints, make
adjustments, until I get the perfect prints, I can't do that with an
online system. And I know that if I have to pay for prints one at a
time, I simply will leave them on the computer. I'm cheap in that way.

For me, the answer is simple: Control.
I want complete control over my image...from shutter to print.
Any time you send it off for printing, you lose that.

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Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

J. Clarke wrote:
DeanB wrote:
On Mar 16, 10:49 am, Marvin wrote:
DeanB wrote:
Ok, I want an Epson 4800, its $1815 plus shipping. Its 100lb, and 3
feet wide. Totally ridiculous.

How on earth can I possibly get the wife to let me have it? I
already told her I want real solid paper prints of the kids, that
will last a lifetime and longer, not like our current crappy fading
prints, and not all stored on DVDs and hard drives that are easily
lost.

What else can help swing this?

Epson has other printers that use the same inks and paper,
and make very nice prints that last as well as photographic
prints. Ditto for HP.

And back up your HD. You can copy files to CDs or DVDs.
External HDs are quite cheap now. I got a 160 GB external
HD recently for $50 after rebates, and I've seen it
advertised elsewhere for $59. It is being used to backup
our two computers.

Marvin - I'm a software developer. Hence I KNOW that every 10 years
I've going to have to change media format at the minimum, and for
hard drives probably once every 5 years. While I might do that, I
actually doubt if my kids will continue the tradition.

And to be honest, I prefer looking through a large traditional album
and seeing 12 pics at a time, over scanning a monitor one pic at a
time.

If you're printing album pages you don't need a 4800. An R2400 uses
the same inks for less than half the price. Major differences are
that the 4800 prints poster size and has larger cartridges--13x19
should be plenty for album pages.

The 2400's ink carts are coparatively TINY, and the 4000/4800 printers are
in a completely different class, build-quality wise. They are built like
tanks, and run flawlessly in my experience.

--
Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson