Coffee for 99 cents a pound? It's no java jive

re: Coffee for 99 cents a pound? It's no java jive

Ralph Cheapo — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:07:47 GMT

Our Starbucks gives away used grounds for free to put in gardens and compost piles. If you roast them on a cookie sheet in a 325 oven for 30 minutes, they give great coffee for free. Hey its a tough economy, and lots of people won't give up their hoity toity coffees.... so.....

re: Coffee for 99 cents a pound? It's no java jive

InjetRefiller — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:01:30 GMT

Also many stores will not accept cartridges that have a refill hole in them (that is, if you tried to refill it yourself). Some internet companies will also take empties for partial credit toward your purchase--look around.

re: Coffee for 99 cents a pound? It's no java jive

Chris — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:28:54 GMT

The coffee is way overpriced. Buy something else that you really need that is on sale, but then she probably was using a pound of coffee as an example, and it is an item within range of a 3 cartridge credit. I check the prices for common office items quite often from various stores, and the best deals from the office supply stores seem to be in the realm of envelopes and labels, etc., especially the store brand. Some tech items, too, are good deals.

re: Coffee for 99 cents a pound? It's no java jive

meee — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:38:00 GMT

That garbage coffee isn`t worth 2 cents a pound...

re: Coffee for 99 cents a pound? It's no java jive

Tery — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:46:51 GMT

Puuullleeeeease... This article's title is absolutely false ! The coffee costs $10 a pound; no ifs, ands or buts. By this article's analogy, if I go into Staple's with a gift card for $9.99, then I'll get the coffe for free, right? Not !!!

re: Coffee for 99 cents a pound? It's no java jive

Toby Radloff — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:43:39 GMT

I used to own a Canon printer (now using an HP)...the Canon used separate "ink tanks" for each color (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black), and the heads were in a removable unit. The HP, the head is on the cartridges themselves. However, you have to either have refilled or replace the tri-color cartridge when one color runs out; the Canon, you replaced the individual color tank as it ran out. Because there are no heads or other electronics on Canon's ink tanks, some retailers do not accept them for recycling; but the ink tanks themselves were cheap (about $11-$12 each), while cartridges for my HP run about $25-$30 each. I got rid of the Canon printer when it quit working (a series of flashing lights ment the printer needed servicing, and a friend gave me a little-used HP as a replacement.)

re: Coffee for 99 cents a pound? It's no java jive

JellyBellyS — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:03:22 GMT

i'm with 'john ranson' & 'Ken' on this one. very pointless & it still cost $9.99 for the coffee. Donna Freedman needs to do some better shopping!

re: Coffee for 99 cents a pound? It's no java jive

frïd — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:15:33 GMT

Staples blows, Cartridge World blows, this article blows. Best bet is eBay but you have to know what you're doing. And you're getting reamed left, right and center on new cartridges anyway so that $3 is just a little reach-around for ya.

Really, I was let down by this piece; I was expecting tips on sourcing raw coffee beans or sumptin.

re: Coffee for 99 cents a pound? It's no java jive

Sarah Johnson — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:00:03 GMT

I'd rather take my empty cartridges to Walgreen's to get them refilled, especially since we have two printers. Much cheaper than buying new, and the savings are far greater than the three dollar credit I would get for recycling. Since I am reusing the empty tanks, it is still environmentally friendly as well.

re: Coffee for 99 cents a pound? It's no java jive

JOHN — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:46:54 GMT

ARTICLES LIKE THIS JUST WASTE OUR TIME!