Print and Prosper – Another way to save money (& a giveaway!)
May 11, 2009 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Kodak, Print and Prosper, giveaway, money saving tips, stuff for mommy
Last month I was asked to be a guest at Kodak’s Print and Prosper online blogger event with Laura Rowley, personal finance expert and author. I was pretty happy with my printer at the time, but was intrigued by the very idea that I could save money on ink by using the Kodak ESP 7 All-in-One Printer over my current printer.
Before I committed to attend, and consequently receive a printer to review, I decided to calculate how much money I could save if I were to switch. I was shocked to discover that I would save $135 a year!! (Keep in mind, I print pages for my kiddos for school every single day, so this is well above average. But, WOW!)
I quickly agreed to participate and am so glad I did… I not only love my new printer, but Laura was full of great ideas for cutting costs in every area of the home. I also gleaned so many fab tips from my fellow bloggers, as well. Here are just a few from Laura:
MAKE A LIVING FROM YOUR LIVING ROOM
Watch a little closer. Americans pay an average of $60 for cable, but only watch 15 channels, according to the Consumers Union. If you pay for premium cable, call your provider and put the service on “vacation mode.” You’ll still receive basic service but save temporarily on the extras – and get a good sense of whether you miss them. If you don’t, call the cancellation department and say you’re considering eliminating service altogether – this department has the best deals on hand to keep you as a customer.CREATE A HOME (OFFICE) TO CALL YOUR OWN
Rethink your ink. Equip yourself with items that stretch your dollars like Kodak’s All-in-One Inkjet printers, which can save you up to $110 a year on ink.DON’T FLUSH MONEY DOWN THE TOILET
Go with the low-flow. Water bills can be cut back 25 to 60 percent by replacing showerheads and faucets with low-flow aerating models for $10 to $20 each. Look for a model that’s 2.5 gallons per minute to save on average $200 per year.DON’T GET TAKEN TO THE CLEANERS
A dirty secret. Households spend an average of $1,500 a year on dry cleaning, and 65 percent of those clothes are washable, according to Proctor and Gamble research. Wool, cashmere, silk, rayon, polyester and spandex can all be laundered, saving America $750 a year.
For more great tips on saving money throughout your home visit www.moneyandhappiness.com. And, to calculate how much you are overpaying, go to www.printandprosper.com.
And still more good news for you :: Kodak and I are so excited to be able to give one of my lucky readers their very own Kodak Ink Jet ESP 7 All-in-One Printer (retail value $199.99)! But that’s not all! Oh, no! There have been over twenty printer giveaways posted across the blogosphere, and the winner of each one will be entered to win a FULL scholarship to BlogHer in Chicago this summer, including overnight accommodations AND travel accommodations, courtesy of Kodak!
Here’s how to enter:
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- Head over and calculate how much you overpaid last year because you were not using the Kodak All-in-One printer and then come back and tell me what you would do with the savings. You must enter by 9pm on Sunday, May 17th.
- For additional entries you can send a tweet with a link to this giveaway, or leave the link on your blog or Facebook page. You can even grab my button from my sidebar and place it on your sidebar. Be sure to leave me a separate comment with a link to your blog, tweet, or Facebook page.
- You may also subscribe to my blog feed for yet another entry, and leave me a comment saying you did so. You must remain a subscriber during the entire duration of this giveaway.
One lucky winner will be chosen at random and will be notified via email, so make sure you leave a valid email address in your comments. And, remember… If you win this giveaway you will also be in the running for an all-expense paid trip to BlogHer this year!
Good luck and may you “live long and prosper!” Sorry, just couldn’t resist! hehe
Left a tweet!
Twitter name: mommyof3valerie
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I would save over $200 a year! WOW. I need this printer.
…subscribed in google reader!
Can you tell I want that printer?!
Valerie
Placed your blog button on my blog.
Can you tell I want to go to BlogHer?!
http://momslivingfit.com
Valerie
subscribed via apple mail
I would save $132.85 a year! I am a fanatic for making my own greeting cards. There are so many wonderful examples on the internet and I make colored copies of each and every one I adore. This could really save me money. Please count me in…..Thanks, Cindi
I am subscribed to your feed via my Google Reader Page!
Again, many thanks…..Cindi
“Tweet!”
http://twitter.com/cmh512/status/1786831342.
Merci!
Cindi
I would save $58.09 a year! Hey, that’s a decent size bottle of perfume! Or some nice sandals!
I tweeted about your contest too: http://twitter.com/daysgoby/statuses/1786954423
And I’m signing up for your feed!
(SO SO want to go to BlogHer)
I overspent by $117.00! I would probably use the money towards other bills!
Wow… I would save nearly $100! I think I would do something fun, like date night. haven’t had one of those in a loooong time!
Tweet: http://twitter.com/mammabearworld/status/1790653572
I tweeted.
Have you entered @youngmommy ‘s Kodak printer giveaway?
http://bit.ly/nY98R
Toni
@HappyHousewife
With the extra savings I would love an extra date night!!
(my printer wasn’t listed, but the average of what I would save would be about $72/year)
Update my status on Facebook: Rebecca Dabney-Unfried Have a broken scanner, would love to win this Contest: http://www.fromdatestodiapers.com/2009/05/kodak-print-prosper-giveaway.html
tweeted: rebeccaunfriedRebecca Dabney-Unfried Have a broken scanner, would love to win this Contest @YoungMommy http://tinyurl.com/rcr8jj
I would save 171.73??!! With those savings I could totally justify buying a Flip video cam!
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Tweeted! (@banteringblonde) Enter Print/Prosper Kodak ESP 7 Printer @youngmommy giveaway! http://bit.ly/kEjV1
I would use the savings for my upcoming wedding
I recently got my ESP7, so I know just how great these printers are! I’m saving $195 a year by switching to Kodak! And as a coupon queen, that’s a HUGE deal for me!
I’m using that savings by having lunch out with friends once a week. Using that savings and discount restaurant gift certificates, I’m able to have lunch once a week with my friends while the monkeys are in school. And what Mom doesn’t need a little time with the girls? I definitely do!
I tweeted it!
I could have saved $90.91!
I would save about $73 a year. I could have a few more date nights with my husband!
Here is my Facebook page with the link added. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/profile.php?id=609232363&ref=name
I subscribed to your page on my feed list!
I overpaid by around $185. I could use that for a bit more than hamburger or chicken on the table. Not that there is anything wrong with either but it would be nice to sink your teeth into a real steak once in a while.
Thank you for the giveaway.
i am a subscriber.
I would save 141.62!
I subscribe.
Wow! I could have saved $184.52 and used it to reinvest in my blogs! Or maybe, that would have been a lot of mani’s and pedi’s!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Subscribed in a Google Reader!
Tweeted it!
http://twitter.com/Moomettesgram/status/1801179611
I would save $220.28 annually! That would add up for a family of 6, and could be put to good use. We would use this money for extra groceries, or stock up on meat to put in our deep freezer.
I am a subscriber.
I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/lizzydear/status/1801240820
I would save $141.62! Wow! I really do need a new printer! Thanks!
My savings would be $95.95. If I could use that money, it would go towards my upcoming wedding in August. It would also be nice to win a good printer to do my invitations on!
I tweeted! (I have no idea how to show you the link)
the4crows
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/rogersky/status/1801288700
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=504484000&ref=nf
Blogged it:
http://www.lizzydearslife.com/2009/05/print-and-prosper-giveaway-from-kodak_14.html
I sent out a tweet about this awesome giveaway!
http://twitter.com/DinkypopsNoMore/status/1801340592
I overpaid by $99.60. That makes me sad!
OOOOHHH MMMYYY GOSH! I could save $378.85 a year! I believe it too! We homeschool and are always printing, hubby prints stuff off for church, photos here and there and my new love of online print coupons! We cringe everytime we have to buy more ink for our “L” brand machine!
I’m an RSS subscriber!
I put your cute button on my blog!!! Thanks
#152 above my blog is http://cafescrapper-scrapsoflife.blogspot.com
I”m following you on twitter as susieqtpie and I just tweeted!
http://twitter.com/susieqtpie/status/1802051144
I just posted the giveaway on my FB page! I’m Susan Chambers Buetow on FB
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=721370648&ref=name
Apparently I would save $57.71 if I switch from using my HP All in one to the Kodak all in 1. This would be PERFECT for me as I’m going to college in August!! I graduate tomorrow..ultimate graduation present as I have been wanting to go to BlogHer forever!!
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i could have saved 110.71. sigh
I’d save $73.81. If I didn’t have to worry about bills and such I’d put it towards a Keurig coffee machine.
I’m subscribed by email
Tweet! http://twitter.com/valmg/status/1810199446
Also my last comment should have said subscribed in Google reader. I couldn’t find an email subscribe option.
SAVE $125.47 that’s a lot of money to spend on me!!!! That’s a lot of Pedicures!
Thanks
arubackt@hotmail.com
http://twitter.com/Tillman4/status/1814083857
I tweeted!!
I grabbed your button!
I’m following you on twitter.
I would have saved $110! I would have actually saved that money because I am hoping to buy a MacBook one day!
Thanks!
(ps…I haven’t been here in ahwile I guess because it looks different and is soooo cute!)
Tweet tweet!
http://twitter.com/AlainaFrederick/statuses/1818188939
Also tried to subscribe by email but that option was not there. Added it to my Google Reader- although sadly I never check that. I like my email subscribes
There are so many things I have learned over the past year from many many bloggers on how to save money.
When it comes to packing my daughter’s lunch, instead of using plastic bags for everything I use lunchtop lunchbox for her. It’s basically perfectly proportioned plastic containers that all fit neatly inside the bento box/lunch box. I also send her to school with a water bottle that she knows to bring home that way she can sue it daily. This right there has saved us a lot of money. No more juice boxes or wasting plastic bags.
Another thing the kids and I have started is growing our own veggies! This not only is a wonderful learning experience for the kids, but they love eating what they helped grow!
We have switched from leaving a light on as a night light, to buying a Mr. Beams light. This little light turns on only when it is dark, and turns off when it gets light again.
We have cut our electric bill by turning down the thermostat and putting on a sweatshirt.
To save gas, I walk the girls to school
To save money and instead of buying fancy store bought gifts, I have the kids make them. Or do their handprints in clay. Family members LOVE them! Also, at Christmas time, I have the girls make all the decorations!
Trust me, my list can go on and on, and I really have all the Mom Bloggers out there to thank! It’s their money saving tips that have helped me and my family save about 300 dollars a month (if not more). This is money we have been able to apply to our children’s college fund!
I have been seeing the new commercials for Kodak’s Print and Prosper campaign, and I have to say the first time I saw it I almost fell out of my chair! Really!! I spend IDK how much money on ink for my printer each year! I do a lot of home printing of the girls pictures and stuff for my blog, and I thought I was saving money printing from home. BUT!!! I wasn’t sure it might save me a few bucks now, but what about next month when I have to shell out 50 dollars on new ink! I am excited about these new printers!
Thank you for sharing the tips from Laura Rowley, I think one of my favorite ones and that we have started doing is eating in. I can’t even begin to tell you how much we save by eating in. Instead of spending 50 dollars going out to dinner, we will apply that 50 dollars to the grocery store!
$273?? Good grief, I need to find another printer!
Oh, just realized I forgot to tell you what I’d do with my savings ($273). Probably nice stuff for my 2 boys!!
I calculate $153.45 and I would surely love to use that money and invest it in a camera to record the doings of our new granddaughter. Thanks for the chance to win this!
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i would save $135!! i would use that money to pay extra payments on bills! (having a bay is super expensive!!!)
I overpaid by $126.72! I could have gotten a couple of nice pairs of shoes!
I’m a subscriber.
wow, $163.00 I wasted!
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One hundred fifty seven dollars!! I could go out for a nice dinner several times!
I’m overpaying $152.41. I would put the extra savings in a savings account for my son so there will be a nice chunk of change for him when he gets older.
I could save $81.19 and I don’t even print much. That might be just enough for a nice massage.
wow – $159.41 down the drain :0 I would put the extra savings towards next years school uniforms.
thanks!
I overpaid by $237.22. Yikes! I could have bought some nice clothes with that money!
I subscribe!
I would save $214.80. I think I need a new printer. I could use the extra money to go see my sister
We have been talking about this in my house for awhile…I have to get one..Kudos to Kodak..
I would save $81.19. I would use that money toward fixing p the playroom for my daughter.
I should have waited to buy this Kodak printer. Would have saved $ 233.00 Argh!! Day late and a dollar short.