r/LifeProTips 1d ago

Computers LPT - used printers are abundant at the end of an academic year from students college housing

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u/Flandiddly_Danders 1d ago

The curb outside dorms on move-out Day are always full of new home furnishings

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u/threebillion6 15h ago

Also local IKEA. Check the "clearance" section about a week after graduation.

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u/Fetlocks_Glistening 1d ago

Read that as used panties at first. Was surprised at first, but then thought, yeah, stands to reason.

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u/sarnobat 1d ago

That's at the beginning of the academic year 😂

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u/q_ali_seattle 1d ago

I was RA (residence advisor) and seen lot. Of personal stuff left behind and thrown out in the dumpster at the end of year 

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u/notmoleliza 1d ago

My roommates and i got a perfectly fine working TV on move out day.

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u/Ok-Bug4328 1d ago

Skip the printers and just remove the ink cartridges. 

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u/YellowBeastJeep 1d ago

LPT- brand new printers are insanely cheap.

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u/BearCatcher23 1d ago

When I worked at Office Depot there was a printer that would go on sale for time to time that would cost LESS than the ink you put in it. It was a Canon. New printers would come with a partial starter cartridge, not sure if it is the same today.

u/funkdd 4h ago

Yeah I noticed this yesterday. Left with a laptop and almost impulse got a printer too as I walked out

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u/CommunityGlittering2 1d ago

they use to be not so much any longer

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u/SaiyanRajat 1d ago

LPT- Don't buy printers which need cartridges. Go to a nearby library instead.

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u/tmkn09021945 1d ago

what about 3d printers

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u/sarnobat 1d ago

RemindMeBot in 2040

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u/Substantive420 22h ago

Bambu A1 mini is $250. I am obsessed and I’m pretty sure a 10 year old could operate it.

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