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Contributed by: Ted Robertson on 5/10/2008

Colorado Springs, Colorado - If you own a printer copier or fax machine, you use ink and toner, lots of it and it's costing you big bucks. You want to save money, but, you've been bombarded with messages from the major printer manufacturers and the IT department in your office that using refilled and remanufactured ink and toner cartridges will do everything except work. Relax.

For the last 15 years, a company called Cartridge World has been very busy perfecting the processes that have made the company this country's premier re-filler of ink and toner cartridges. The concept is simple and the savings to you is huge.

Cartridge World Briargate, located on Briargate Blvd. across from Chapel Hills Mall, takes your empty ink and toner cartridges, thoroughly cleans them, replaces critical and worn out components, refills them and returns them to you often in as little 20 minutes. Most visits, they will already have the cartridges you use stocked and ready for you so you don't have to wait. The benefits to recycling and reusing ink and toner cartridges in this way are downright enormous.

The first thing you'll notice is the price. On average, you'll pay 40% below O.E.M. pricing - even from the big box stores. The next thing you'll notice is, well, what you won't notice at all, and that's any difference in performance and quality between your refilled cartridge and one you'll pay almost twice the cost for new. Cartridge World Briargate's refilled toner cartridge success rate stands at 98% against the O.E.M. rate of 99%. Lastly, you'll notice how good it feels to go green using green products that actually work and that save you so much money.

So, why the controversy and worry over using re-manufactured ink and toner cartridges?

Laser and inkjet printers haven't been household items all that long. The machines were very expensive when they were first introduced as was servicing them. It was out of necessity that the idea of refilling ink and toner cartridges was first developed because the ink and toner cartridges were so expensive. The re-filling process was messy at best and the proper tools virtually nonexistent. As a consequence, refilled inks and toners had a high failure rate that caused a lot of lost time and inconvenience leaving a very negative association with remanufactured cartridges.

Nowadays, the rumors you hear about voided printer warranties, exploding toners, ink cartridge geysers and flooded printers are just that, rumors. Alas, bad memories linger.

Fast forwarding a few years to 2003 when Cartridge World first came to the United States, the remanufacturing processes have really evolved. There is an art and science to making refills work properly and consistently and not just anyone can do it. In fact Cartridge World has been so successful that the major printer manufacturers have built entire marketing and pricing strategies aimed at discouraging you from using remanufactured inks and toners.

Mostly, when you buy a new printer and you compare the price you're paying now for a very advanced piece of hardware against what you paid just a few years ago for a less sophisticated version, you'll notice how relatively inexpensive the machine is, but, hold on to your wallet when you go back to the box store to buy new ink and toner cartridges. Wow! Gas prices are already bad enough, but, ink prices are quickly surpassing $3,000. dollars a gallon! That's makes ink more valuable than Chanel No. 5 and that's where the big boys are profiting. That's why they have taken such in interest in the ink and toner you use in your printers.

What Cartridge World Briargate wants you to know and to keep in mind when you consider how best to save money on your home and office document imaging is that you have options. You can choose to pay full price for all of the new plastics, electronics, packaging, shipping, labeling and advertising for an O.E.M. cartridge, or, you can recycle the ones you have now, help save the environment and save big bucks in process.

Cartridge World Briargate has been in business for over three years, they have the best staff in Colorado and because of that they can guarantee all of their work 100%. In fact, they're the only local provider of remanufactured ink and toner products to do so unconditionally. They also offer free pick-up and delivery to qualifying businesses and free on-line ordering for everybody.

They're also consistently the top producing store in Colorado. That's a result of the kind of confidence that comes from superior customer service, low prices and a spectacular rate of success. That's confidence they want you to experience, too.

You're invited and encouraged to call or visit Cartridge World Briargate any time. You can reach them by phone at (179) 260-0710. You'll find them in The Shops at Chapel Hills located on 1737 Briargate Blvd. just south of Chapel Hills Mall. They're open Monday - Friday from 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

What's the bottom line? You don't have to be shy about using remanufactured ink and toner cartridges any more. The best time to save time, money and the environment is right now.

For more information, a map to Cartridge World Briargate and printable discount coupons, click here.

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