Canon PIXMA MG6220 AIO $69.95 (SSS @ Amazon)

Quote from rpearlberg : I got the Epson Expression XP-800 the other day from Best Buy, but not sure i want to spend the $150 on it....the reviews are great though.... How does this one compare?

The XP-800 is similar to this Canon. It's the best photo printer/all-in-one that you can buy at Best Buy...and this printer was sold by Best Buy until recently, when Canon released a newer version. That is why Amazon is practically giving this away.

Quote from MOkoFOko : Blakeprinting is good. Currently have 5 sets of their ink in use. G&G is the king of the hill when it comes to generic ink. The rest will come down to reviews and trial&error.

Thanks for dropping their names. I just finished checking out Blake Printing and they seem pretty good. Just like the supplier I ordered from, Vision Supplies, Blake also has a 4.8/5.0 12-month rating. As some reviewers have alleged, they both still seem to reset the feedback/reviews on their products regularly though; as neither of the two has lengthy feedback on many of the items they sell. (I checked out all 20 pages of ink by Blake and many/most have # of reviews in single digits or even@zero.)

I'll have to check out G&G, if they are as good as you say/heard. If I notice they sell 500ml bottles, I'll consider myself done for the time being after placing an order.

EDIT: Same story with G & G; lots of "new" product pages, etc.. They are definitely more friendly to MX892 owners, as I believe I spotted a 5-ink but not a 6-ink set, even though I was able to find the G & G CL-226 Gray [amazon.com] sold individually. Good prices too (on the MX892 set anyways); you made them sound buku expensive.

P.S. - After seeing their boxes online, I am almost certain that G & G is the brand I bought in bulk for my Epson R300 way back in 2003/4. If that is the case (which I am almost certain...), the ink I purchased for my old Epson from G & G did fade over time and the color correctness of my Epson was off whenever I was using their inks. Hopefully that is no longer the case (???), as their cartridges were top-notch quality otherwise.

To be fair, my previous problems with fading and color-correctness could've been (photo) paper-related. The only copied DVDs I still have from back then are a 4 disc set of Star Trek - The Cartoon Series and the ink on the labels (even though simplistic) still looks as good as the day they were printed. After purchasing a couple of cheap 100 packs of 4x6 paper (from frys.com, I think) I learned to stick with the good, hardy stocks from Canon, HP, and Epson (in that order).

Quote from just4ivaylo : The XP-800 is similar to this Canon. It's the best photo printer/all-in-one that you can buy at Best Buy...and this printer was sold by Best Buy until recently, when Canon released a newer version. That is why Amazon is practically giving this away.

FYI, Best Buy still sells the MG6220, both online [bestbuy.com] and at their B&Ms. It is Staples that has removed the SKU [staples.com] from their website a few weeks back, leaving me with nothing to do w/my $25 off $75 online/phone only coupon. You might still be able to find it for $99.99 (less coupons & rewards) at their B&Ms though. I think their in-store kiosks will take orders as well, if what I was told recently in-store is correct (SKU: 356592).

Quote from NewtonFine : Thanks for dropping their names. I just finished checking out Blake Printing and they seem pretty good. Just like the supplier I ordered from, Vision Supplies, Blake also has a 4.8/5.0 12-month rating. As some reviewers have alleged, they both still seem to reset the feedback/reviews on their products regularly though; as neither of the two has lengthy feedback on many of the items they sell. (I checked out all 20 pages of ink by Blake and many/most have # of reviews in single digits or even@zero.) I'll have to check out G&G, if they are as good as you say/heard. If I notice they sell 500ml bottles, I'll consider myself done for the time being after placing an order.

Not sure what you're talking about:
http://www.amazon.com/Blake-Print...ewpoints=1

Average 4.5 star rating with 200+ reviews is as good as it gets. They come from ONE single supplier--unlike many other listings where you've potentially got dozens of resellers to choose from. And when it comes to choosing where to buy your ink, variety isn't always good. One new seller can be listing his self-made crap-quality ink within a product listing that has lots of positive reviews (based on transactions with other sellers). I don't need to explain how that can be a bad thing.

I was primarily talking about looking at feedback for the products themselves, and not the sellers. Some of those resellers get their ink from a variety of sources--they don't all mix inks on their own (blake does). They can be selling good ink for a while, and then sell garbage that they get at a discount from somewhere else.

Also, Amazon doesn't reset feedback. It is what it is. Where are you seeing these claims?

Quote from MOkoFOko : Not sure what you're talking about: http://www.amazon.com/Blake-Print...ewpoints=1 Average 4.5 star rating with 200+ reviews is as good as it gets. They come from ONE single supplier--unlike many other listings where you've potentially got dozens of resellers to choose from. And when it comes to choosing where to buy your ink, variety isn't always good. One new seller can be listing his self-made crap-quality ink within a product listing that has lots of positive reviews (based on transactions with other sellers). I don't need to explain how that can be a bad thing. I was primarily talking about looking at feedback for the products themselves, and not the sellers. Some of those resellers get their ink from a variety of sources--they don't all mix inks on their own (blake does). They can be selling good ink for a while, and then sell garbage that they get at a discount from somewhere else. Also, Amazon doesn't reset feedback. It is what it is. Where are you seeing these claims?

What I was talking about is this [amazon.com], in general, and (of course) this [amazon.com] particular MG6220-related page. To Blake's credit, the page/product you linked to above is the ONLY item I found in 20 pages of their products (both ink and non-ink, I suppose) that had hundreds of reviews. I will most likely tell my friend to order his 5-ink sets from them.

P.S. - BTW, I edited (added-to) my post prior to this one.

Quote from MOkoFOko : Not sure what you're talking about... Where are you seeing these claims?

Actually, I read -A- single review that alleged that the reason why so many ink cartridge product pages have so few reviews is b/c once a product receives "enough" negative reviews, the seller "resets" the page by posting the product anew. It seems/seemed a reasonable hypothesis as to what I was seeing while looking for this when most others look like this [amazon.com]. I mean, seriously, this printer has been out for a year. Right? So why is the first review available on this [amazon.com] 6-ink set dated after the product (MG6220) has been discontinued? What about the MG6120, etc. that is compatible with this same ink? What happened to all those (alleged: missing) reviews?

Quote from NewtonFine : What I was talking about is this [amazon.com], in general, and (of course) this [amazon.com] particular MG6220-related page. To Blake's credit, the page/product you linked to above is the ONLY item I found in 20 pages of their products (both ink and non-ink, I suppose) that had hundreds of reviews. I will most likely tell my friend to order his 5-ink sets from them. P.S. - BTW, I edited (added-to) my post prior to this one.

He'll need to keep in mind that the 6220 requires the gray cartridges as well. Not a problem for me, since I use the 892s which don't use gray (office printer, rather than a photo-printer). Buy separately, or have to try other listings. I've had good luck pairing cheap 6-pack inks with my 6220, but I also don't care if the printheads clog up, as they're backup units.

Quote from NewtonFine : Actually, I read -A- single review that alleged that the reason why so many ink cartridge product pages have so few reviews is b/c once a product receives "enough" negative reviews, the seller "resets" the page by posting the product anew. It seems/seemed a reasonable hypothesis as to what I was seeing while looking for this when most others look like this [amazon.com]. I mean, seriously, this printer has been out for a year. Right? So why is the first review available on this [amazon.com] 6-ink set dated after the product (MG6220) has been discontinued? What about the MG6120, etc. that is compatible with this same ink? What happened to all those (alleged: missing) reviews?

You've lost me. Blake is relatively new with inks on amazon. I can state as a matter of fact that they haven't been listing these inks over and over for more than a year--because I was searching for these inks more than a year back and their listings did not exist!!!

In any case, simple answer to this. The new one you're linking (which was created back in December 2012) is just plain new. There isn't as big a market for the gray cartridges. We're lucky they're even listing the gray at this time--they didn't have them available for sale back in August when I asked them about it. There's no conspiracy here--just sellers listing new products from time to time. While there are some cases where reviews for similar products do get meshed together, obviously that is not happening here.

I'll tell you one thing for a fact--individual sellers don't have the ability to just delete who products from the amazon catalog. They have to be removed by amazon--otherwise they remain up until the end of time. Try searching some outdated listings sometimes, and you may find that they haven't been used for a good 3-4 years

Dead, oos, can't order from Amazon

Quote from dstppy : Dead, oos, can't order from Amazon

That's cause I ordered the last one. Sorry.

Quote from MOkoFOko : He'll need to keep in mind that the 6220 requires the gray cartridges as well. Not a problem for me, since I use the 892s which don't use gray (office printer, rather than a photo-printer). Buy separately, or have to try other listings. I've had good luck pairing cheap 6-pack inks with my 6220, but I also don't care if the printheads clog up, as they're backup units.

No, my friend ended up buying the MX892 from me that I bought off of Amazon just before BF2012. I mentioned this earlier in this thread.

Quote from MOkoFOko : You've lost me. Blake is relatively new with inks on amazon. I can state as a matter of fact that they haven't been listing these inks over and over for more than a year--because I was searching for these inks more than a year back and their listings did not exist!!!

Ah, good to know. I wont hold any formulations that result from "the hypothesis" against them then at this point in time.

Quote from MOkoFOko : In any case, simple answer to this. The new one you're linking (which was created back in December 2012) is just plain new. There isn't as big a market for the gray cartridges. We're lucky they're even listing the gray at this time--they didn't have them available for sale back in August when I asked them about it. There's no conspiracy here--just sellers listing new products from time to time. While there are some cases where reviews for similar products do get meshed together, obviously that is not happening here.

So what did owners of the MG6120, MG8120, etc. do for generic 6-ink sets? I find it hard to believe that generic 6-ink sets only became available recently, as opposed to having been a viable option for the 1st generation of these PIXMA printers.

Quote from MOkoFOko : I'll tell you one thing for a fact--individual sellers don't have the ability to just delete who products from the amazon catalog. They have to be removed by amazon--otherwise they remain up until the end of time. Try searching some outdated listings sometimes, and you may find that they haven't been used for a good 3-4 years

Oh yeah, that I understand. However, if as a seller you do not take the "easy" route of posting an item to a known/pre-existing category, product ID, SKU, or ASIN, then you can pretty much have Amazon's system generate your own unique SKU/ASIN for your item(s) and "delete" it into oblivion accordingly whenever "you", the seller, decide to "delete" the unique SKU/ASIN from your product listings. Sure, it will still be assigned an ASIN on Amazon, but how will anyone find it w/o going through hundreds, perhaps thousands of pages in a search? For just about any ink supplier selling his/her own brand of generic inks on Amazon, they are going to end up generating their own unique ASINs for their unique products. In which case, the above scenario of their item(s) "deleting into oblivion" would apply.

Just look here [amazon.com] to see what I mean. Who has the time to go over 378 pages of results to figure out who is hiding "bad ink"? Not me! It would be easier to work for the FTC. Oh BTW, I found some suppliers on Amazon selling refillable systems with ink bottles via this search [amazon.com]. Oddly enough, prices are better than those I found on eBay and you (probably) wont have to wait on your shipment making its way over from China.

Quote from dstppy : Dead, oos, can't order from Amazon

System is showing "Only 1 left in stock." for me. Probably the one I cancelled earlier making its way back into inventory b/c I forgot to use my Amazon GCs for purchase.

EDIT: Oh, never mind, different vendor plus S&H. Yuk! Wow, glad I didn't wait for my PM w/BB today.

Quote from NewtonFine : FYI, Best Buy still sells the MG6220, both online [bestbuy.com] and at their B&Ms. It is Staples that has removed the SKU [staples.com] from their website a few weeks back, leaving me with nothing to do w/my $25 off $75 online/phone only coupon. You might still be able to find it for $99.99 (less coupons & rewards) at their B&Ms though. I think their in-store kiosks will take orders as well, if what I was told recently in-store is correct (SKU: 356592).

Thanks. I haven't opened the Epson yet, but I think I'll just keep it. The reviews are really good and it has a lot of different functions. The main reason I want it is to print 4x6 pictures, but the all in one feature is nice to have.

Quote from NewtonFine : System is showing "Only 1 left in stock." for me. Probably the one I cancelled earlier making its way back into inventory b/c I forgot to use my Amazon GCs for purchase. EDIT: Oh, never mind, different vendor plus S&H. Yuk! Wow, glad I didn't wait for my PM w/BB today.

UPDATE: Brought my still NIB MG6220 back to BB yesterday ready for a return w/my Amazon $69.95 "in stock" printout in-hand. The CSR gave me a PM w/the 3-day old printout!!! Considering the price point, I'll keep both units (one as a spare) and sell off all of the OEM ink to offset the costs ("trick" learned from MOkoFOko here...).