Money|Printer cartridges
You spend days price-shopping for the best deal on a new computer and printer. You buy your printer paper in bulk from Office Depot or Costco, to save money. You find online coupons, print them, and take them to the supermarket every week to shave a few bucks off the bill.
But red lights on that sleek, quiet, new printer seem to flash every other week, telling you you’re out of ink. And those new ink cartridges cost a bundle.
Instead of forking over big bucks for new cartridges, you can refill them instead. The Front Range supports a smattering of Cartridge World locations, (cartridgeworldusa.com), stores where you can get your ink cartridge refilled while you wait. Refilling the cartridge saves money and keeps another piece of plastic out of the landfill.
Time|Rolling coins
Open the piggy bank you’ve fed for a year. Divide the dirty coins into pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and silver dollars. Roll them into paper sleeves. Bring them to the bank for cash.
That’s a lot of time and effort. One alternative is to find a Coinstar Center, which are in many Wild Oats, King Soopers, Albertson’s and other locations. You pour in coins, and the machine does the counting. It’s free if instead of asking for cash you agree to exchange the coins for brand-name giftcards or eCertificates at online businesses such as Amazon.com. Check it out at coinstar.com.
Space|Vertical grill
Like frying pans, cookie sheets and griddles, grills are flat. Well, until now. Sunbeam just introduced its new Rocket Grill, an electronic, vertical grill that saves countertop space as well as time. You fit your chicken breast, hot dogs, a cheese sandwich (for grilled cheese) or even some sliced peaches into a disposable parchment pouch, slip it into the grill, and wait a few minutes. The fat drains away, the food is grilled, and it’s dinnertime. Bon appetit. The product is available now at www.buyrocketgrill.com, and soon at area stores.
