Canon paper vs Costco (Kirkland)
Feb 17, 2019 08:46:56 #
Kmgw9v wrote:
The Kirkland brand of liquors is also very good for the money.
Kirkland liquor is the same as the name brands they carry, just packaged for Costco. I learned this from an employee in our local Costco.
Feb 17, 2019 08:57:31 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
Kmgw9v wrote:
The Kirkland brand of liquors is also very good for the money.
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Feb 17, 2019 09:34:27 #
Rab-Eye wrote:
Kirkland liquor is the same as the name brands they carry, just packaged for Costco. I learned this from an employee in our local Costco.
Feb 17, 2019 09:43:27 #
Bigmike1
Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.
I have a Canon printer, which has a tray for photo paper. I have never printed photos. This printer tends to go though ink at a pretty good clip. I consider it cheaper to take my photos to the local Walgreens and use their printers. I am able to edit the photos before printing. Needless to say that I ain't no professional. (:
Feb 17, 2019 10:26:58 #
Feb 17, 2019 10:30:25 #
Kmgw9v wrote:
The Kirkland brand of liquors is also very good for the money.
Feb 17, 2019 11:00:40 #
philo wrote:
my local Costco doesn't carry inkjet paper.
Go to Costco.com to see their photo papers. Delivery in two to three days.
Feb 17, 2019 12:24:27 #
scsdesphotography wrote:
Go to Costco.com to see their photo papers. Delivery in two to three days.
yes i did and 150 sheets 8.5x11 was $24 including shipping.
Feb 17, 2019 13:04:39 #
xptom wrote:
For the past 5 years I have been printing at home ... (show quote)
Those are some pretty severe color offsets! Do you use a decent desktop monitor, calibrated and custom-profiled regularly with a hardware/software kit from X-Rite or Datacolor? I do, and my prints match my iMac very closely without corrective offsets.
Feb 17, 2019 13:18:27 #
Canon doesn't make Canon paper - they just have it put in a red box that says Canon. Costco doesn't make paper either - and Canon and Costco may in fact come out of the same paper mill. If it works for you, go for it. (Costco doesn't make whisky either - but the distillery labels their stuff "kirkland". IF you read the label you'll see which distillery made it)
Feb 17, 2019 13:21:47 #
Feb 17, 2019 13:30:32 #
AMO
Loc: Pennsburg, PA
xptom wrote:
For the past 5 years I have been printing at home ... (show quote)
I use the same printer. I order my ink directly from Canon, buying all 8 colors at the same time. When you do this, they always throw in a bunch of free paper - usually several 100 count boxes of 4X6 glossy and/or 50 count boxes of 13X19 semi-gloss. What they throw in varies with each order.
I have used the Kirkland paper in the past with excellent results, but free is even cheaper than Costco.
Feb 17, 2019 13:46:20 #
AMO wrote:
I use the same printer. I order my ink directly from Canon, buying all 8 colors at the same time. When you do this, they always throw in a bunch of free paper - usually several 100 count boxes of 4X6 glossy and/or 50 count boxes of 13X19 semi-gloss. What they throw in varies with each order.
I have used the Kirkland paper in the past with excellent results, but free is even cheaper than Costco.
I have used the Kirkland paper in the past with excellent results, but free is even cheaper than Costco.
The price of canon ink is way to high, I have a pro 100 printer that i love and use third party ink. so the saving in ink will buy any paper i want.
Feb 17, 2019 13:57:15 #
Bigmike1
Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.
My Canon printer is an MX922. I don't use Canon ink; I just take the cartridges to Costco and have them refilled. I still don't like the frequency with which I have to do that. I might have to buy some paper the next time I am there and try printing some photos to see how it goes. I have regretted buying a Canon printer ever since I got this thing. The next time I buy I will probably go back to Hewlett Packard.
Feb 17, 2019 14:18:41 #
Private Branding has been a HUGE profit maker for retailers for over a Century. Think Sears, JC Penney and if you remember, Montgomery Ward. Also, A&P ahd private branded many products including coffee and Tea.
Costco has done probably the best job in Private Labeling for the mass market. And their huge purchasing power has made them the largest seller of Fine wines and Spirits in the USA. The primary reason is their strict attention to selection and ongoing quality of their Kirkland brands (like the jeans I'm wearing right now). Some of these products could make it on their own outside the store as the legendary Sears Craftsman tools and Die Hard auto batteries did, even about to survive their original parent.
Great nes on teh papers. I wonder how soon they'll follow with Epson and canon compatible ink?
By the way, do you notice Amazon has their own "Basic" line of products including tripods, speed Lights etc?
Retail is a fundamentally low margin business with competition from all directions driving and keeping prices low. Private Branding boosts a those margins by claiming a piece of the Branded Product (usually the actual product with a different label) margin in return for contracted high volume commitments.
Good to know for us consumers. I'm also wondering when cameras will go "Basic?" When the feature and Megapixel wars reach a limit. Maybe we'll see a $275 new EOS 5D 12 MPIX FF. If the used market enthusiasm is an indicator, ya just never know. It depends on how cheaply Canon could pump out a few thousand of 'em at a low price without their name on it--and they have an interest on managing the volumes.
Costco has done probably the best job in Private Labeling for the mass market. And their huge purchasing power has made them the largest seller of Fine wines and Spirits in the USA. The primary reason is their strict attention to selection and ongoing quality of their Kirkland brands (like the jeans I'm wearing right now). Some of these products could make it on their own outside the store as the legendary Sears Craftsman tools and Die Hard auto batteries did, even about to survive their original parent.
Great nes on teh papers. I wonder how soon they'll follow with Epson and canon compatible ink?
By the way, do you notice Amazon has their own "Basic" line of products including tripods, speed Lights etc?
Retail is a fundamentally low margin business with competition from all directions driving and keeping prices low. Private Branding boosts a those margins by claiming a piece of the Branded Product (usually the actual product with a different label) margin in return for contracted high volume commitments.
Good to know for us consumers. I'm also wondering when cameras will go "Basic?" When the feature and Megapixel wars reach a limit. Maybe we'll see a $275 new EOS 5D 12 MPIX FF. If the used market enthusiasm is an indicator, ya just never know. It depends on how cheaply Canon could pump out a few thousand of 'em at a low price without their name on it--and they have an interest on managing the volumes.
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