Roland 440 Empty Ink Cartridges

[grafixemporium]

I've got over 3 years worth of Roland 440ml empty ink cartridges boxed up collecting dust in the warehouse. Thought about doing something creative with the at one point... now I'm just anxious to get rid of them. Should I toss 'em or will one of those ink refill places take them?

 

[msrobere]

I have seen this might be worth checking out.

http://solventcartridges.com/pdf/recycling_info.pdf

 

[Drip Dry]

Sign supply used to buy them back before they were taken over by Proveer.
You may want to check with them. I remember they were were pretty generous... maybe that's why their gone

 

[cartoad]

Take them to Staples, they will give you $2 credit for each one up to 10 per month, takes about 60 days to get the first credit, and who knows what they do with them.

 

[ChicagoGraphics]

Theres a place in Canada that will send you shipping labeles and you box them up and send to them and in return they give you 3 or 4 dollars for a Roland cartridge. I'm not at work now, but if I remember tomorrow I will post the web address.

 

[Andrew O]

I just realized how hard this is to find on our website, which I will see if I can fix, but here is the link to Roland's program:

http://www.rolanddga.com/company/recycle/

 

[J Hill Designs]

Thanks for the link Andrew, I wasn't aware that Roland had an official program.

Just to confirm.....we pay for shipping and get nothing in return?

you get a warm fuzzy feeling...

 

[Andrew O]

Yes, that is the current program. It saves you the trouble and expense of disposing cartridges, which many cities don't want in regular trash pickup, but there is no compensation.

 

[J Hill Designs]

staples def. gives you $2 store credit

 

[splizaat]

staples def. gives you $2 store credit

Good to know...thnk you!

 

[CS-SignSupply]

We are in the process of creating an OEM cartrige recycle program that will include a prepaid shipping label and your choice of a "rebate check" or a "store credit" upon confirmed receipt of cartridges. There will be a minimum return quantity of 20 cartridges. The only thing you will need to do is box the OEM cartridges, measure and weigh the box for us to create the shipping label that would be emailed to you, print the label and affix to the box, and lastly - put into to UPS' hands.

If you have interest or questions prior to the official offer release, please call.

 

[neckbone]

We are in the process of creating an OEM cartrige recycle program that will include a prepaid shipping label and your choice of a "rebate check" or a "store credit" upon confirmed receipt of cartridges. There will be a minimum return quantity of 20 cartridges. The only thing you will need to do is box the OEM cartridges, measure and weigh the box for us to create the shipping label that would be emailed to you, print the label and affix to the box, and lastly - put into to UPS' hands.

If you have interest or questions prior to the official offer release, please call.

Bobby, are you still providing this service? I know this thread is old, but was searching to see if there was any changes in what people do with their ink cartridges? I have the Roland 220 cartridges.

 

[phototec]

Thanks for the link Andrew, I wasn't aware that Roland had an official program.

Just to confirm.....we pay for shipping and get nothing in return?

Ok, let me get this straight, I purchase ink cartridges from Roland at a 800% mark-up for them, then when all the ink is used up, I save the empty cartridges, box them up, pay postage to ship the empty cartridges back to Roland, so they can refill them and and sell them back to me again, making another 800% mark-up on the ink!

Oh, I can't wait to help them make more money off of me, let me bend over backwards to get this done- NOT!

No way in H$LL I'm going to help Roland make more $ off of me with there inflated ink prices, I selling my empty cartridges to Staples, at least I can get some FREE office supplies from them.

:ROFLMAO:

 

[ironchef]

I had a quill.com rep come by the other day, ge told me they buy empty cartridges

 

[ironchef]

I had a quill.com rep come by the other day, he told me they buy empty cartridges at 1 or 2 dollars a pop, i forgot exactly

 

[rjssigns]

My tech takes them.

 

[ChicagoGraphics]

before I went to a bulk system, I had over 500 empty carts I ened up tossing them into my dumpster.

 

[Robert M]

Ink carts

I pay $1.50 each for the chips on those carts. Send me the chips and you can still recycle the carts.

Robert
800-328-1306

 

[CanuckSigns]

Ok, let me get this straight, I purchase ink cartridges from Roland at a 800% mark-up for them, then when all the ink is used up, I save the empty cartridges, box them up, pay postage to ship the empty cartridges back to Roland, so they can refill them and and sell them back to me again, making another 800% mark-up on the ink!

Oh, I can't wait to help them make more money off of me, let me bend over backwards to get this done- NOT!

No way in H$LL I'm going to help Roland make more $ off of me with there inflated ink prices, I selling my empty cartridges to Staples, at least I can get some FREE office supplies from them.

:ROFLMAO:

My thoughts exactly

 

[2 see signz]

out of interest what are you guys paying for 440ml... here its $125each

 

[Mosh]

They make good tagets for the 50 cal....one shot and they are gone.