Anotheroldgit (let's drop the anotherold shall we?)
Just when I think you might not be so stupid .. you start talking again.
I don't give intentionally bad advice - even to
you.
although just when I think you might not be as stupid as I thought ... you start talking again!
the reason you can't get the cartridges is that
Epson appear to have stopped making them ...
thus
no one is stocking them
the reason shops stopped stocking them is that
no one is buying them - which also happens to be the reason that epson stopped making them (are you following this?)
you have three options ....
1 buy the loose ink kits and fill the cartridge yourself.
2 do without a printer
and finally the one anyone with a grain of sense would plump for
3 Buy a new printer.
option three has more than one merit
a new printer will be cheaper ... give better results on less expensive paper ... using ink that (if you do your homework) will come in individual cartridges and thus reduce your running costs ... and you should be able to buy all this for somewhere around �50 which is probably the price of two cartridges.
but
you know best so allow me to refer you to
http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=navclie nt&hl=en-GB&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GZEZ_en-GBGB278GB2 79
and to say ... stop relying on others .. take some initiative and find your own supplier ... you are quick with the sarcasm ... let's see if you are as quick sourcing ink