
The Imagine is fairly hard to find right now. I intend to use them all up soon and know that the expiration date isn't like the one on will still work way beyond that date. I know the ink has an expiration date on it but not worried about that. So for less than $30 I got the two cartridges I purchased, a free pattern cartridge and two free ink cartridges. That was a fantastic deal as I didn't pay over $15 for the cartridges I bought. The cartridge prices are WAY down and PC recently had a great rebate where you bought 2 Imagine cartridges and got one free (got to chose from 8 different pattern cartridges) and a free black and a free color ink cartridge. I think the Imagine is a great and fun printing/cutting machine but it's too bulky for me to carry to crops. I like that I can use the regular cartridges, flood fill them and cut all on the Imagine. It's now being used again and I still love it. It took only about 7 days to get my return slip, ship it back and get my replacement. Then a belt broke and it wouldn't feed the paper back through to cut after it printed. I used it like it was the only machine in the world (except for crops and crafting weekends with my sisters). Then when WM had the Imagine on sale for Black Friday 2011, DH knew I had been wanting and wanting one so he paid for half and I paid for half and I FINALLY had my Imagine. In the meantime, a great crafting buddy sold me her gently used E for a great price and I am currently wearing that one out. DH is going to take it apart and try to fix it someday (it's out of warranty).

I totally wore that one out-lugging it EVERYWHERE and it finally developed some sort of short in the on and off button and was retired. Then when WalMart had the black Friday sale a few years ago, I had to have one of the red ones and was lucky enough to score one as they were flying off the pallet.

I used the wheels off that little bug and still have it in my craftroom.
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My first Cricut was a gift from my wonderful sister.a baby bug.
