I watched a feature about cartridges on the gadget show, they tested the original cartridges against compatibles and refills and the originals came out best quality.

If your not bothered about the quality then try refilling them, or take it to cartridge world and see how much they charge.

I use compatibles from this site http://www.printcartridgedirect.com/ for my Espon Stylus R256 and they only cost £13 odd for a full set and are pretty damn good.

Big-Dan.

*EDIT* There's also a 10% off offer on at the mo WINMAD is the code when paying at the checkout.