I have been looking for a cheap printer to replace the gummed up inkjet
my wife used to use before we bought her a laptop.
I confidently expected dot matrix printers to be dirt cheap by now and
half promised one as a birthday pressie. 150ukp they must be joking!

If you're near Liverpool, i've got access to a dot matrix you can have
for free (I got it from freecycle, but it's in superb condition)