An elephant’s graveyard for printers is turning into a goldmine for one Canadian Mr Fix-it. Bob Foote, owner of Canada One Office Repair, has spent 17 years proving there’s more money to be made repairing printers than selling them. The Edmonton Journal reports that the entrepreneur has made his fortune as people increasingly see the value in getting printers repaired rather than buying new ones. Downtime reckons if he switched his talents to supporting a soon-to-be-withdrawn operating system he could probably earn enough money to buy Yahoo at $40 a share.
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