My $12 thrift store label maker punched out 200 labels last month and I finally stopped losing cables

Michael Nelson · 2026-09-21T08:50:05.032996+00:00

I was at a Goodwill in Tucson two months ago and saw a Brother PT-65 label maker for $12 with a roll of tape already inside. I almost walked past it because it uses 1/4 inch tape that's $20 new, but the guy at the register said the tape in it was still 80 percent full. Last month I finally sat down and labeled every single cable in my desk drawer, all 200 of them, and now I can grab the right one in 3 seconds instead of 3 minutes. My wife laughed at me for an hour, but then she asked me to label her spice jars. The key is you have to press the cutter button hard or it jams, and I found that out the hard way on label 47. Has anyone else found a cheap label maker that still works, or am I the only one who thinks they're the best $12 I ever spent?

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