Digital BW, The Print

What's your cost of 17in HPR 308?  What's VAT in The Netherlands? BTW you
never popped into this discussion in the WF Group when people (incl Steve
Gledhill) asked for prices from European suppliers.

A guy sitting in the UK has still got to get your Netherlands product to the
UK.  No duty would be payable on goods from the Netherlands of course and it
is highly unlikely to added by UK Customs on goods sent from Shades of
Paper.  At worst, and again this is very unlikely for irregular shipments,
17.5% VAT will be levied re goods shipped from the US on the cost of goods
plus postage (ie landed value), plus a £12 processing fee.

I don't think Innova product is sold here in the UK.  If I am wrong will
someone please correct me as that will provide another interesting price
comparison. 

(I need to write up my findings in another thread as a proper basis for this
discussion.  There are two levels here.  Shopping around for the best price
on a given product, eg HPR or Epson X.  Then shopping around for the best
price of a useful substitute.  With the latter, the world gets very murky as
many identical products are sold under various brands and for the most part
these substitutes have not had their products tested for longevity.)


> From: Ernst Dinkla <E.Dinkla@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:37:33 +0200
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Dmax with Epson 2400 on matte media - UK paper
> suppliers
> 
> Steve Kale wrote:
> 
>> UK paper buyers - don't be afraid to shop around.
> 
> Steve,
> 
> There's no direct price quote available for 17" paper but a
> 36"/15 m/315gr/m2 roll of Innova Photo Smooth Cotton Natural
> White costs 198.80 Euro excl. VAT in the Netherlands.
> 
> www.arca-nl.nl
> 
> I have given you that address before. That's roughly two 17"
> rolls. If you buy more rolls there will be a 10% reduction.
> 
> Jim Doyle quotes 199,99 $. That's about 21 % cheaper on the
> quoted price with the Euro-$ rating. I don't know what the P&P
> price difference will be and what  Jim's reduction is. Import
> Tax from the US will be in the order of 6% if customs pays
> attention.
> 
> Buying third party inks in the US is much cheaper for us than
> getting equivalent inks here, no doubt about that. But if the
> price difference on paper isn't more than 10%, I prefer to buy
> here as I can order today to get the rolls tomorrow
> 
> Ernst
>