Digital BW, The Print

Steve, you wrote:

> 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.

Don't know the HPR 308 17" price here but the same site I 
mentioned has prices for HM papers. AFAIK I have given the 
same address before in the WF group. The HM papers at 36 and 
44 " are even with the best reductions still more expensive 
per sqm than the Innova papers of the same quality.
VAT is 19% here but I run a business so don't count that part.

> 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 \ufffd12 processing fee.

Again I don't count the VAT, if I have to pay, I can also 
deduct again. At the same time I have to be careful with 
import tax. The occasional package may not be observed but it 
counts up and customs here can add a lot up over the years 
when they think you cheated them as a business. Paper just 
isn't that cheaper in the US, delivery time longer and sending 
rolls back when they are not good is a hassle.

> 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. 

This can't be true.
http://www.innovaart.com/contact.html
If you check the contact page you will see that Mark Messina 
is located in the UK. He should know who sells it in the UK.
There are pound prices at their site:
http://www.innovaart.com/fine_price_soft.html

The brothers Bol mentioned on the contact page are involved in 
Innova but also the men behind www.arca-nl.nl, the distributor 
in The Netherlands.
If there's no UK solution ask the price at Arca-nl. They speak 
or write English and it could well be that though the 
communication goes through their business the delivery might 
be directly from a warehouse in the UK. AFAIK, at least part 
of the production is UK based.

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           Ernst Dinkla


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