Digital BW, The Print

I was very surprised today to find the whole range of Hahnemühle papers 
packaged under their original manufacturer name available on the shelves at=
 
Freestyle, a well known photo supply house. My surprise was  both because I=
 
saw everything in their original names, but also  because of the easy acces=
s  
for those of us in LA. Hence I am posting this right away.

I haven't done the price comparisons yet.  I am putting all this in the pap=
er 
database and will tally the results later (and post an upgrade when ready).=
 
This isn't meant as a "plug" for Freestyle, neither am I  associated with t=
hem in 
any capacity. Just good news that we have one more paper source!

http://www.freestylesalesco.com/



Antonis

I saw this in their catalog a couple of weeks back. It would be nice 
to buy the paper directly under the H. names and in their packaging 
but Freestyle's pricing seemed high and since I would have to pay CA 
sales tax as well, not an attractive source for me. There is no local 
store in my area unfortunately.

I wonder why they can sell it under the H. name and everyone else 
apprears to be required to rebrand?

Martin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., antonisphoto@y... wrote:
> I was very surprised today to find the whole range of Hahnemühle 
papers 
> packaged under their original manufacturer name available on the 
shelves at=
>  
> Freestyle, a well known photo supply house. My surprise was  both 
because I=
>  
> saw everything in their original names, but also  because of the 
easy acces=
> s  
> for those of us in LA. Hence I am posting this right away.
> 
> I haven't done the price comparisons yet.  I am putting all this in 
the pap=
> er 
> database and will tally the results later (and post an upgrade when 
ready).=
>  
> This isn't meant as a "plug" for Freestyle, neither am I  
associated with t=

> hem in 
> any capacity. Just good news that we have one more paper source!
> 
> http://www.freestylesalesco.com/
> 
> 
> 
> Antonis

Martin,

I think the rebranding is historic in many cases - Jon Cone says that when
he first started dealing with H, he had to rebrand as they did not market
their own papers. Now, they do... certainly in the UK anyway. Though of
course, that still leaves us with the hangover of that situation. Whether or
not they will try and prioritise 'own-branding' over rebranding is something
I don't know the answer to.

Nij

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mwesley250@... [mailto:mwesley250@...]
> Sent: 04 August 2001 21:24
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Hahnem\ufffdhle in Los Angeles, CA:Freestyle
>
>
> I saw this in their catalog a couple of weeks back. It would be nice
> to buy the paper directly under the H. names and in their packaging
> but Freestyle's pricing seemed high and since I would have to pay CA
> sales tax as well, not an attractive source for me. There is no local
> store in my area unfortunately.
>
> I wonder why they can sell it under the H. name and everyone else
> apprears to be required to rebrand?
>
> Martin
>

Nij,

I hope that you are right but I would not be suprised if companies 
still continue to sell H. papers under their own names.

Martin


 --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Nij" <nigel@n...> wrote:
> Martin,
> 
> I think the rebranding is historic in many cases - Jon Cone says 
that when
> he first started dealing with H, he had to rebrand as they did not 
market
> their own papers. Now, they do... certainly in the UK anyway. 
Though of
> course, that still leaves us with the hangover of that situation. 
Whether or
> not they will try and prioritise 'own-branding' over rebranding is 
something
> I don't know the answer to.
> 
> Nij
> 
(snip earlier)