> I think the bottom line is that UK/European customers don't complain
> enough.
> They just pay.
>
> I tried to get one sent from the US directly but guys like Inkjet Goodies
> said they weren't allowed to ship offshore.
>
> So the price we pay here is a result of 1. No complaining and being
> prepared
> to pay the price, 2. Taxes (the US has such a stupid sales tax regime that
> means that people don't pay any consumption tax on anything that can be
> shipped across a state border), 3. Inefficient retailing - we still
> buy off
> local suppliers rather than EU-wide suppliers that could, firstly, command
> EU-wide distribution contracts from Epson and, secondly, run lower margins
> due to greater throughput. Epson has likely hedged it's dollar forex risk
> for a period of time and so can absorb a fall in the dollar and
> remember it
> is dollar-yen they care about not dollar-euro. (Watch US import prices
> jump
> massively when companies' (notably European companies') hedging rolls off
> and they decide they can't absorb the margin hit anymore, eg Hahnemuhle
> paper prices. That time is getting closer.) Epson is enjoying a boost to
> its margins from sales to Europe as a result of the yen-euro. We just pay,
> pay, pay...and nobody squeals. So blame apathy, inefficiency and while
> you're at it the French and Germans for stupidly slowing/watering down the
> Services Directive and derailing future efficiency gains. Many in Europe
> deserve to pay more...for their own stupidity.
>
> So shop around my friends and always complain about price. Steve, thanks
> for posting the link to a more competitive supplier.
>
>
> > From: Ernst Dinkla <E.Dinkla@...>
> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:10:57 +0200
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson 4800 - UK Price
> >
> > Steve Kale wrote:
> >
> >> Wish I had known that a while ago - I paid \ufffd1395 + 17.5% VAT + \ufffd50
> shipping.
> >> UK Epson users need to set up some sort of complaint email to Epson....
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > We better complain in Bruxelles that they should take action against the
> > Epson pricing policy.
> > For the smarter replies: it doesn''t have anything to do with EC
> > inefficiency or import taxes, it was the same with the 9000 models that
> > were produced in the EC.
> >
> > Sometime ago I wrote this on the wide format list:
> >
> > It is as usual, Epson doesn't understand that the Euro total should
> be 25%
> > lower than the US dollar total, instead they add 35% on top of the
> US price,
> > counting the Euro-US rate another 25% goes on top, not mentioning
> the 19% VAT
> > that consumers have to add. Estimated price in Europe for the 9800
> will be
> > 6700 Euro excl VAT which is 19% in The Netherlands. The US price
> will be 5000
> > $ if the information is correct.
> >
> > For a business this means you have to pay approx. 8437 US dollars in
> Europe. A
> > European consumer pays twice the US price. This is ridiculous. Is this a
> > secret plot to keep the dollar value higher?
> >
> >
> http://www.fotografen.at/fachbereich/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40
> <http://www.fotografen.at/fachbereich/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40>>
> 6
> >
> > Ernst
>
>
>
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