Digital BW, The Print

So,

 

I live in the middle of the back of beyond in a fly speck town at
the edge of the Namib Desert.  I have a ADSL connection and
pretty near state of the art PC horse power with CS4, LR2, Nikon
D3, Epson 2400, Bag full of lenses and a main street photography
gallery, one of very few in Southern Africa. I decide I want to
start printing my own large format images on canvas because I am
unhappy with the architectural firm that uses a big Roland to
print my work on canvas.

 

So I go to B & H and Adorama neither will sell me an Epson 9900
because Epson won't let them.

 

So I contact Epson's reps in Namibia asking for a price, they
don't even reply. I contact Epson South Africa and throw a
@#$%fit, finally get to their South African Distributors who are
happy to sell me an Epson 9900 for R130,000 + 15% tax, At today's
exchange rate that's USD16,537.6.  I can buy two little Daihatsu
motor cars for that much money.

 

Epson RSA talks some bovine fecal matter about pricing being
dictated out of Dubai or the Netherlands, the end result is if I
want one, I have to organize it out of Asia or the US and
re-ship, and you know what I'll still save enough money to pay
cash for a car..

 

That's what I call a conspiracy and seriously FUBAR'D

 

PS. HP is exactly the same..

 

Christopher L. Johnston

PO Box 354

Omaruru Namibia

chris@...

 

 



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and I thought paying 25% more in the UK than US was unreasonable.....
but 200% more is just mind boggling. Mike

2009/4/16 Chris Johnston <chris@johnston.com.na>

>
>
> So,
>
> I live in the middle of the back of beyond in a fly speck town at
> the edge of the Namib Desert. I have a ADSL connection and
> pretty near state of the art PC horse power with CS4, LR2, Nikon
> D3, Epson 2400, Bag full of lenses and a main street photography
> gallery, one of very few in Southern Africa. I decide I want to
> start printing my own large format images on canvas because I am
> unhappy with the architectural firm that uses a big Roland to
> print my work on canvas.
>
> So I go to B & H and Adorama neither will sell me an Epson 9900
> because Epson won't let them.
>
> So I contact Epson's reps in Namibia asking for a price, they
> don't even reply. I contact Epson South Africa and throw a
> @#$%fit, finally get to their South African Distributors who are
> happy to sell me an Epson 9900 for R130,000 + 15% tax, At today's
> exchange rate that's USD16,537.6. I can buy two little Daihatsu
> motor cars for that much money.
>
> Epson RSA talks some bovine fecal matter about pricing being
> dictated out of Dubai or the Netherlands, the end result is if I
> want one, I have to organize it out of Asia or the US and
> re-ship, and you know what I'll still save enough money to pay
> cash for a car..
>
> That's what I call a conspiracy and seriously FUBAR'D
>
> PS. HP is exactly the same..
>
> Christopher L. Johnston
>
> PO Box 354
>
> Omaruru Namibia
>
> chris@...m.na <chris%40johnston.com.na>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> 
>


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Chris , have you tried speaking to someone like Kevin Shoulder or the guys at Kameraz [in Jhb] perhaps? I also have my own "issues" with Epson RSA and UK , but 130k seems extreme even for those scumbags....
I know a few peeps in the business here I'll make some enquiries if you'd like?
Steve in JoBurg
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chris Johnston 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 1:31 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: You read to see this if you think this a "conspiracy theory" ?





  So,

  I live in the middle of the back of beyond in a fly speck town at
  the edge of the Namib Desert. I have a ADSL connection and
  pretty near state of the art PC horse power with CS4, LR2, Nikon
  D3, Epson 2400, Bag full of lenses and a main street photography
  gallery, one of very few in Southern Africa. I decide I want to
  start printing my own large format images on canvas because I am
  unhappy with the architectural firm that uses a big Roland to
  print my work on canvas.

  So I go to B & H and Adorama neither will sell me an Epson 9900
  because Epson won't let them.

  So I contact Epson's reps in Namibia asking for a price, they
  don't even reply. I contact Epson South Africa and throw a
  @#$%fit, finally get to their South African Distributors who are
  happy to sell me an Epson 9900 for R130,000 + 15% tax, At today's
  exchange rate that's USD16,537.6. I can buy two little Daihatsu
  motor cars for that much money.

  Epson RSA talks some bovine fecal matter about pricing being
  dictated out of Dubai or the Netherlands, the end result is if I
  want one, I have to organize it out of Asia or the US and
  re-ship, and you know what I'll still save enough money to pay
  cash for a car..

  That's what I call a conspiracy and seriously FUBAR'D

  PS. HP is exactly the same..

  Christopher L. Johnston

  PO Box 354

  Omaruru Namibia

  chris@...

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Epson RSA get most of their supplies from Epson UK [they're in some way
affiliated] , so you start off with UK prices and then it goes downhill from
there......
Bottom feeders  the lot of 'em.
Steve in JoBurg



and I thought paying 25% more in the UK than US was unreasonable.....
but 200% more is just mind boggling. Mike

2009/4/16 Chris Johnston <chris@...>

>
>
> So,
>
> I live in the middle of the back of beyond in a fly speck town at
> the edge of the Namib Desert. I have a ADSL connection and
> pretty near state of the art PC horse power with CS4, LR2, Nikon
> D3, Epson 2400, Bag full of lenses and a main street photography
> gallery, one of very few in Southern Africa. I decide I want to
> start printing my own large format images on canvas because I am
> unhappy with the architectural firm that uses a big Roland to
> print my work on canvas.
>
> So I go to B & H and Adorama neither will sell me an Epson 9900
> because Epson won't let them.
>
> So I contact Epson's reps in Namibia asking for a price, they
> don't even reply. I contact Epson South Africa and throw a
> @#$%fit, finally get to their South African Distributors who are
> happy to sell me an Epson 9900 for R130,000 + 15% tax, At today's
> exchange rate that's USD16,537.6. I can buy two little Daihatsu
> motor cars for that much money.
>
> Epson RSA talks some bovine fecal matter about pricing being
> dictated out of Dubai or the Netherlands, the end result is if I
> want one, I have to organize it out of Asia or the US and
> re-ship, and you know what I'll still save enough money to pay
> cash for a car..
>
> That's what I call a conspiracy and seriously FUBAR'D
>
> PS. HP is exactly the same..
>
> Christopher L. Johnston
>
> PO Box 354
>
> Omaruru Namibia
>
> chris@... <chris%40johnston.com.na>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>


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