On Fri, 5 Oct 2001 22:23:34 +0100, Jamie Buckley wrote:
Mark
how come. I thought that importing computer bits from the US into the UK
alway attracted duty.
I think it depends - they seem to have a threshold that it is not worth grabbing you
for. Some thing small and cheap seems to get
Mark,
Anyway, US$800 or so seems to be quite a good price when I consider the
US/GBP exchange rate at the moment - it works out to about 575GBP, which
is slightly more than I intended to spend but would get me a scanner I'd
probably be able to live with for a long time.
When ordering in the
Why not the Polaroid SS4000 at approx US$600? Better scanner, cheaper price.
--Bill
At 10:34 AM +0100 5-10-01, Mark Otway wrote:
...it seems that the Nikon CoolScan IV LS-40 might be a
good one to go for...
Anyway, US$800 or so seems to be quite a good price when I consider the
US/GBP
Barbara,
When ordering in the US, you'll probably be charged customs
in addition to the price. (I had that nasty surprise once,
when customs' charge was more than sh.)
Thanks, but I'm not worried about that. The scanner will count as a
computer peripheral, which means that there is no
Why not the Polaroid SS4000 at approx US$600? Better
scanner, cheaper price.
Is it really? Haven't heard of that one. Does it have batch scanning
capabilities?
Thanks
Mark
Mark--
How could you have missed it, it's been the talk of the list for the
last few weeks :-). This is Polaroid's 4000 dpi, 35mm film scanner
that in reviews runs neck and neck with Nikon's new LS4000 ED and is
being sold at about $700 with a $200 rebate. Lots of list members
have
Be aware about the scanner voltage 110/220; be aware that also some local
representatives will NOT recognize the warranty and you will have to shop the scanner
somewhere else if you have later on a technical problem (ceck this locally first!).
I am located in Italy and I saw this kind of
I have been following this thread and would like to add that you
WILL be charged Duty and VAT on these items, Approx 3.2 Percent in Duty
and then 17.5 Percent in VAT. The only way to avoid this is to have the
item sent my normal US AirMail, all other carriers UPS,FedEx etc will
charge
On Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:34:56 +0100, Mark Otway wrote:
2. Can anyone recommend an online store from which I could buy the
scanner in the US?
Before buying Nikon products from USA, make SURE it could be serviced in
your country if you need so. Nikon's warranty policies usualy only
support the
Why not the Polaroid SS4000 at approx US$600? Better
scanner, cheaper price.
Is it really? Haven't heard of that one. Does it have batch scanning
capabilities?
That includes US rebate which may not be available in UK.
Check reviews at http://www.imaging-resource.com/ on Nikon IV, SS4000,
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Thanks, but I'm not worried about that. The scanner will count as a
computer peripheral, which means
You could also check the review in the October Mac World
David
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Why not the Polaroid
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