[PrintOwners] Pricing Plan

Steve Blatman slb at inkspot.net
Thu Oct 18 11:46:53 EDT 2007


Yes, KM was just as happy to sell us the machine as to lease it. 
Xerox, however, quoted lower click charges for a leased machine than 
for a purchased machine. Larry Hunt's reports seem to indicate that 
this is standard practice.

Steve


> 
> >  They want that money they get from leasing.  You  usually end up
> > paying more also for cash.
> That's not our experience from KM. It was cheaper for us to pay cash 
> and borrow the money rather than lease the machine. We also retain 
> ownership of the machine with the advantage of us, not the lessor, 
> controlling the disposition at the end of the loan or even selling it 
> beforehand. Acquisition costs are independent from 'click' charges.
> 
> > ..... The payments over the life of a short loan would have been much 
> > less than the lease payments (BTW: they often are).
> Our bank is also more friendly than any leasing company we've read 
> about. We just made sure that the economic, not mechanical, life of the 
> machine was longer than the loan period.
> 
> 
> Please reply to Simon Sheers at:
> <ssheers at sheergraphics.com>
> 
> Sheer Graphics Inc.
> 47 Chestnut Avenue,
> Westmont, IL 60559-1127
> Tel: (630) 654-4422
> <http://www.sheergraphics.com>
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Steve Blatman
Ink Spot Printing & Copy Center, Inc.
14 Church Road, Frazer, PA 19355 USA
Tel: 610-647-0776
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