Polaroid SS4000 plus is being rebadged as Microtek Artixscan 4000TF in
the UK/Europe.
Chris Street
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> From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of Harald E
> Brandt
> Sent: 20 April 2002 10:26
> To: chris@street56.fsbusiness.co.uk
> Subject: [filmscanners] SS4000 Plus not to Europe!
>
> Two days ago, I spoke to Scandinavian Photo (with Roger, a guy I have
> spoken to MANY times the last few months) who had just spoken to
> Polaroid who said that Polaroid did not intend to sell SS4000 Plus at
> all in Europe!!
>
> I was stunned, amazed, disappointed, ....
>
> The reason for not taking it to Europe was of course the Economic
> problems of Polaroid, that they couldn't afford to market the
> machine. But to me, I thought that the SS4000 was so well known that
> the Plus version didn't need any new marketing - it is just a very
> good upgrade of the well respected SS4000 (which is not sold any
> more)!
>
> I have been waiting for that SS4000 Plus ever since November last
> year, ever since I heard of that it was "soon to be released". What a
> waste of good technology not to sell the nice machine in Europe! What
> a waste of potential income for Polaroid! I simply can't understand
> Polaroids decision. Is it expensive to sell a machine already in
> production? A machine people already are waiting for? Then why keep
> selling the 120 version which is such a low volume thing? Strange!
> Now I have to rethink and buy something else....
>
> Or is the above information actually misinformation?
> David, please tell me that it is all wrong.....
> (But I can't wait another half a year.)
>
>
> __________________________BragIt___________________________
> Harald E Brandt Harald@bragit.com
>
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