Polaroid SS4000 plus is being rebadged as Microtek Artixscan 4000TF in the UK/Europe.
http://www.megapixels.co.uk/merchant/Film_Scanners.htm Chris Street > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Harald E > Brandt > Sent: 20 April 2002 10:26 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bragit.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------- > Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe > filmscanners' > or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message > title or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
