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Re: Copier Parts & Accessories China Tariff Starts in 9 Working Days
More than a few copier/ printers are manufactured in Thailand and the Philippines due to low labor costs. I do not know but I think these products tend to be more low end A4 and printer products. I think most A3 product is made in China. I can only speak for Toshiba but I know the majority of North American toner is made in North Dakota. As I am from Canada, I am hoping with fingers crossed that this very likely US tariff war with China will not effect us.
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Re: Copier Parts & Accessories China Tariff Starts in 9 Working Days
"Whatever money the Trump Administration gave away to its citizens in its tax cuts of 2017 it is now going to claw back with higher taxes disguised as tariffs." Pretty much the only way to impact trade is to attack industries previously uneffected by imbalances. For instance, if the Canadians are charging a 270% tarrif on USA Dairy products, you can't resolve the problem using USA dairy. The only option is to offset using a previously non-effected industry, say Canadian Lumber. Obviously,...
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Re: Copier Parts & Accessories China Tariff Starts in 9 Working Days
I am glad to hear that you are working in the copier industry so that I know that you have "skin in the game". There are very many players in the copier/ printer industry each with their own strengths/ weaknesses when faced with a trade war. Each player will have a different tolerance for how much money they want to loose to maintain market share. I definitely would not expect a uniform response. Multi line dealers will have more options to select from than single line dealers and brand...
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Re: Copier Parts & Accessories China Tariff Starts in 9 Working Days
as of July 6th, there is no tariff on copy machines. Just copier parts and accessories.
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Re: Is This the Beginning of the End for the Padding of Lease Rates?
Here is a report from leasingnews.org. One of their legal editors is doing a three part review of this legislation. Leasing News Exclusive: State Senator Steven Glazer and the genesis of CA SB 1235 (Part 1 of 3) By Tom McCurnin Leasing News Legal Editor This is important not only if you are doing commercial business in California, but this may affect other states. If you are new to this, here is legislation passed both the assembly and senate, awaiting California Governor Jerry Brown’s...
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Re: Copier Parts & Accessories China Tariff Starts in 9 Working Days
China retaliated this AM by placing a matching 25% tariff on $16B of US goods. We will see if the US escalates the trade war again putting copiers/printers manufactured in China imported into the USA back at risk for a 3rd time.
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Re: UPDATE 3-Canon buys Dutch Oce for $1.1 bln, fights Ricoh
Konica Minolta Says It Has No Plan to Counter Oce Bid (Update1) By Mariko Yasu Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Konica Minolta Holdings Inc., the Japanese lens and office-equipment maker, said it has no plan to counter Canon Inc.’s offer to buy Oce NV for 730 million euros ($1.1 billion). “There’s no plan to make an offer to Oce at the moment,” Minoru Ikehara, a spokesman at the Tokyobased company, said by phone today. While Konica Minolta had considered an acquisition of the Venlo, Netherlands-based...
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Re: UPDATE 3-Canon buys Dutch Oce for $1.1 bln, fights Ricoh
SCENARIOS-Will Canon succeed in its bid for Oce? * Canon offering 730 million euros to buy Oce * Shareholder Orbis with 10 percent stake opposes offer * Oce shares remain above Canon's 8.60 euro offer By Harro ten Wolde AMSTERDAM, Nov 20 (Reuters) -Japan's Canon (7751.T) plans to buy Dutch copier and printer maker Oce (OCEN.AS) for 730 million euros ($1.09 billion), but large Oce shareholder Orbis said the offer undervalued the company. In response, Oce shares passed Canon's 70 percent...
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Re: Emailed request for quote????
This is a very good question Fisher. You are right this is becoming more common as prospects do not want a sales pitch they just want facts & numbers. Then you give them for what they ask. They really don't care about a solution they want the bottom line. Many of those places will give you ONE shot only so you better come in with some good numbers since you will not have a 2nd chance. Otherwise it comes down to a price war then you really lose because the last person they talk with in...
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Re: Need help with p4p forums
The constant stream of competitive information, "war stories" and conversations surrounding best practices in the dog-eat-dog world that is our day-to-day reality keep me coming back on a daily basis to look for the next nugget I can use to win deals & reach my production and income goals. I hope my competition stays off these forums & would probably pay to keep some level of market exclusivity to this library of industry-specific content.
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Re: Tohoku Earthquake Wreaks Havoc on Printer Industry Supply Chain
This was an article from the NY times over the weekend! SHIBATA-MACHI, Japan — When the ground shook violently on the afternoon of March 11, the ceiling collapsed in part of the huge Ricoh copier factory here, exposing the vents and wires above. The offices at the Ricoh plant near Sendai are still in disrepair; workers have focused on restoring the factory and production. The ceiling is still not fixed. But employees are back at their posts, working under temporary lighting and wearing hard...
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Re: Does it matter what a presidential candidate promises?
watch out for CHINA, no other country has anywhere near the population, nor the revenues that China is accumulating. the next war may not be a war of the military but a war of crippling a nations economy and stealing data/secrets/intellectual property. While everyone is watching the arab spring, Iraq, Afganistan, the europe debt crisis, CHINA is the sleeper that is on it's way to become a military and econmoic powerhouse. They are already flexing their muscle with loaning money to the world.
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Re: Big Tom Out as Prez at Ricoh
The immediate trend (KMBS, Xerox) is Japan direct to dealers in the USA. Global dealers are able to purchase for 30+% off of DMAP 6 equivalent. If Ricoh is going to survive this war they will have to eliminate Ricoh USA. Which got me wondering: What does Ricoh USA do for their dealers...really?!
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Re: Gas Price Check
There's a chance we'll see $4.21, but there's no chance of $5 this year, barring an unlikely event (Damaging Gulf Hurricane, Saudi Civil War, CashGap increasing his Strategic Oil Reserve to 1976 levels).
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Re: Political Speeches
I totally agree with Neal and Chuck! First, as Neal mentioned, the States were initially envisioned with much more power than they are today. The Governor of a state was a more powerful position than senator or even President (except in terms of foreign relations and war). Next, as Chuck said, I really enjoy speaking with people who totally disagree with me. I want to hear your viewpoint, I want to know how you made your decisions. I want to learn about you and how you feel and examine my...
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Re: Political Speeches
I received this email from whoever about an article from Jay Leno. We all agree that we have the right to disagree with someone else. Read on........ Jay Leno wrote this; it's the Jay Leno we don't often see.... > > " As most of you know I am not a President Bush fan, nor have I ever been, but > this is not about Bush, it is about us, as Americans, and it seems to hit the > mark 'The other day I was reading Newsweek magazine and came across some Poll > data I found rather hard...
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Re: Political Speeches
Jay Leno is misquoted in the last line of that, the rest was written by someone else. http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/hitnail.asp His actual quote was "As you know Hurricane Rita is headed toward Florida, Texas and Louisiana. Another hurricane! It's like the ninth hurricane this season. Maybe this is not a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance." Nothing about Terrorism or Bird Flu. The fact that I can buy groceries like every other civilized nation does not make me...
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Re: Political Speeches
Where we disagree: That the American people don't and have never supported the War on Terrorism That wire taps are illegal That there is no way to know if someone is a terrorist without torturing them I'm not aware of your Gitmo assertion, but if there is nothing wrong with these 80 prisoners, why does nobody want them?
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Re: Political Speeches
I never said that. I said Iraq. There was no al-queda in Iraq until after the US invasion. The war in Iraq is a separate entity from the war on Terrorism. Unwarranted Wire Taps of US citizens are illegal not according to me, but according to the US constitution.
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Re: Pay Plan
It sounds like everyone has a valid point. However, if you add to the cost per click won’t you now have over price CPC compared to your competition? Would this be a price war similar to price of the equipment that started everything? Competition is good for the consumer, and you know they will shop for this as well.
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Re: Can you say Katana????
Well... A couple of good things about Katanas: They were considered the "Souls of the Samurai". While the Samurai had many weapons, including bows and spears, all of them carried a Katana as well. Katanas were once a major export product for Japan, with over 200,000 a year being sent to other asian countries. A bad thing: A Samurai would only draw his katana as a last resort, doing so "Bared his soul", so he would use all other available weapons first. One thing we don't have to worry about:...
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Re: Feature Article for February "BuyerZone.com Friend or Foe"?
Just a follow up for Buyer Zone, a few more things that irked me. When you register you are told that you are one of six preferred vendors. I double check and yes, we were one of six. They sent me a list of the six vendors that would contact me. After a week, I received a call from Xerox and another dealer and they were not on the original lease. I can only assume that 6-9 dealers or manufacturers are contacting the end users. What a way to start a price WAR!!! In recent recent weeks, I have...
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Re: Meter Readings
We use all the methods. Fax, phone and email. However, when we send out an invoice for the contract we include a meter read sheet for them to fax back. All my customers say they just throw it away! I have one account that I go to once a month and do the meter readings with the IT and facilities manager through web image monitor. Takes about 45 minutes and have built a solid relationship with this account. I recieve referrals regulary and when they went to lease 25 new machines there was no...
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Re: RBS and DMAP/RMAP
Glory, I agree. Fortunatly I work for a dealer who is willing to pass along any discount he can get, unfortunatly, a lot of the "promo's" that RBS has, we can't match from a dealership standpoint. It would cost too much if targets weren't hit and we already sold at the promotional price. We are also fortunate enough to have the ability to sell off state Costars contract to SLG, NCPG for churches, ReMax and other contracts that are known. I think a lot of the problems with dealerships is the...
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Re: competiton
Thanks Doc....you are right and that is what I do...but when both companies have to trim down there pricing in a bidding war when in front of a brand new client...Ricoh is the only one that wins from that. In the short run, it makes sense to try to get your product to as many vendors as possible, but it is biting the hand that feeds you. There is no loyalty in that and this is disappointing. Plus, when the competition finally gets a 240w of there own, I don't think they will push both: they...
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Re: Ricoh shifts production out of China
The rest of the article is very interesting: As a result of the impact of the US-China trade war , the Japanese company has opted to move its production line out of the country in order to help reduce costs. As The Epoch Times reports , on 5 January 2019 Ricoh revealed that it would be relocating its printer production facilities from Shanghai and Shenzhen to a factory in Thailand, hoping to “restart production” there within two months. The reason for the move, given by an anonymous...
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Re: North American Office Solutions
I heard the same from fellow P4P member John Anderson. Seems like the war is on for control of Florida with Dex & Young.
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Riptide Software Offers New Penetration Testing Suite
Riptide Software’s new penetration testing suite has been released along with a new, revamped website - Solutions.RiptideSoftware.com . The continued growth of managed IT services has allowed Riptide to offer new cybersecurity services, such as penetration testing, to new and existing customers. The team has continued to bring on new employees and will continue to do so throughout 2019. “Protecting our clients against network intrusion and other cyber threats has become a high priority as...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Second Week in January 2009
Enjoy these threads from ten years ago this week! Weekend Copier Notes from 1/11/09 Neal · 1/11/098:32 PM replacement was named for Tod’s old job. - In an effort to gain its customers back from IKON (which was acquired by Ricoh ), Canon Business Solutions launched the “War Chest” program, giving sales reps ability to pay for up to 9 months of a competitive lease, - A year after being booted from the program, Canon announced that it is once again part of the U .S. Federal Government GSA...
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Digital Tug of War
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VirtualArmour Engaged by International Airport to Provide Managed Cybersecurity Services
CENTENNIAL, Colo., Oct. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VirtualArmour International Inc. (CSE:VAI) (3V3:F) (OTCQB:VTLR ) , a premier cybersecurity managed services provider, has expanded upon its professional service engagement with an international airport to now include managed security services. The annual contract value for the managed services totals approximately $214,000, which is in addition to the continued professional services that include engineering and device deployment. The...
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A Few Copier Vignettes from the Late Eighties & Nineties
The picture in the header showed our demo room back in either 1989 or 1990, might have even been 1991. As you can see by the photo Atlantic Office Systems (the first one in NJ) was Authorized for Adler Royal, Brother, and Tele VaxaFax (facsimile). Sometime later Adler Royal was purchased by Mita and the Adler Royal brand was changed to Copystar. I thoroughly hated the name Copystar because there was no brand recognition, at least with Adler Royal, our clients knew about Royal typewriters. We...
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VirtualArmour Launches New Investor Relations Website
CENTENNIAL, Colo., Aug. 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VirtualArmour International Inc.(CSE: VAI ) (3V3:F) (OTCQB: VTLR ), a premier cybersecurity managed services provider, has launched a new investor relations section of its corporate website at www.virtualarmour.com . It is available under the Investors tab on the homepage or directly at https://ir.virtualarmour.com . The new site features detailed financial and stock information, along with access to other investor resources, like...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Last Week in August 2003
Below is probably one of the most mis-understood printers (well not actually a printer) of our time. The Seri Print 25 was a really cool in-line attachment to the Ricoh duplicators. You would replace the Ricoh ink with Seri Ink, and then you'd be able to print on any gloss coatings. The Seri printer used a UV light to cure the ink on the gloss coat. Alas the Seri is no more and Ricoh is just about out of the duplicator industry now. Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week! Konica...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Second Week in September 2003
Haha! Something pretty funny in with one of the links below. "Moving closer to the paperless office". This was fifteen years ago. Do you remember the Ricoh C1224? Was a color MFP that had a speed of 12 pages per minute in color and 24 pages per minute in black. Needless to say that Ricoh never informed sales that the copier would go into auto calibrate during a print or copy run for up to minutes! Relive that experience with the threads below Enjoy the threads from 15 years ago this week.
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The Copier Industry Fast Forward Twenty Years
The year is 2039. It's hard to believe that it's been 15 years since the mighty Xerox Corporation folded. One remembers that statement in December of 2018 that touted Xerox "Unable to Adjust". My how the mighty have fallen. It wasn't only Xerox that fell to the paperless society that we now see today. Canon Let's take a trip back to late 2022, it was late in November that Canon announced that they were going to cease to manufacturing A3 multi-functional devices. That decision was made...
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Ricoh shifts production out of China
As a result of the impact of the US-China trade war , the Japanese company has opted to move its production line out of the country in order to help reduce costs. As The Epoch Times reports , on 5 January 2019 Ricoh revealed that it would be relocating its printer production facilities from Shanghai and Shenzhen to a factory in Thailand, hoping to “restart production” there within two months. The reason for the move, given by an anonymous employee, was “cost-effectiveness.” However, Ricoh is...
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3 Keys To Help Sales Professionals Unlock The Digital Business Door
Technology and sales enablement tools are not only helping sales professional's gain momentum in their marketplace, they're also changing the way they sell their services. Selling successfully in a digitally driven, highly networked and socially empowered business world takes a new mindset and skill set. Inside many sales departments there's a tug-of-war happening, a generational change and shift in sales thinking. Tenured, well-seasoned sales reps are watching tech savvy young professionals...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (Third Week of March 2014)
Wow! Hard to believe that the end of the first quarter is a mere two weeks away. Twenty five gone and Seventy five percent of the year left. How is your first quarter going? Would love to hear from you in the reply section of this blog! These were the top threads from 5 years ago this week. Enjoy Konica Minolta Honors Pacific Office Automation of Beaverton, Oregon with 2014 Pro-Tech Service Award for Service Excellence Art Post · 3/19/1410:16 PM Colorado. The company is also one of the...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Second Week in November 2008
There's a pretty cool thread below that I wrote ten years ago. The thread was about what Japanese copier companies were manufacturing in WWII. Take a peek it may surprise you. Japanese Copier Companies & WWII Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week! Weekend Copier Notes from 11/0/08 Neal · 11/10/087:21 AM Ricoh units, Canon ran full color, full page ads in major newspapers around the U .S. last week. The ads try to push customers to contact their local Canon factory direct branch...
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This Week in the Copier in Industry, Third Week of November 2003
My sales month ended today, thus allowing time for our beloved bean counters the chance to close the month on the calendar end of month. don't mind and I'm kind of use to it. I figure that closing the month early gives me two end of the month chances to close some orders. Of course one is our actual close and the other is calendar end of month. December this year is a little frightening since Christmas falls on a Tuesday. Which means most will not be working on the 24th. Thus December only...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Third Week of February 2005)
Finally! A decent day and some movement on some accounts. It's been a six week drought with a few small deals here and there. I will still struggle to hit my monthly budget, but a least there's light at the end of the tunnel. Still no time to waste since I'll be on vacation for the first week in March. Presidents Club one more time for this old dog! Enjoy these cool threads from 15 years ago this week! Look what Canon has Color imageCLASS MF8170c Guest · 2/22/057:59 PM Color imageCLASS...
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Prognostications for the Next Decade in the Copier Industry
Ten years ago I was a mere 53 years of age in 2010. Some news I remember was the start of the "War for A4" MFPs, Ricoh launched APP2ME (gone but not forgotten) and Canon purchased Oce for $1 Billion dollars (Oce brand is now gone also). Funny thing about time, as more of it passes by we tend to only remember the BIG moments and forget about all the small moments that led to those BIG moments in our industry. What will the next 10 years bring to our industry? Will it be feast or famine for...
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Icahn Suggested HP Buy Xerox With Offer About to Go Public
(Bloomberg) -- Xerox Holdings Corp.’s largest shareholder made a suggestion as the printer maker was preparing to go public with its takeover offer for HP Inc. in November: buy us instead. Activist investor Carl Icahn raised the idea of HP acquiring Xerox for $45 a share in a phone call with HP Chief Executive Officer Enrique Lores in November, according to people familiar with the matter. HP executives viewed the proposal as over-valuing Xerox and decided not to pursue it, said the people,...
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Beware the office printer: It may be a Chinese spy device, experts say
Chinese intelligence agencies could have access to the most innocent-looking assets in state and local governments around the country: the office printer. “Printers, one of the least secure Internet of Things devices, store sensitive data on internal hard drives derived from the various printing jobs executed on a day-to-day basis,” Roslyn Layton, an American Enterprise Institute visiting scholar and founder of the China Tech Threat, wrote in a report released this week. That observation...
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The Time Is Now To Start To Lead With The Heart, Become A Servant Professional
I believe your ability to succeed becomes crippled when there's an unbalanced connection with your heart. Embracing a heart-centered approach to sales rests with your ability to stop, look inward, and reflect upon the course of action you know is the right one, rather than succumbing to external pressures and misaligned sales tactics. Those who lead with their heart and not just their wallet is able to connect with the emotional needs of their clients and prospects. They understand people...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago for the First Week of May 2005
Back in 2005 I was just 2 years into having a real web site for the copier industry. I started back in 2000 with an message forum with MSN communities. It was really cool because there was no on-line forum where sales people and principals could chat, share ideas, share war stories, share information, share competitive info and the list goes on and on. Twenty years later there is still no site like the Print4Pay Hotel. Did I do something right? We're still the only site that allows members...