KM Pro c5501 -

Greetings fellow printers!
I am new to this forum, and after reading around for a while i decided to give a go at a question.

Im looking to buy a used KM Pro c5501 from my local KM dealership.
I have some questions regarding the prices, and terms in the contract, and hope someone is willing to give me a few pointers.


The usage
- Small media agency
- Print business cards, flyers, posters
- 80 - 300gr stock
- 1000-5000clicks pr. month estimated

The machine
- Priced at about $5800 or €4600 + vat, im buying cash
- 2008 model
- About 500.000 clicks
- LU202 - large cap. tray + FS607 booklet finisher
- ic-408 onboard RIP

The contract
- 36 months
- 25$ pr. month + vat
- $0.064 color click
- $0.008 b/w click
- Service, toner, parts

The questions
- Is the price OK?
- They want 30% more in service charges after 3 years. Normal? Fair?
- 3-4 points in contract about charges may vary / change over time. Can i get this removed if i push? I want a PREDICTIBLE deal, thats why i want to go for payPrClick.
- Any classic contract pitfalls i should know about when i comes to KM?

Thanks in advance for any answers.
Looking forward to spending time in this forum helping out

- The norwegian printguy

 

are click charges dependent on size?

Hi, Only question on your click charges: is that for any size sheet? (same cost for color or black if you run thru a 8.5x11 or 12 x 18? I have a c5500 and KM pulled a bait and switch on me and is charging 2X for larger sheets.

 

Thanks for your reply!
Funny you should mention it, i found that clause in my contract as well.

First they served me a "classic office user" contract full of bugaloo...
Then i got a "office and production" contract, this one is much better / cleaner.

It says in the contract that if only A4 is specified then:
First contract: a3 is 50% more.
New contract: a3 is 25% more.

I told the salesman that is was out of the question, since he told me it was the same price.
They also tried to bill me for:
- Shippingcost on toners
- Extra toner if average is higher then 5% on blacks, and 20% on color.
This is also out of the question, and i will be getting a extra paper stating this.