Printed Solid: Good or Bad for Prusa & customers?
I didn't even know Prusa had a dedicated distributor in the U.S. until a buddy at work told me. I've ordered from them once as I only had a few very small parts to order for my old mk3s (a teflon hotend insert, a heatbreak and v6 nozzle). Despite how small and lightweight these parts are, I still paid $17.56 in shipping... and they took >7 days to arrive, 4 of which were waiting for Printed Solid to actually ship them.
So here I am today, contemplating another order and noticed a 234% price difference between nextruders on Printed Solid vs. Prusa3D.
Aggressive markups and slow shipping aside, they are generally out of stock on many "more common" things.
I read Prusa acquired Printed Solid to be their U.S. distributor but trying to understand if this is simply a deal gone wrong or whether I'm missing something. Anyone have any insight as to what's going on here?
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This has been discussed here many times. The best explanation is that Prusa needed a local distributor for the US customer segment that is mandated to purchase locally. For most hobbyists or privately owned print shop it's not a reasonable alternative. I can get stuff often cheaper and faster ordering directly from Prusa.
I have used PrintedSolid occasionally but most replacement parts I buy on Amazon or from other US sellers. Would I love to have a Prusa subsidiary that sells at a reasonable price, with fast and cheap shipping? Sure. But there are better alternatives for now.
The one area where they're missing out I think is Prusament. It's great stuff, just looking at how beautifully it's spooled gives you goosebumps. But PrintedSolid doesn't cut it in that department and ordering from Europe only makes sense when using Prusameter points on double or triple packs, otherwise I'm very happy with Overture or Polymaker off Amazon, thank you very much.
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RE: Printed Solid: Good or Bad for Prusa & customers?
I am looking to buy a CORE One and would like to support local production (in the US) so I am dismayed by the reports of unreasonable markups and out of stock notices. Hope that as they expand these issues are fixed.
RE: Printed Solid: Good or Bad for Prusa & customers?
Let me add a little detail: for me, EU based, the 0.4 mm brass nozzle is listed for €22.- approx., VAT included. That makes a nett price, ex. VAT, of about €18.-. , or, roughly, $18.50
Still that would be a considerable difference, but apparently they keep base prices for the US low to avoid end bills going through the roof.
RE: Printed Solid: Good or Bad for Prusa & customers?
I didn't even know Prusa had a dedicated distributor in the U.S. until a buddy at work told me. I've ordered from them once as I only had a few very small parts to order for my old mk3s (a teflon hotend insert, a heatbreak and v6 nozzle). Despite how small and lightweight these parts are, I still paid $17.56 in shipping... and they took >7 days to arrive, 4 of which were waiting for Printed Solid to actually ship them.
So here I am today, contemplating another order and noticed a 234% price difference between nextruders on Printed Solid vs. Prusa3D.
Aggressive markups and slow shipping aside, they are generally out of stock on many "more common" things.
I read Prusa acquired Printed Solid to be their U.S. distributor but trying to understand if this is simply a deal gone wrong or whether I'm missing something. Anyone have any insight as to what's going on here?
The Prusa nozzle and the E3D nozzle are not the same thats why the price is different.
They have free shipping over $50.
I highly recommend their Jessie filament!!
RE: Printed Solid: Good or Bad for Prusa & customers?
The one area where they're missing out I think is Prusament. It's great stuff, just looking at how beautifully it's spooled gives you goosebumps. But PrintedSolid doesn't cut it in that department and ordering from Europe only makes sense when using Prusameter points on double or triple packs, otherwise I'm very happy with Overture or Polymaker off Amazon, thank you very much.
Where are Overture and Polymaker made? Have you tried Printed Solids Jessie filament?
RE: Printed Solid: Good or Bad for Prusa & customers?
Try Partsbuilt.com. They sell tons of prusa parts and ship very quick.
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I didn't even know Prusa had a dedicated distributor in the U.S. until a buddy at work told me. I've ordered from them once as I only had a few very small parts to order for my old mk3s (a teflon hotend insert, a heatbreak and v6 nozzle). Despite how small and lightweight these parts are, I still paid $17.56 in shipping... and they took >7 days to arrive, 4 of which were waiting for Printed Solid to actually ship them.
So here I am today, contemplating another order and noticed a 234% price difference between nextruders on Printed Solid vs. Prusa3D.
Aggressive markups and slow shipping aside, they are generally out of stock on many "more common" things.
I read Prusa acquired Printed Solid to be their U.S. distributor but trying to understand if this is simply a deal gone wrong or whether I'm missing something. Anyone have any insight as to what's going on here?
The Prusa nozzle and the E3D nozzle are not the same thats why the price is different.
They have free shipping over $50.
I highly recommend their Jessie filament!!
Appreciate the clarification! Besides the fancy inscription on the side with the nozzle size and serial number (perhaps?), what's different about them? What features do they offer that have it priced above the high flow nozzles? And despite being different than the picture from the Prusa site, why do the nozzles I ordered direct from Prusa at their published price have exactly the same inscription on them? I assumed the photo on Prusa's site was simply outdated.
Though it somewhat reiterates my curiosity... I'm still struggling to understand why Prusa would acquire a company as a distributor who is out of stock on most of their filaments and don't carry even the most fundamental consumable replacement parts such as a standard 0.4 brass Prusa nozzle (if your statement is fact)? I'm all for offering more selection (even at a markup). If someone wants a nozzle with fancy writing on the side that nobody will ever see after it's installed, and willing to pay 200% more for it, who am I to judge? I might even buy one myself if I could get it faster... but my experience is that I get parts faster when ordering from CZ.
Funny thing - Printed Solid Changed their picture, lol. Plot thickens. And the CHT nozzles are now $2.10 more expensive than the standard shown above.
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Have you thought about calling or emailing PrintedSolid and asking them your questions? If you do let us know what they have to say. I would like to hear their answers to your questions.