Anyone heard of IDNS. Suppliers of Projectors ect

[Guest metalmonkey]

Has anyone heard of a supplier called idns? web: http://www.idns.co.uk. I had a sales call this morning from a cuy who is offering Promethean whiteboard pens at £14.99 and a whole installation at just over £2k

 

Any good or bad things?

[ConTheITGuy]

We've been buying Promethean pens from there - no problems. Haven't had any big installs or anything tho. Promethean are doing the pens at 2 for £30 now, or 5 for 60 10 for 100. I rang my usual contact at IDN and he quoted me £14 each for 2

 

Andy.

[Guest metalmonkey]

Brilliant. Thanks. Good to know I don't have to pay Promethean's silly prices

[GrumbleDook]

Yep .. been using IDNS for some time ... Ben is a top bloke and has been one of our regular suppliers for some time now (and in my last place too).

[ConTheITGuy]

The only slight niggle I have - and it's nothing to do with them: whenever they ring up for me - the office tell me it's IBM!

 

 

Andy.

[indiegirl]

... they're well known here for pestering our poor receptionist to death. They're a company who definitely believe in persistence, I'll give them that!!

 

(and no, I haven't used them yet)

[drjturner]

Isn't 10 for a £100, £10 each and cheaper than £14 ?

[wesleyw]

Yeah but most of the time you wouldn't buy 10 pens if you only want two?

 

Wes

[ConTheITGuy]

Isn't 10 for a £100, £10 each and cheaper than £14 ?

 

It certainly is, but £28 is also cheaper than £100 and will get me more than what I actually need. Especially as, just before Christmas (and just before the price drop) we bought a shed load of pens for various departments! And we are all, I'll bet, currently in the same boat of barely having 2 ha'pennies to rub together (nevermind two quid!). Roll on April

 

Andy

[john]

I use IDNS for me Promethean pens, they manged to get me the old style black thin pens, as our staff absolutely hate the new "primary / chunky" style pens.

 

They are too fat, and they have a different feel for the click as well as the using of them. They have refused to have them in some cases, so I hope Promethean are taking note! Bring back the black pens with the white end on them as the grey / orange ones are shocking! I hate using them as do the staff. They may be good for primary users, but for secondary they are not popular with us at all and I am trying to source the black ones. If anyone has a black pen kicking around, I am happy to swap for a orange / grey one brand new for brand new.

[ConTheITGuy]

Black pens are like gold dust here too! When I first spoke to IDN they were able to offer me a choice of three colours: Grey/Orange, I presume Blue/yellow (the pens from the primary board), and I can only presume black?

 

Regards the click, the first Grey/Orange ones 'clicked' just like the black ones. The new ones seem to have developed a 'none click' technique. Which is a shame because feeling the 'click' was part of my training spiel to staff! At first I thought we had bought cheap imitations from IDN, but the next boards we bought from Promethean did the same. Oh well, something else to get used to!

 

 

Andy.

[john]

I have a much better solution, not getting any more Promethean boards until they bring back that pen Just going to order 10 smarts instead for my next phase.

 

I admit, Promethean are not my favourite company (HP come above them) but this is just another reason why I will not be suggesting there products to any school at present as for the simplicity of keeping making 4 pen types, I know its annoyed a few schools the lack of the nice black pen. Also I gave out one of the new style orange/grey pens to a member of staff today, they came back within 10 minutes, I think its broken, it does not click and seems far too sensitive when writing. I can see the fun coming up, I am going to have to re-train them all again on how these new pens work just in case they end up with them over a black one.

 

As for IDN getting me them, they tried hard and got me them, they sent me a photo and they could offer 3 colours, grey/orange, blue/yellow and another colour and all were the silly fat size. So I sent them mine and they were like that looks a good design is it not a promethean one! But they did find me them, and they were only made / tested about April last year so they only just recently stopped making them.

 

I would like to think that Dan will go back to management and say just bring that pen back!

[drjturner]

I have passed your comments on.

[john]

Excellent Dan, I am sure we are all please you have done that, I hope they do come back. On a side note you have not got any black ones tucked in a draw somewhere have you????

[ConTheITGuy]

I bet I'll get there first!!

[john]

All I will say is I know steven jury

[ConTheITGuy]

All I meant was I am closer - I am not "in the know"

 

Andy

[john]

Ah gotcha, though you meant you were in the know, When I say I know him, my manager does, but he can sweet talk them into any black pens kicking around.

[StuartC]

I bet I'll get there first!!

 

lol

[StuartC]

pick a pen, any pen

[john]

I will have the one with the grey right click button, with black barrel, white end and grey nib (the one in the middle) Mine, and the staffs pen hates are the 2nd from the bottom. Also I am not to sure about that slogan - "mightier than the finger" as stuck nib = pap functionality, where as broken finger in plaster still = fully working IWB.

[accura2000]

We have used IDNS for well over ayear now, only problem i have with them is to be careful with thier pricing. Its quite often well over the top and thier purchasing department do not seem to want to find anything themselves and ask me to find it for them ? Seem little point to that part of the company. In part from that, Ash is a top guy who i usually deal with.

[ConTheITGuy]

Have just noticed that this is in the Bad Experiences section - I think the OP was just after opinions. Perhaps it should be moved?

 

 

Andy

[ICTNUT]

I have used IDNS for a good while now and have NOTHING bad to say about them at all. Whatever I need they get it and reasonably priced too, maybe not the cheapest but then cheap isn't always best.....

[Oops_my_bad]

Have just noticed that this is in the Bad Experiences section - I think the OP was just after opinions. Perhaps it should be moved?

 

 

Andy

 

Indeed... we wouldn't want another sophos incident would we?