I.E.C. Impression Editions Courtage

I came in to print resumes and cover letters. I asked in my broken French and the guy nicely responded in English without hesitation. They were also fast and had good customer service. This is a legit print shop and prices were fair: 0.25 for color and 0.12 for black&white. The paper & print quality for this simple job was also nice. I was in and out of here in 5 min. Compare that to the mini-​internet shops that charge 1 euro for color and 0.25 for b&w. I’m definitely going back.

I had the good fortune of having this independent copy shop two steps from my apartment for years. I thought every neighborhood had an efficient shop like this where you could get everything from individual photocopies, banners and business cards to transparency printing and DVD transfers made, but it turns out that IEC is really exceptional in its product diversity, quality, pricing and efficiency. They are particularly fabulous for biz cards, charging 20E for 100 recto-​verso color business cards with perfect impression and sizing.
That said, there are a few areas that they could seriously improve:
1. In August, they stay open, but accept only certain jobs, which unfortunately does not include business cards because they say it’s too labor intensive to cut the cards to size. I have no trouble believing them, but instead of accepting a job and taking their time to complete it, they just flat out refuse the order, forcing you to go to their competition, a strategy this American has a hard time understanding.
2. They don’t accept credit cards, so you’re forced to hit up the cash machine no matter how much you spend.
3. They complain a lot about being overworked and sometimes just won’t accept orders if they feel they have to sweat a bit more to get them done, like when I recently asked them to do some copies around 17h30 and they said they couldn’t because they were already doing copies for two other clients, even if there was still one hour left till closing!
That said, I highly recommend them, but you might want to call in advance to make sure they’re not feeling overwhelmed by their own success.

Où le bonheur de soutenir des commerces indépendants. Fuyez Copy Top et autres imprimeries qui vous ruineront (on m’a littéralement demandée 91 euros pour un travail fait en 24h, là où en IEC m’a demandée 26 euros pour un travail… immédiat. A ce niveau là Copy Top devient presque un arnaque organisée)
Le travail est parfait, rapide et on vous accueille très bien en vous expliquant rapidement et simplement les options que vous avez. Les prix sont imbattables et les délais carrément impressionnants.
Et en plus, vous soutenez un vrai commerce. What Else comme dirait George.