----- Original Message -----
From: aimcompute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: Photofinishing
> I'm always a little wary taking negative film down to the drugstore and
> having a 19 year old girl do the processing while talking to her boyfriend
> on the cell phone.
Oh yeah... And they have their Coke right next to the machine and
they're popping bubbles with their gum as they print... I walk right out of
those places!
Isaac
>
> Your point is very well made. It's not where, it's who. Month's back I
> suggested we ALL mail our film to William Robb's Wal-mart as a joke. Can
> you see the volume he would get?
>
> Tom C.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Isaac Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 8:27 AM
> Subject: Photofinishing
>
>
> > There has been some disparaging words here about "cheap"
> photofinishing vs
> > a "pro" lab, and I'd just like to put in my two cents... I work at a
place
> > that prices itself between places like Walmart and the various custom
labs
> > around here. While its true that in general we produce with more
> consistancy
> > than places like Walmart and Eckerd's, that isn't always the rule. What
I
> have
> > found to be the key issue is wheather the people running the lab care
> about
> > what they are doing moreso than where they are. I always tell my
customers
> > that photofinishers are like hairstylists (or barbars) in that if you
find
> > someone that does a good job, stick with them. If William Robb's Walmart
> was
> > near me, I'd be sorely tempted to get my 4x6's done there because it's
> obvious
> > that he cares, and he's got a killer price. That's an amazing combo, but
> > unfortuenetly, it's all too rare. Most of the time, I get what I pay
for.
> Most
> > places use similar (in capabilities) machines, even the "pro" labs for
> 4x6's.
> > The difference comes down to who is using and maintaining them...
> >
> > Isaac
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