On Sat, 19 May 2001 10:20:06 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> I don't want custom developing. You have to pay a very high price
> for it. I just want ordinary developing, which is good enough for me
> for almost all of my photography. What I do not want is for the lab
> to cut the film and mount the slides. I want developing only, and
> nothing else. Why should anyone be forced to pay more to get less
> "service"? I don't want a "custom" job. I just want a "partially
> completed" job. A job order requesting the completion of only one
> phase of the photo finishing process should not be treated as though
> it were an order for a custom job.
That seems a simple enough request. But any request that requires the
bulk photo finisher to do something outside of their regular routine
requires special attention and involves extra work for them to do
less! That's why they consider it a custom job. It interupts their
bulk process, which is just about completely automated and runs
continuously. That's why bulk photo developing is inexpensive.
> Unfortunately the commercial labs will consider my request as an order
> for a custom job and they will advise me to take my film elsewhere.
> That is the way it is. There is nothing I can do about it. That should
> bring the discussion on this off-topic subject to a close.
> Sam Heywood
> -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
Sam Ewalt
Croswell, Michigan, USA
-- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
