on 9/5/04 9:13 pm, Campos & Davis Photos wrote: > Yes I use them now for digital output and film processing, but 36 pictures > costs �126.00 if I send them the digital files. With film it costs me �20. > Perhaps I'm missing the point here?? > Where is the extra value that I can pass on to the client? > According to others on this list there are lots of digital labs in London > apart from Metro who can process data overnight (my turnaround is midnight - > 9am) but I haven't found any that will do it. > Does anyone know of a lab in London that will produce 36 prints overnight > for less than �20. If they do I'm first in line for a Kodak Pro, or Nikon.
Metro price looks more like �54 for 36 5x7, but no matter. There are no labs that are working 24/7 apart from Metro (AFAIK). There used to be a few that could be persuaded to run overnight for a price and with prior warning, and there was Joe's. So I must admit that with your client, digital is possibly not the answer. There can be very few clients that have these needs, in 20 years I have never had that particular demand. Much shorter turnaround during the day with prints, yes. Trannies deliverd at 9am from the night before, many times. But prints overnight is very hard to do. It could be that you have a scenario where digital is NOT the answer. But you have a unigue problem. If Metro did not exist, I would doubt that you could get 36 5x7 prints done anywhere overnight for �20. You are just lucky and have a demand that Metro can fulfil with no rush or outoff hours charges. But what are they then doing with the pictures at 9am? The answer to that question will then let everyone on the list explain where you can possibly give additional value to your client. Ian -- Ian Goodrick, Tel/Fax +44 (0) 1474 333066 Ian Goodrick Photography, Mobile 07860 362322 Gravesend, Kent, UK www.goodrick-photo.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
