I have to provide a bit of background to the list about this post. A few (very few) of you know that I use A&I in Los Angeles for Kodachrome processing. To those few, I should explain why I know anything about Kodak at Dallas.
Back in October, I mailed 3 - PK 36 mailers to Dallas for processing. The reason being that I don't like to ship exposed rolls to A&I in onesies and twosies. These were of no great consequence, but I wanted them to be souped. I received two yellow boxes in about a week's time. The third didn't show up. All three were mailed the same day, October 21. On November 10, I wrote a letter to "Customer Service" at Dallas inquiring about the missing roll. Frankly, because of Kodak's problems, I figured that roll was history. Miracle of miracles, today, January 9, a lady from Dallas called me to tell me about my missing roll. It turned out that the return address had gotten wet or smeared with something; it was illegible. She apologized profusely about not contacting me sooner. She said that she received my letter on January 6. Now, the meat of the message. This lady tells me that Dallas no longer processes Kodachrome, period! Dallas also no longer processes any mailers for E-6 or print film. Any mailer recieved by Dallas is transshipped to Fair Lawn, NJ or "other" labs. I specifically asked about Kodachrome delivered to retail outlets in the southwest that have been processed at Dallas. Fair Lawn or "other" labs she says. I then asked if Dallas is closing (Terry Chickwak mentioned this earlier). The lady is horrified! She hasn't heard any such thing. Of course, Kodak wouldn't tell the little people until the week before the end. I told her that it was only a rumor and not to worry. (Yeah, right. But one has to try to be diplomatic after putting the foot in the mouth). So, Kodachrome mailer users; you might start thnking about addressing your mailers to 16-31 Route 208 in Fair Lawn, NJ. I don't know of another Kodak game in town. John C. Lucas -> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs
