Do instore labs actually turn a profit or are they there, more or less, to get people in the store with the hope they purchase other items?
Tom C. >From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >Subject: Re: Kodak May Get Out of Film Sooner >Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 10:19:49 -0600 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Adam Maas" >Subject: Re: Kodak May Get Out of Film Sooner > > > > > Shopper's Drug Mart are quite happy to give a CD with every roll, for > > $2.99CDN. They also give an index print (which probably costs them more > > than the CD). CD's, especially bought in bulk, aren't much more > > expensive than the envelopes the negs and prints come back in. > > > > Surprisingly, the Shoppers I deal with is pretty good for development, > > certainly a top-tier minilab. Chemistry is fresh, negs are never > > scratched. The lab is run by a former lab manager from Blacks. Their > > printing sucks, but that's irrelevant as I never get prints done there > > (I print myself up to 8x10, go to a pro lab with a JPG or TIFF for >larger) > >The best consumer lab here is a Shoppers Drug Mart lab as well. It's run by >a fellow I worked with some 20 years ago who has gone on to do just about >everything related to the photography game from shooting school portraits >to >working in a custom lab. >London Drugs also has a good lab in town here. >These are not cheap labs, although as they have to be somewhat competitive, >they are not especially expensive either. >The Costco lab here is pretty good as well, but the Walmart labs all suck. > >William Robb > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
