1st experience with Costco/Qualex

On 14-Oct-05 06:00, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
OK, so I take a few around town shots on a roll of provia 100f that I
have. I decided I will try out Costco and see how things go with Qualex
E-6. The roll I sent them had 35 exposures [accidentally clicked one
into my lens cover ..doh!]. Dropped off on a Saturday about 11:30AM and
there is a sign that development is now taking 4-5 days.

Well, day 5 .. no pictures. I do some checking and it sounds like it is
still processing. Day 8 the photos arrive. Great. I get the envelope
it and it has masking tape all over it. It is manhandled. I get it
home and open up the kodak box. The frames are nice. The images are
developed well ... all 8 of them!!! Out of 35 images, they lost 27 of
them somewhere! The box clearly says they developed 35 images. They
even left the remnant of the film at the end of the roll in the box.
So, WTF!

Does this happen with them often? Do I have recourse? Do I dare try
them again? The price was nice at $3.19.


I used to use them a long long ago. I remember I was in desperate
need of finding someone who would reliably respect my "no cutting,
no mounting" instructions. I encountered a large percentage of
miserably developed films, probably too old chemicals. They lost
however only once a film of a whole bunch which I gave to them.
Qualex has also cut my films randomly and received several
written protests from me.


However everything has changed since someone has recommended me
Calypso Inc in Santa Clara. Do yourself a favor and go with them!
I never looked back.

http://www.calypsoinc.com/

Click on film services. E6 process is either 2h or next day
pickup. Push, pull, everything you wish. Splendid!

Thomas

On 22-Oct-05 12:10, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
In rec.photo.film+labs ThomasH wrote:

However everything has changed since someone has recommended me
Calypso Inc in Santa Clara. Do yourself a favor and go with them!
I never looked back.

http://www.calypsoinc.com/

Click on film services. E6 process is either 2h or next day
pickup. Push, pull, everything you wish. Splendid!


They look awesome ... except I am in Minneapolis. I will gladly mail to
them, but I am unclear how return shipping works. They indicated free
UPS shipping over $75, but if under $75, how do I know what the return
shipping is? Perhaps I should just give them a call.


Correct, they take mail orders as well. They will also
correctly process any "do not mount" or "do not cut"
instructions. You can get mounted slides, film strips
in sleeves or uncut roll.

Same with negatives: uncut roll, strips and optional contact
sheet with images.

All sorts of pull/push processes are also available.

By the way I still have some 10 Kodak mailers and 10 Fuji
mailers for E6 process :-) They lay around, maybe I should
simply ship it to someone who would like to use them?

Thomas

ThomasH wrote in news:ttWdnUH5-cwjUcbeRVn-
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By the way I still have some 10 Kodak mailers and 10 Fuji
mailers for E6 process :-) They lay around, maybe I should
simply ship it to someone who would like to use them?


Want my address?

Local E-6 work is sporadic at best, a decent lab is an hour away,
which drives the cost way above mailers and their dependable service. I
don't have demands on my turnaround time, since I also have to sleeve and
catalog my stuff anyway.

So, name a price ;-)


- Al.

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On 29-Oct-05 22:38, Al Denelsbeck wrote:
ThomasH wrote in news:ttWdnUH5-cwjUcbeRVn-
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By the way I still have some 10 Kodak mailers and 10 Fuji
mailers for E6 process :-) They lay around, maybe I should
simply ship it to someone who would like to use them?



Want my address?

Local E-6 work is sporadic at best, a decent lab is an hour away,
which drives the cost way above mailers and their dependable service. I
don't have demands on my turnaround time, since I also have to sleeve and
catalog my stuff anyway.

So, name a price ;-)

- Al.

They are free Al, these mailers lie around for several years, I am
glad that someone might be using them! Leave me a message with your
address at pbase.com/phototalk_thh!

Thomas