Pinholes

This message is to all of those who, have at one time or other, relished the thought of burning Kodak at the proverbial stake for this emulsion-pinhole fiasco. I know that while my choice of language here may be considered strong by some, I feel that it is absolutely justified in light of the problem and how Kodak has handled it thus far. I shoot both 35mm and 4x5 sheet film; the 35 film has never given me any trouble at all, but my 4x5 work has been haunted often by the pinhole plague. I have pulled each and every trick in the book to shake this problem, always I wear latex gloves, handle the film as I would a snowflake, use only distilled water for all solutions, a water stop bath, different developers- everything. Sometimes I get lucky and shoot a neg that has very little problems with it, but more often there is something due to a defect in manufacturing that requires retouching. For those of you who also shoot the sheet film, you well know that for the price one must pay for this film, and for the time and skill involved in crafting images with this this format, it is entirely UNacceptable to put up with this nuisance.

My question to anyone out there is this: has anyone out there been successful in getting a replacement box of film from Kodak when they get a typical batch of pinholed emulsion?? How big of a production was it to convince Kodak that it was their fault, and not the fault of processing or handling??