Re: Realist developing & mounting

[P3D Charlie Hotchkiss <revchas@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2 Jul 1997 10:30:21 -0500 P3D Ronald J Beck 
<rbeck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>So... I tried an experiment with one of my Realist test rolls.  I 
>dropped it off at Target on 6/24 and wrote "Realist Stereo Format" in
the 
>'special handling instructions' section.  I went back yesterday (7/1) to
find 
>24 wonderfully mounted Realist stereo slides waiting for me.  And, to
add 
>icing to the cake (or is that frosting to the bulb?), the slides were 
>returned to the store on 6/27.  Cost of this service? $4.95 or roughly 
>half the price Qualex quoted me when I called them a month or so ago.
>The slides are mounted in heat sealed cardboard mounts.  There are no 

I sent slides to the Dallas lab for stereo processing.  I mailed them on
May 26, the lab stamped them as received on June 6 and I got them back
yesterday, July 1.
It was a long wait, but they were nicely mounted, the right and left
chips were reversed in only one case.  They were in a nice storage box as
well.
The price is puzzling.  I used a mailer which cost 4.39.  I included a
$4.50 check for special mounting, a total of 8.89.  The invoice said I
sent 10.81 and they gave me a 4x6 enlargement certificate as "change".
While I'd like to use them more often, I find the delay and the whimsical
pricing are a little bit irritating.
Charlie. H.


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