P3D Re: Kodachrome film and developing

[Andy Beals <bandy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 10 Aug 1999 08:09:48 -0600, Lawrence W Kaufman 
<kaufman3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dan Wenz wrote and quoted me:
> 
> > > [Qualex via Costco won't do "do not cut & do not mount" service]

> > [Qualex via K-Mart still does it]

[some previous discussion about Target wasn't quoted]

> The 800 phone number is answered 'Qualex'. Costco andTarget just have their
> names printed on the envelope, Qualex does the work. 

We're missing the point here.  Costco, K-Mart, Target, et al contract with 
Qualex to do certain things.  Via Costco they won't process 120 film.  They 
won't do stereo mounting if you drop it in the bin at Costco.  And so on.  You 
might have gotten an employee who didn't know they weren't supposed to offer 
that service and got it anyway.

I don't know what the deal is, but you simply can't get the full service 
through some of Qualex's dealers.  Is it cheaper for the dealers to not 
subscribe to less-used services?  Is Qualex trying to protect their revenue in 
some places?  Only Qualex knows for sure.

Me?  I like mailers -- they come right back to my door and I don't have to 
sift through all the other B names in the bin.

	andy

ps. You still can't get some services even if you use the Kodak Premium Processing envelopes...


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