Buying 100 rolls of Ektar

Sysygy · Jul 27, 2010

I want to buy 100 rolls of Ektar 120. Where can I buy it to save a little money?
Are there any wholesale options available? If I can find someplace good I would also like to buy a large quantity of one of the Portra 400's in 220.

Ektagraphic · Jul 27, 2010

I am not aware of any major store that is still doing quanity discounts. The best prices around seem to be B&H Photo in NYC. That is as low as some other smaller guys who give discounts for larger orders. The film has always been very, very fresh from B&H.

Josh Harmon · Jul 27, 2010

I would check Freestyle out as well, they usually have good prices and stock as well.

JLP · Jul 27, 2010

Adorama is usually very competitive on film prices, i have bought most of my film from them the last 6 - 8 months.

Should ad that they also ship fast, if you order before noon it will be out the door by the end of the day.

Ektagraphic · Jul 27, 2010

Josh Harmon said:
I would check Freestyle out as well, they usually have good prices and stock as well.

Agreed! I do prefer Freestyle over B&H for their customer service and actually with Ektar, Freestyle is $0.04 more expensive so I would choose Freestyle. They also have fresh stock.

Sysygy · Jul 27, 2010

Thanks everyone. I usually order from B&h and Adorama. I was hoping that there was a hundred pack available or something.

Ektagraphic · Jul 27, 2010

It seems like unfortunatly, that is a thing of the past.

Sysygy · Jul 27, 2010

Oh well,
I wasn't going to do it anymore figuring why risk having a lot of film lying around... but I think ordering a large amount will be worth it in shipping charges. I am going to play with the shipping calculator and see what the difference is between 10 shipments of ten rolls vs. 1 shipment of 100 rolls.

fotch · Jul 28, 2010

When you get a large quantity, you can specify all from the same batch. That way, you get consistency, if that is important to you.

domaz · Jul 28, 2010

If you are on the West Coast you can get Freestyle's standard shipping and it will get there in 2 days most likely. If you are get standard shipping from NY it will take about a week.

Sirius Glass · Jul 28, 2010

Samys is cheaper than FreeStyle, by enough to make it worth checking their website.

Steve

Sysygy · Jul 28, 2010

Thanks everyone for the input. I have never heard of Samys so I will give a look.

Dan Daniel · Jul 28, 2010

A local guy in San Francisco, might be worth an email to see if he can do better on a large order?: Dead Link Removed
Yelp reviews, if they are worth anything: http://www.yelp.com/biz/just-film-san-francisco

tkamiya · Jul 28, 2010

You might want to give few stores phone calls and see if anyone is willing to discount some... maybe not by that much but wouldn't hurt to ask...

Sirius Glass · Jul 29, 2010

Sysygy said:
Thanks everyone for the input. I have never heard of Samys so I will give a look.

http://www.samys.com/http://www.samys.com

aubsxc · Aug 4, 2010

Lately I have been buying film from the Adorama store on Ebay because of the Bing cashback with Buy-it-now, but sadly that is a thing of the past. I don't see many places offering discounts for buying in bulk, unless you are willing to settle for short-dated or past-dated stock.

Buying 100 rolls of Ektar

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