Buying 100 rolls of Ektar

[Sysygy]

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]

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]

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

 

[JLP]

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]

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]

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

 

[Ektagraphic]

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

 

[Sysygy]

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]

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]

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]

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

Steve

 

[Sysygy]

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

 

[Dan Daniel]

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]

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]

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]

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.